A Real Cliff Hanger-The high cost of saving money

摘要

The sign held no real significance to me. "caution: cliff diving is extremely dangerous and can lead to serious injury or death." It was scrawled on a 3'x2' sign at Rick's Cafe, a tourist trap joint at the far south end of the Negril Cliffs on the western tip of Jamaica where an endless chain of resort shuttles ferry throngs of pigeons from the sterile environment of their all-inclusive hotels to be separated from their money at twice the local market rate for Red Stripe beer and banana daiquiris.