Falling In Love With Jamaica
John Casey a retired American lives in Montegbay Jamaica and writes monthly for an on line Website. I felt that his article captured how many feel after a vacation to Jamaica, and wanted to share. Here goes. “A Jamaican Love Affair” By John Casey john_casey@cwjamaica.com Jamaicans.com The lure of Jamaica is very powerful. Who wouldn’t want to [...]
Podcast: Tips On Moving To Jamaica
I was recently contacted by a blogger from an on line forum called Jamaicans.com He asked if I would be interested in doing a 60 minute telephone interview, about my life and tips to those considering a move to Jamaica. I think this Podcast information may be helpful to those considering a move to Jamaica [...]
Learning Jamaican Patois
I had two very interesting conversations this past weekend with two different individuals about Jamaican patois, a language that is often discussed on the island. One person, (a Jamaican) was explaining that many Jamaican children are not learning standard English because, many of them live in households where only patois is spoken and several more [...]
Jamaicans Concerned> The Haitians are coming
I saw the following Cartoon character in today’s’ newspaper ( Jamaican Observer Jan.19th 2010), in sunny Jamaica and wanted to share. I strongly believe that the average Jamaican is very concerned and saddened by the recent tragedy which occurred for the people of Haiti, but the following sentiment may also be on the minds of [...]
Abundant Sunshine In Jamaica
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Life in Jamaicas’ countryside > A Single Woman Shares
Ever so often, I ask expats that I come in contact with who live in Jamaica to share five positive and five negative things that they would tell another person considering a move to the Island. This has been my ongoing research since May 2008. My research thus far has exposed me to mostly individuals [...]
Cultural Entertainment: Jamaica & England
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Sweet Jamaica> Video 1993
This video came to me via email this morning from a Womens’ International club I belong to. The email encouraged club members to enjoy the time they would be living in Jamaica and listen closely to the words of this particular song. The video made me realize that I now understand patois a great deal [...]
“Out Of Many One People”
Attached is a viewpoint about Jamaicans and heritage, which I felt may be a useful read for expats moving to Jamaica. Posted: Monday, August 20, 2007 By George W Graham @ AuthorsDen.com Funny, I Don’t Look Jamaican Sometimes a duck may not look like a duck, but if it walks like a duck and quacks [...]
Funerals and Glass Caskets In Kingston Jamaica
Up until moving to Jamaica almost three years ago, I had attended only four funerals in my entire life: my grandfathers’ funeral which occurred when I was perhaps six or seven years old, my mothers’ less than six years ago, a good friends’ father’s funeral in 2005, and my own father’s funeral in October of [...]
