Top River Tobago

... 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!

... why to me and i couldnt really figure out why since there was a guy smoking illecit substances in the corner of the party. I think it has to do with jamaicans associtating themselves as either christians or not. As far as i can tell not being a christian isnt bad as long as you dont expect to get a important job like a teacher. All the volenteer have recommended that if you do drink do it somewhere other than your community. I also had my ...

... 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).

well what can i say about this fabulous little country i arrived to the beautiful palm trees and amazing weather and friendly Jamaican hospitality. i caught the bus into town to the stares of the children on the bus wondering what the hell this white boy was doing on this bus. but thats the way i like to travel. you know that you are doing something someone else doesn`t do everyday, if you get those ...

... school in my community. I am doing several different programs there but my core role is serving as the sponsor of the environmental club. The principal said that an environmental club is needed at the school so now I and another teacher who is assisting me with the club is in charge of over 30 hyper children who are anxious to learn about the environment. The kids' first assignment was to take trash that they see lying around and turn it into some sort of transportation ...

... music blasting from the shops or the motorcycles whipping past you in the narrow streets. Your ears is constantly bombarded by sound. I liked it though. Listening to reggae music as I am purchasing fruit. The vendors were selling all kinds of things from fish, fruits, underwear, clothing....everything and anything could be purchased at the market. The market was huge it covered several blocks. We had to talk to the vendors in Patwa. I didn't do that ...

... pumping and the dancing was phenomenal. Now I'm not afraid of throwing a few dubious moves now and again but there was absolutely no way I was going to strut anything on this particular dance-floor. Firstly I was the only white girl in there that night and secondly the dance moves here have to be seen to be believed! It's like a cross between a Shaggy/Pussycat Dolls video and even the fellas are ...

... THAT brave! Blame in on my American puritanical roots, but I prefer to keep my summer wear on, thank you. We did send Ian in to experience the other side (although I believe he went at night, so how brave was that?), and he reported that it was quite fine. All in all, I'd say it was a great time in Jamaica. Here is my article on Jamaica for Go World Travel Magazine.