Hitchhikers on St. John

bevm · Post by **bevm** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:37 pm

As you all know we pick up hitchhikers every time we come across one. Yesterday we picked up a guy name Fuego (yes, he's a fire dancer and swallower). His girlfriend's name is Sandwich (no kidding). He invited us to a party at Catherineburg to see him perform. They were going to have "Magical Mushroom Tea"...Anyone remember the magical mushrooms??? We declined after dropping him off and laughed our asses off all the way to Cruz Bay..

JT · Post by JT » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:45 pm

[quote="bevm We declined after dropping him off and laughed our asses off all the way to Cruz Bay..[/quote]

You went the wrong way. You should have gone with them!

StJohnRuth · Post by **StJohnRuth** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:46 pm

That's a pretty cool invite. You should have accepted!
-Ruth

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StJohnRuth · Post by **StJohnRuth** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:51 pm

There was a cool video of the fire dancer at on-stjohn.com a while back. if you search there under "fire dancer" you should get the link.
-Ruth

stampede chuck · Post by **stampede chuck** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:20 pm

bevm wrote:... Yesterday we picked up a guy name Fuego (yes, he's a fire dancer and swallower). His girlfriend's name is Sandwich (no kidding)...

No kidding!! That's what I said when I heard her name ... she was working at Low Key Watersports when we were there in February. It must have been Fuego who came in to see her when we were there one day.

Funny, they didn't offer us any of the MMT ... might have had something to do with us diving?!?

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Dave-a-roni · Post by **Dave-a-roni** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:53 pm

What an interesting little story

That would have been cool to see some firedacers perform at Catherineberg, on shroom tea or not. Would have made an awesome YouTube video eh?

iowaguy · Post by **iowaguy** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:18 pm

Our daughters got a fun invitation late one night at Larry's Landing on this last trip to go to some ruins, eat mushrooms and run through the forest with some guys. I'm glad the girls weren't interested.

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:12 am

iowaguy wrote:... eat mushrooms and run through the forest with some guys.

Mmmmmm... the good ol' daze!

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PA Girl · Post by **PA Girl** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:16 am

In Feb, picked up a young guy at Mahoe. (In my real life, I would never do that sort of thing but he was young looked harmless and reminded me of my cousin.) He told me about the Mahoe work program and his life on the island. He was also very appreciative as he was on his way to work.

alw1977 · Post by **alw1977** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:21 am

As tempted as I would have been to find out what a "magical mushroom party" was like, my mind would have instantly imagined me waking in a stupor the next morning, completely divested of my wallet and rental car. I probably would have passed on the offer as well, and then spent the next 20 years wishing I'd accepted.

We also pick up hitchikers from time to time in the Caribbean. Picked up a nice guy in Aruba once (see - I lived to tell about it!) and picked up a guy from Alaska who was living at Maho on St. John. I can't say I didn't envy the guy's freedom. Is it too late for me to leave it all behind and live at Maho?

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:59 am

We pick people up occasionally. Not often, but sometimes. I remember one time we picked up a young guy at Maho and gave him a ride into town. He was just chilling in the back seat when all of a sudden he YELLED at the top of his lunngs: "DUDE! It's ladies night at Duffys!!" Erm, OK. Thanks for sharing.

He was a nice young guy though.

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:10 am

Jorge wrote:
California Girl wrote: Mmmmmm... the good ol' daze!

Good ol dazs? Who do you think you are fooling Margo? lmao

The key word here, Jorge, is "daze" - notice it's not spelled "days"!

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