I'm sorry some of you want to direct your anger at me for simply posting my experience. Jitters, as I tried to say before I'm not disagreeing with you about hostile vibes - like I said before you are not the first and won't be the last to say they experience this! I just said I never felt them, I stated WHY that might be the case and no ...no rose colored glasses. Been coming to this place far too long and experienced far too much, those damn things were stepped on and shattered long ago. I can almost pinpoint the day that I woke up and continued to wake up year to year with something that gwan there that rocked my world. I do stay in Negril mostly. I don't get out and about too too much but do try to experience more and more of Jamaica each time I go. Mostly though, for three months - its about doing my day to day, hanging with my friends...pretty mundane stuff. But I don't live in a bubble period-and the moving about I've done in Jamaica over the past 30 years has mostly been off the beaten path. Funny, its only the last few that my feet have actually stepped on the more beaten path to check something out that I'd never had (YS falls for example - what a disgrace that I'd never been there before this winter).
I'm sorry if you feel I'm condescending - not my intention. And while some of you might shake your heads and say, oh poor girl, her trusted friends will no doubt f her over eventually - well, that might be the case. I'd like to think not. The friends I have there I've had for 20+ years. And the only "friends" I've had there that have at worst been nasty or betrayed my friendship were not Jamaican. And there's only 3 of those people that I lamented giving my friendship to at all
Macy-I was simply trying to point out that HORRIBLE things happen all over the planet, even in Disney theme parks. I'm so sorry for the horrible things that have happened your family. I try to believe in Justice everywhere and on some level there is - lets not discount Karma. In Jamaica it can swing around like a whip, I've seen it happen.
But I fear this thread has turned into a huge Negril-bash (and somewhat of a Jamaica-bash) so my statements were simply to put into perspective the dangers that are out in the world. Its like that bad dog that no one likes but its YOUR dog - and bad as it is I feel the need to defend it.
I love this board because I can speak my mind and we can all complain about our bad dog. But you guys must know what I'm talking about - cause most of us go back again and again and again.
So, its my turn to step out of here for a while. I think we all know how we all feel about violent crime anywhere in the world and our frustration makes us want answers and accountability. In this case I think we realize neither is coming too soon.