Jake the bum
This is what Ryan did every day. Well, not everyday but a lot and for sure every cruise ship day. He would sit out on the pier and hand out fliers trying to get people to go to our store. He would set up a little display and harass people.
And of course he got to meet all the crazy locals, like Jake the bum sitting next to him. He lives in a tent, hitch hikes to the pier everyday and makes baskets and hats out of palm tree leaves. Jake walks with a limp because he feel out of a tree while gathering leaves to make his baskets. Sad, huh.
The best story about Jake is the time Ryan, jokingly/seriously, asked him if he ever killed a man. And this is what he said....
ryan: "jake, have you ever killed a man?"
jake: "no, but i shot a guy in the knee caps once."
ryan: "no way, seriously?"
jake: "ya, this was back in my wild drug days when i was selling meth. some guy was trying to jerk me around so i shot him in the knee caps. It is so crazy to see how the leg just flings......ya, i miss my gun."
and then there was silence.....no, i'm just kidding, but Ryan was so amused by Jake. He always had something to say. When we left Ryan gave him all his Del Sol shirts. It's almost like advertising!
Our cute little Hawaiian apartment. Enlarge the picture to read what the sticker says. I swear that is how the locals talk, it is so funny. They say 'no' istead of 'don't' or they say 'no can'....it is pretty funny when you hear it on comercials and such.
