Country Info
- Kingston
- Capital
- Jamaican dollar (JMD)
- Currency
- 2,665,636
- Population
- JM
- Country Code
Jamaica Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Jamaica
Post Hurricane Ivan Update
... 22 days since hurricane Ivan and this is our first entry since then. Hurricane Ivan certainly caused a good amount of damage in Jamaica. Rogean and I have been surveying the damage in our local community in the Ewarton area (North St. Cathrine). I have ...
T-0 days
Up until now, this whole trip has been just an academic exercise. It's as if I'm planning this surreal trip but not actually going on it. Today that changed: I'M REALLY DOING THIS CRAZY THING! Hopefully I have everything. There ...
Health Fair!
Host Family came back from Florida last sunday. They brought a ton of canned food...things like spaghetti sauce. Ive never seen any jamaican eat spaghetti so I wonder what it's for. There daughter and son in law, Hilary and Tony, came ...
Day 6-7
... have missed my flight so I left in hopes of returning some day. The flight back to Chicago was very depressing because I missed Jamaica already but I knew that once I got back to school, I would be learning history again. Man I love history :). ...
Part Three: "Single Women Over 18" Table
... waiters in a local cafe. Inviting me to their table, we quickly launched into a conversation about California, Canada, life in Jamaica, and a nephew of theirs that resides in London. "You must come to our home for dinner sometime," they insisted. ...
What I Have Failed to Mention: I'm a Nerd.
... our courses encourage us to be social, to experience the Caribbean culture and be a part of the community, to "have a life" in Jamaica, as well, which is a relief. During the week, I greatly enjoy my classes. One of my teachers writes for the national ...
Ya Mon
... the play structure there, Max met a Jamaican girl named Diandra (D for short), who was eight and was also in grade 3. In Jamaica, children start school when they are three and go for three years of kindergarden (K1, K2, and K3) before starting first ...
Our first trip to Jamaica, March 2009 Ya Mon!
... shirt and magnent. had to make sure the tshirt i got said ocho rios jamaica, as most of them either just said margaritaville carribean or jamaica and i wanted to make sure it said where i was! lol. but like the shirt i got. part of my change was given ...
wha-agwan!
... . I have a cell phone...I know, I'm still getting used to it, but it's pretty much the only way to communicate effectively in Jamaica. I would love to here from you, and it's free for me to receive your calls (even from the states), so call me. I ...
Day 2
... ". The sign wouldn't lie would it? Sometime that night I also heard loud bangs but I doubt anything can go wrong in Jamaica because its so amazingly historical and educational and paradise-like. Spending: -$2 for bus -$30 for food (3 meals) -$20 for ...
Day 3
... most of my time looking at the amazing art done by artists from around the world. Many of the artists are also from Jamaica which adds an interesting touch to their art. I found the fine dining restaurant food also tremendous and I decided the I should ...
Yea Mon - Me' Live Ere
... It has been an important learning process, but rather exhausting as well. Three weeks ago we were headed to a Habitat for Humanity Jamaica retreat, when we stepped off a bus and into a pack of thieves and I got mugged in Mandeville. The whole ...
My day at the beach
... and swam, the drops of water on his long black locks flickering in the sunlight. I smiled to myself, because I was witnessing Jamaica, One Love, the beautiful blue ocean and the beautiful dark people. Moments like those inspire me to live more, try to ...
Part One: Birthdays & Shuttle Taxis
... The latter, with ten of us taking on the city, proved to be one of the best nights I've had since arriving in Jamaica. The weekend prior, I took a 3-hour shuttle taxi (chicken bus) to Port Antonio and the jerk chicken capitol of the country, Boston ...
Part Four: To End, A Memory from Bull Bay
... salty, and ready for the week at school. It had been a good day in Bull Bay. It has been a good month in Jamaica. :) Thanks, again, for the notes, packages and well wishes. They mean so much to me. With continued love and gratefulness, ...
Time to go home
Well, very nearly at the end of this blog now. Later today we will transfer to Montego Bay airport, and (all being well) take off for the UK at 7.05pm tonight. We should be back at Gatwick for 10am Sunday. It is strange to think we are going home. ...
Friday 14th August - last full day
Hi all Just a quick update. It's Friday morning, and we've just had breakfast. As ever at this time of the day, the sky is a brilliant blue and the sun warm. The view out over the Carribean was spectacular. This is our final full day on honeymoon, which ...
jamrock
... Christmas. I'm writing this having already returned from our trip, in our lovely air-conditioned house in Virginia. Jamaica was completely awesome, but the one thing that wasn't so awesome was the extreme heat coupled with the fact that ...
Grape-Nut Ice Cream
... gwContent.php?sectionid=a134), you cannot order fish for anything _but_ breakfast. - Olympic fever is HUGE in Jamaica. ;) In churches, classrooms, conferences and taxi cabs, medals are counted off and celebrated, forgiving commentary is made ...
hangin' in there...
Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you know that life is flowing along here in Jamaica. It's hot, hot, hot!!! I never thought I'd appreciate a cold shower so much. Tomorrow I find out where my placement will be, needless to say, I'm anxious to find ...
PICTURES!
Hi Friends and Family, I hope you are all doing well. Is it getting cold where you are? Well, if you need a break from the snow and cold weather in a couple of months, you are welcome to visit me here in the sun and warmth that lasts 365 days. ...
Once More unto the Beach!
Jep, tässä tulee luullakseni blogin viimeinen päivitys kaukomailta. Luultavasti naputtelen vielä jonkinlaisen koosteen reissun jälkeissä fiiliksissä Suomen kamaralta (tahi välilaskua lusiessa Heathrow'ssa), mutta nyt ollaan vielä rennosti palmun ...
Sugar Roads, Dissertation Shifts and Dating...
... has already made me smile and murmur, "Roooooooooonnnnaaayyyy...." For now and until fickleness overrides, though, it's all about Jamaica. ;)) JAMAICAN THEATRES: Along with peers from the program and a couple of new friends, I've been spending more ...
Wha-Gwaan
... drainage systems and reinvent the landscape. During heavy rains, the communities rally to the aid of their flooded-out neighbors. Jamaica is a land of great contrasts. The very rich cruise by in sporty SUVs while goats graze amid the shanty houses ...
Italian Charm with a Caribbean vibe.
... pool was installed, incorporating a replica of the famous Dunn's River Falls. At the time, the pool was the largest in Jamaica. Watersports When we stayed here in 2007, I really got to know several of the watersports staff. Just like other Sandals ...
Rennoissa meiningeissä, isoissa mainingeissa
Viime päivät ovat vierähtäneet leppoisissa merkeissä Port Antonion lähistöllä Long Bayn kylässä, ja vähän sen ympäristössäkin. Alue on Jamaikan rannoista vähiten turistoituneita, ilmeisesti lähinnä sen takia, että täällä sataa ...