Daydreams

Jimmy Buffett once wrote an interesting song called “Havana Daydreamin’”. Well, today I was Jamaica Daydreamin’, as I have never been to Havana. It’s been in the mid 50’s here today in Florida and I was just thinking about the good times that I have spent there in the warm Jamaican sun. My last visit to the Island was in 1993, at Hedonism II on Negril Beach.

I have also stayed in Montego Bay, Runaway Bay and Ocho Rios on prior trips to that island. But, Negril was the best of them all. Fewer beggars and more people trying to sell you dope. I don’t do Ganja, but my girlfriend at the time did, and said that it was some really good shit that I bought for her. I took a fancy to the Herbal Tea that the “Tea Ladies” sold on the Beach in Negril.

Magic Mushrooms or “Shrooms” are one of God’s greatest gifts to mankind. Besides alcohol and tobacco, it’s the drug of my choice. Jamaican Herbal Tea is made from Magic Mushrooms. A few people that I have spoken to have had bad “shrooms” trips, some people just cannot do them. It’s similar to taking acid (LSD) at a “Grateful Dead”concert in the 1970’s.

Drugs affect each individual differently. While working in the restaurant and bar business for more than 30 years, I have seen how alcohol will change a person from a Doctor Jekyll into a Mister Hyde. Other drugs will do the same.

As I am a hopeless addict, my advice to all, is to stay away from alcohol, tobacco and drugs. I guarantee that you’ll appreciate my advice when you get older.

The Beach Bum