Author: Kristi
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Meeting My Readers
I asked this of you guys in our Facebook group on September 11, 2017: “If I have met you in real life as a result of Jamaica or this blog, please reply below with a YES!” It is now October 22 so I feel like it’s time to write this post. I’ve been avoiding it…
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Most Jamaicans Have the Same Degree
Over the years in Jamaica I have found one amazing thing to be true:Â Almost every Jamaican has the same educational degree. What degree is that you might be asking? A Masters degree in Navigational Engineering, of course! It doesn’t matter where you are on the entire island, when it comes to backing out of…
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Half Moon Resort – Montego Bay, Jamaica – Conclusion
I know, I know, it took me months to come up with the conclusion to my Half Moon experience. My apologies but summer in my life was chaotic. It took SO long for me to finish that you might want to refresh your brain on the first three parts of the mini-series below: Read PART…
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Monkey Island, Port Antonio
I know the bulk of my posts lately have been Portland focused and I promise I’ll switch it up soon. But no Portland jaunt would be complete without visiting Monkey Island! As I mentioned a while back in my review of San Bar Villa, one of my readers told me I should go find Monkey…
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The Brilliant Perspective of One Man
I think I’ve been following Goat Curry TV since the woman behind it started up on Instagram last year. I was eager to find out what her project in Jamaica was all about. She grew up in England but had a desire to trace her cultural roots back to Jamaica and learn more about her…
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The Horses of Half Moon – Such a Lively Bunch!
Probably no one who follows this blog knows that I used to be a hardcore horse person in a former life. As a teenager I had my own horse, was into 4-H and was very much into show jumping. But then I grew into an adult, life changed and I moved in other directions. If…
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Why I Don’t Cook In Jamaica
If you’ve followed me for any length of time you will have picked up on the fact that I don’t cook in Jamaica. There are several reasons for this: I don’t even cook in Canada simply because I don’t like cooking. I eat to survive, not because I flourish in a kitchen. This is…