Life in Kingston, Jamaica was sometimes like living in a war zone: occasional bursts of excitement — driving after dark through a ghetto zone, boarding up the windows as a hurricane approached — interspersed with long periods of boredom, for the city does not offer much in the way of amusement for a young family of
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We followed Ernesto’s trail online hour by hour but by early morning it had become clear that he was turning away from Jamaica and moving north. So we feel pretty silly sitting in a house with boarded-up windows (actually only four windows – that’s all the plywood we had).
We also tried to follow local reports on
Continue reading Daiquiri virgin
Music while you read, probably written by Winston Jarrett, but most definitely produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry.
Ernesto has an identity crisis: he doesn’t know if he’s a tropical storm or a hurricane … yet. On this cool flash tracking map, he hasn’t even reached name status, just “Tropical Depression Five”. Oh the shame of it!
Continue reading Ernesto has a problem
Hurricane season is fast approaching and the signs do not augur well. Everyone has become a seasoned climatologist, foreseeing upcoming catastrophe in each new hot, dry day. This is how it was before Ivan, they tell me, even before Gilbert. And after the predictions come the heroic battle stories of surviving previous hurricanes – days,
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Apologies for the quality of the photos, but given the circumstances they were the best I could do. Next photos will be back to my usual high standards ;-D
This part of the hotel had just been renovated. The force and volume of the rain was such that water seeped through the window frames (?) and poured
Continue reading Waterbeds III: the pics
Ik hoefde niet meer te worden overtuigd :-), maar de mix is erg goed gelukt! Als ik nog eens iemand moet overtuigen, verwijs ik ze naar jouw logje… Leuke weblog, trouwens.
Hmm, there are a lot more things to do in Kingston than just go out to eat, even though Kingston has its fair share of food restaurants. There are the various parties on the weekends, the club, the cinema, plays (even through they are mostly Roots plays). And if that fails, then you’ll have to take it out f down and take a .
Is dat typisch nederlands??? Good to hear it’s not just me ;-)
Ik heb het inmiddels op CD gezet, een aantal keren geluisterd in de auto en ik ben nu echt overtuigd. Misschien niet typisch nederlands, maar gewoon eigenwijs…. :-)
Three ours of work just to prove your point?
In reaction to Dini – taken over some Dutch “eigenwijsheid”? Nice mix though!
Was using this goto a randomly blog feature on randomizer and ended up here, a great way to read something new like this. Thanks for taking your time and efforts to create this blogpost.
HEY!!!NICE TO MEET YOU! IM SO GLAD THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON IN THIS WORLD THAT HAVE SEEN IT, AT LEAST YOU UNDERSTAND ME. I HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW IM ALSO THE TYPE OF OBSSESSED PERSON, OBSSESSED FOR MUSIC AND LOOK-ALIKES BETWEEN SONGS…GOOD JOB, I UNDERSTAND YOUR 3 HOURS WORK, EVEN I WOULD HAVE DONE SMTGH LIKE THAT, JUST TO PROVE THE LOOK-ALIKE…ANYWAY, I GUESS SIDI MANSOUR IS THE ONLY ARABIC SONG I CANT GET ENOUGH OF, AND ALSO MA BEKER FOR AMERICAN MUSIC….CHEERS!
nice mix! ;)