After about two months of limbo, the word came down from Peace Corps headquarters that my ass is getting transferred to Jamaica.
Start planning. Point 83 island style would be fucking awesome. It has to happen. If all goes well, I will be there from sometime tomorrow afternoon through sometime in summer, 2011.
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when you find out where you're going to be and what the info is, let us know. im potentially able to fly down there. i think i still have 2 weeks of vacation left this year.
im up for at least a week or more jamaica'ing.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:21 am
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:23 pm
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this sounds fantastic.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:15 pm
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yup. seconding derrick here. if enough of us go, the one of us that gets shot won't feel that significant!
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:58 pm
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point 83 weed ride. wait..
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:18 am
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jamaica hasn't had any recent genocides has it? otherwise i just don't know where derrick and nick are going to go swimming.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:32 am
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My favorite day in Jamaica was getting up into the mountains (I assume they aren't putting you into a resort). Sounds like an awesome trip.
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Razi
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:28 am
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Details: I will be working and living in Port Royal, on the far end of the spit at the end of Kingston Harbor.
Working for Port Royal Marine Lab, building out their tourism and education sectors. I will get to do some SCUBA as part of my official PC duties.
It sounds unreal Razi. The aerial photos make the diving around there look potentially interesting too.
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:48 am
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jeebus, Razi. Aside from being 200yds from the airport, this sounds like a hell of a gig. You'll be seein me in the spring.
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corpusjuris
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:57 am
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Sweet! Who else is SCUBA certified? Oh man, I think I should be worried about trusting .83 people with my life, but I'm not!
Fun fact: during my training, they talk about being "prepared to dive" which means good night's sleep, not sick, not hungover, etc. The next day, I watched a divemaster so hungover he used the "vomit while diving" technique he'd learned in advance courses.
I EXPECT TO SEE IT AGAIN.
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Alex
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:28 pm
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Christine and I are certified. Diving fail when we went to Jamaica though, Christine had a cold the whole time. I'd love to give it a try.
Lots of jellyfish around Negril, but still some good snorkeling.
sekai
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:56 pm
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This would so beat Blake Island for next years sailing party.
Derrick you could innertube over from Florida!
Alex
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:06 am
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This doesn't pre-empt Blake Island, it's just BI-winter!
I have too many kayaks now to not go on Blake Island next year.
alexandrab
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:32 am
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corpusjuris wrote:
Sweet! Who else is SCUBA certified?
I am with PADI, but I might have to renew, it's been a couple of years. A couple of years in which I've done nothing but dream about scuba diving.
Well, almost nothing. I might have gotten drunk and ridden bikes once or twice.
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