Following the previous post about poor service, I felt I should balance it with a post about how difficult it is to run a small business in Jamaica, particularly when it comes to getting a loan. Shortly after we arrived in Jamaica last year, we considered taking out a loan to buy a car. Our […]
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 – […]
Who said Jamaicans lacked entrepreneurial spirit?
Future Walmart customers (Runaway Bay, 21 April 2006)
Dem demographic an’ focus group dem hit de nail to rass!
Shopping from the comfort of your car in uptown Kingston.
Although the resolution is too low to read here, I’ve changed the licence plate to [BUSHA 2].
For an explanation of the title Busha, read the following extract from Anthony C. Winkler’s hilarious novel, The Lunatic.
The Busha was the richest man in the parish. His land splashed […]
Extract from an ever-growing list of binnable items.
# 2 buggies (prams/strollers/whatever), one very soiled stained (ice cream, Giolitti’s)# 2 single mattresses, one slightly stained (coffee?)# 3 giant inflatables (orca, turtle and mutant dragonfly), suspected slow punctures# Comprehensive software collection (statistics, Web design and games) for Win95# 1 truckload of Kinder egg toys, with instructions
… to […]
Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
Currently resident in Dakar, Senegal.
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