Category: Reader Submissions
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5 Tips for Mastering Slow Travel
Travel doesn’t always have to be fast-paced and busy. Taking it slow can be just as enjoyable, if not more fun, because you get the chance to immerse yourself in a place and get to know it on a different level. It also encourages you to be a more independent traveler – one who wants…
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What YOU Said About Jamaican Attractions – Part 2
Last week I sent out an email to all our subscribers in an effort to do a “part 2” followup on what YOU, the readers, said about your most and least favorite Jamaican attractions and tours. You can see the original reader feedback post RIGHT HERE. Although participation this time around was pretty disappointing I…
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Father Bull Restaurant & Jerk Center
By Naomi Isabel It seem that a lot of our memories from travels revolve around food. Think Jamaica and we think mouth watering charcoal smelling chicken and the freshest of bread so soft that you can practically dissolve its fluffiness in your mouth. We think of coco wata and chewing on the freshest of sugar…
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Christmas at the Trenchtown Reading Center
By Naomi Isabel Unlike every other Christmas where I would of course be with my two amazing children I made the choice to bring Christmas to the children of the Trenchtown reading center. The day I arrived to do the market shopping there was no one at the center yet so I got taken by…
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The Faces of Trenchtown, Jamaica
By Naomi Isabel …A Continuation of How The Trenchtown Stirring Occurred ****** The first week of my most recent trip was spent in Ocho Rios in a horrible resort I will not return to unless I am paid to stay there! The only reason I slotted this all inclusive resort into my travel plans was…
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How The Trenchtown Stirring Occured
By Naomi Isabel If you mention Trenchtown to people and they know it, its thanks to Trenchtown Records and the stardom of the one and only Bob Marley. Most people however do not know Trenchtown is a ghetto nor do they realize its third world conditions mean that the health and welfare of the residents…
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Update on April Who Moved to Kingston
You all remember April, the American girl who moved to Kingston a few months ago? We have an update on how her first 3 months went. Aside from the straight facts about normal life there I laughed a lot while reading it and I cannot WAIT to link with her in a couple weeks! Here’s…
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Spanish Town Is Where Her Heart Is
Vacationing in Spanish Town, Jamaica Emily is a Spanish Town girl, that’s why I love her! The story of how I met her is cool and quite amazing. In November of 2010 I was sitting at the airport in my hometown waiting to catch a flight to Jamaica and decided to open my laptop to…
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Sand Gravity
Reader Submission by Tina K. Every time I plan for a vacation I always make lists. I start out with a list of where I might like to stay, then on to a list of what I will need to bring, a list of what I will need to pick up for my trip, and…
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The Start of my Jamaica Addiction
Reader Submission by Tina K. I feel like I should start by standing up and introducing myself….Hi, my name is Tina and I’m a Jamaicoholic. I admit that I am powerless over my need to visit Jamaica and that the only way for me to satisfy my need is to visit over and over again.…