Author: Kristi
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Two More Canadians Flee To Jamaica
This was a fun interview to do, of these two young Canadian girls who left life and moved to Jamaica. I remember before they made their move they had been reading my blog and had so many questions after I’d made my move to Jamaica in 2011. So it was great to be asking them…
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It Seems I AM Jamaica!
Favorite Jamaica Questions Not many of you know but in the last couple years I acquired a shopping center, an entire sports college and a whole bunch of Jamaican restaurants! And I bet you all thought I was just a blogger. One of my favorite things about having this blog are the random and entertaining…
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Once Upon A Montego Bay Night….
…there were two Canadian girls trying to have fun Ever had “one of those nights” where you seek some vacation fun and you just can’t find it? Who would have thought there was no fun to be found in Montego Bay? Last year when I was living in Ocho Rios, one of my Canadian girls…
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Why I Started My Jamaica Blog
Blogging About Jamaica Travel I’m not going to lie to you – if I could blog about Jamaica travel for the rest of my life I would die happy! I think traveling and exploring is one of the most valuable things anyone can do in their lives. It opens your eyes to a world beyond…
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Could I Have Been Robbed By A Friendly Smile?
A Lesson In Trust I’m really happy I got to do this interview for a couple reasons. #1 – because it’s a friend whom I recently reconnected with and #2 – because he reminded me of one of my funniest (embarrassing) moments in Jamaica. A little history on this guy…he is the VERY first person…
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Just Got My Daily Dose Of Dija
See this is why I love doing what I do. I would have never followed Kadija Ayanna on Twitter if I wasn’t into all this Jamaica hype, and would never laugh as much as I secretly do at all her tweets. I don’t tweet her back on every single one of them for fear that…
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So You Want To Open A Guesthouse in Jamaica?
Running A Business In Jamaica Not only have these interviews been educational, they have been enlightening for me and hopefully for all you Jamaica lovers too. The best way to learn about living in Jamaica or running a business in Jamaica is to go straight to the source and talk to people who have already…
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How Do You Know When You’re No Longer A Tourist?
Are You A Jamaican Local? I was reading another travel blog about how the solo female traveler found herself in church in Rio and she documented how she ended up there, and that she knew she was no longer a tourist as a result. It gave me the idea for this humorous, but true list…
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Jamaica + Japan = Jamaipanese
Small Islands, Big Dreams When searching for Jamaicans to interview I didn’t have to search far at all for this one. I spotted him a long time ago and was fascinated by his story, mostly because it resembles mine. We are two peas in a pod when it comes our dreams to explore another country…