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I think I would live to visit there in the future. What is it like these days? Is it beautiful? Is it scary?

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)

a friend of mine tells me its not the best place to wander around.

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

same could be said about America

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

But this thread is not about America.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)

Beautiful AND scary and not very vegetarian-friendly, from what a friend tells me. (her bf is jamaican and she went to visit his family in montego bay) But worth the trouble.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 16:31 (twenty years ago)

You have to be able to handle hustlers. I got a razor blade pulled on me with 30 seconds of hitting the beach, but I never got into a situation that couldn't be solved with few soul handshakes and exhortations of "maximum respect." Face to face!

― Old School (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

one love!

― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

There are a lot nicer, and safer, places to visit in the Caribbean. Off the top of my head I'd suggest Barbados, Antigua, or St. Vincent.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 05:42 (twenty years ago)

They got the sun and they got the palm tress
They got the weed, and they got the taxis
Whoa, the harder they come, n’ the home of ol’ Bluebeat
Yes I’d stay and be a tourist but can’t take the gun play

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 06:01 (twenty years ago)

'not very vegetarian-friendly'

Yes it is, just look for I-Tal and Pure Veg places (to be fair the big hotels are not very vegetarian friendly).

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 06:16 (twenty years ago)

Jamaica is a beautiful shithole, if that makes any sense. Don't go if you get rattled by VERY aggressive hustlers trying to sell you coke, weed, and hookers non-stop, every time you walk out the door. It's a very violent, dangerous place in may ways, far more dangerous than America, Mr. Oops. I was there for twelve days and traveled all over, and while it was interesting it was often nerve-wracking, I don't care how street or open-minded you think you are. There's nothing subtle about the place, it's very in-your-face.

Also, if you're homosexual, definitely do not go.

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

http://www.city-data.com/top2/h137.html

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 19:28 (seventeen years ago)

GABBNEB CONTROL TO THE FULLNESS

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 12:34 (seventeen years ago)

gabbneb no problem.

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:56 (seventeen years ago)

No she went of her own accord.

― Jarlrmai, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 14:10 (seventeen years ago)

In the US, it's pronounced "Dire Makker."

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 14:13 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

Woah.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/05/23/jamaica/index.html?hpt=T2

Kingston, Jamaica (CNN) -- Jamaican authorities declared a state of emergency in Kingston after gang members supportive of an alleged drug lord wanted by the United States attacked police stations and blockaded a large swath of the city.
Two police stations were evacuated after being hit with Molotov cocktails, while the status of a third was unclear.
Gang members blocked off a miles-long area of Jamaica's capital city -- mostly in West Kingston -- using vehicles, sandbags, barbed wire and anything else they could find.
Are you there? Send us your stories, images
The standoff revolves around attempts by the United States to extradite suspected drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke. Last year he was charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and cocaine and with conspiracy to illegally traffic in firearms in U.S. federal court.

― ljagljana (kkvgz), Monday, 24 May 2010 14:27 (fifteen years ago)

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