Well... There I was... did I just get back from a wedding? Or was I going to another wedding after this? I think this was after Japan but I can't be certain... I think this was close to it... or Belgium wedding happened first. I forget... I remember being cheap in Japan because I was invited to one of my friend's weddings. And here I was... flying from Boston to the British Virgin Islands to see their weddings on the beach of Jost Van Dyke. Why not? Tickets were cheap... like less than 300 at the time? I forget... maybe it was 500 for round trip to St. Thomas? Maybe $250? It was cheap. I just had this idea that since I slept on the streets of Greece that I could just fly down there, and just sleep on the streets. So I flew into St. Thomas... (mind you I worked at a Supermarket and also a Sushi restaurant at the time... and some customers visited St. John often so told me to go. So I did. They gave me recommendations and stuff... mostly the Rooster bar in the center of St. John's. They had a boat and stuff but would not be around for when I visit. They told me to fly into St. Thomas... take one of the Safari or whatever they called them... (Tuktuks? Does it matter?) They are open trucks with seating the in back... like... at the time, it looked like the stuff they used at Disney World for getting around... Like the MGM studio tour in Paris also... It was weird.....) and from the airport, I walked and walked and walked... it was not an easy walk from the airport to the main road... it was probably a mile or more... but yeah... I walked to the road... and I was told to go to Red Hook... so I watched where locals were standing around, and I stood with them... eventually... the safari taxi pulled up, we got in wordlessly... it was more like a bus, come to find out... they just drive a loop... so I sat there... and St. Thomas had stops at big shopping districts like huge shopping centers with department stores like Walmart(?citation needed) and Best Buy and Staples... and I was expecting Red Hook to look like a big harbor or city center... but it was not. We passed by and finally I asked... or the guy asked... I forget which,... we were both looking at each other like "You gonna do something?"... Like... he was like looking at me like, "You wanna go on the loop again?" and I'm like looking at him like "Did I miss my stop?" and so he turned around for me. It was some dingy bar... wtf... so anyway... asked him if these buses were only a $1 and he was like "Just give what you think it should be worth." and I gave him like $3. Maybe 6... it was supposed to be $6. Whatever...

So I got out and grabbed a beer, a Blackbeard beer. Some Black IPA... microbrew.
I was just waiting for the boat... boat came... middle of the night trip to St. Johns. I had not had much time to think.. I was actually a little cold this night. I was in that Roosters place for a few minutes... and I started talking to some people... they were pretty cool. One guy was like "What are you doing man?" and I'm like "I dunno... I was just going to sleep outside after drinking too much." and he was like "Oh don't do that dude. This place has got some pickpockets and stuff. (don't quote me on that.) Why don't you stay with me? I got two beds." Duncan was his name. And like... the place was dead. There wasn't many people there. It was just a white interior with christmas lights and pictures or something... and I was like... "Sure." I went outside and it was a bunch of guys just staking out the place. I was whispered that they were there to pick up the drunk college girls or what they can at the end of the night and ask if they want to get high. "Oh. Makes sense."

So yeah,... if I slept outside I would have to deal with these guys if they didn't get fresh meat... they would probably rob me. Seriously. I wouldn't trust them. They are looking for prey, for pleasure or profit I bet...

Anyway... so I went with this guy and surprisingly he was staying at the Westin, like the best hotel on the island... and he flew in from Colorado with this huge bag of weed. I act like I smoke weed like a real adult and I don't really that much... just over a friend's house because I live with my mom. But we smoke this really strong medical marijuana from Colorado... like he says it is strong, and it was probably strong... I turn into a fainting goat on just one puff.... I smoke and we just sit and watch tv in our respective beds.

The next day we make plans to see the Petroglyphs with some other people.... so we start on these safari buses... I guess St. John's got busses that go in loops around the island....


Anyway...