Chateau en Exotica Port Antonio

... first literary undertaking with details of the regions here described & the habits & costums of the people Escpecially if you are from Senegal,please get in touch with me at kevinpinto31@yahoo.com. I would be happy to provide regular updates & excerpts of my novel as make progress with my characters & plot so let me just say get in touch.

Jamaica was my very first missions trip. I went with Shayna and Chad for one week and we had an amazing and eye opening experience. The water was beautiful and we went to ocho rios and climbed the waterfal too-it was so beautiful! We also witnessed poverty and need in ways that we had never seen before. We were able to minister God's love to people but honestly I think we all took away much more from this experience than we could ever give!

... dont really know what im doing this weekend, going to spend most of it with the host family. Ill try to take pictures and post them on a reall website soon, hopefully ill get some of this house but i need to ask the host family first.

I got a ride from the airport to the upper town. After check in, I ventured in the city and was soon offered some "stuff". Oh well, no thank you. The Bob Marley museum is quite interesting and probably the only notable attraction in Kingston (other than this feeling of being in a different country).

... to find some cheap stuff. but it was almost the most expensive accommodation anywhere. i tried to get dread locks there too but my hair is to short and white, as the put it. but had a ball, need so much time for the Caribbean. but its really expensive. i strongly recommend this country to anyone. the people are so friendly. the culture is awesome. good food too. just watch out for the crazy strong rum

... kids in their uniforms heading off to school or in the school playgrounds. The trip to Port Antonio also took us by a limestone quarry. Bauxite, for making aluminum, is mined in Jamaica. The backbone of the Jamaican economy is tourism, bauxite and agriculture. Unfortunately, the country carries a massive burden of debt to foreign lenders - much of the foreign courrency earned goes towards paying the interest on their debtload. Valerie had talked us into ...

... break we had the song and dance. I'm hoping to be able to record it and upload it for your viewing. When I first arrived at the primary school the kids would ask me "Are you from foreign?" It's a common question here that little kids ask anyone who has an accent. So I tell them "Yes, I'm from Texas." Usually the next question is "Do you know Sandy?" Sandy is a character from the cartoon show SpongeBob Squarepants. She is from Texas. Whenever they ask me that I will ...

... 2. We were on our way to breakfast and one of the volunteers turns to us and says "Does anyone know where the time machines are?" Of course we all looked at her like she was crazy and then she laughed and said "I'm sorry I meant to say ATMs." So she is from Wisconsin and there they call ATMs time machines. Reason being because the popular bank there is called 'Tyme Bank' and its ATMs are called 'Tyme machines.' Get it. Likl muor (I'll talk to you later) Claudia

... fish (with the head and tail on!). Uncle Sy has an apple tree in his front yard, but unlike any apple I've eaten. Its soft and has cottenish flesh and is sweet and I'm not allergic to it. I am addicted to "Ting" which is the Jamican version of Lemonata SanPeligrino! Mum has turned a tad Dr. Jekyl on me. Her accent is so thick that I sometimes have to say "MUM, CANADIAN PLEASE!!! FOR PETES SAKE I DON'T FREAKING UNDERSTAND" when she promptly ...

... of postcards; colorful shops and fishing villages. Picturesque port villages, waterfalls, lagoons, beaches and a vibrant Rastafarian culture, far more visible than many parts of the island typify the region. Even the pace and energy is more relaxed. We also passed a life-size wall mural of Veronica Campbell, the Jamaican Sprinting Gold Medalist-Heroine. To reach this paradisic destination, we had to pass over the mountains in Highgate, a quaint town, famous for its chocolate and ...