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19th of December 2008 Location: Kingston, Jamaica

So, it’s my 3rd day on Jamaica. My impressions from it are controversial yet. The only one white person here I can only see in the mirror:) which actually annoys me. Although, I talked to the local people, they say that there are no white people in the city, but I can find many tourists on the beaches. I made couple of discoveries for myself. Firstly, that English language is official here (I didn’t know this before), secondly, I couldn’t use my fluent English here :))) Locals speak English and Patwa – a mix of English, Spanish and various African dialects. And sometimes it seems to me that understanding Spanish at Dominican Republic was much easier :) It’s impossible to talk to them via phone…But on the third day I started too: “ya maaan!” and saying “me” instead of “I” :))) I live at local Beverly Hills :) I started to look for the place even before I came here and I was unpleasantly surprised when understood that prices start from 80$/night. On all forums people were writing that it’s unreal to find a hotel in Kingston with less than 60$ price at the safe neighborhood. I found something for 50 as a result. This “something” was a small bungalow (bungalow it’s a fashionable hovel :))) in the garden of one Kingston dweller :))) This place is very beautiful, and the one bad thing is that it’s located too far from civilization and I have to walk a really long distance to get some food. Well, it’s not that bad. There is something even worse: no one walks here, only cars. Rich people live here and their houses look like small fortresses. A lot of them have a barbed wires above fences 2-3 meters high or broken glass. There are a lot of signs about security and I was especially touched by a sign “Citizens Watch” :))) I like local ads. Most of them promote security and signaling systems. Also there was one ad of carrier, as I understood and it’s slogan was “You will arrive ALIVE” :)) The very first day, when I got out and was crossing the street I was almost hit by one black guy. It came out that I looked at the wrong side, because they have right-hand traffic here :))) I’m crossing, and BANG, screeching brakes and blacks are laughing at me at the bus station: a write guy was almost run over :) they don’t see such things every day :) I just said “There is no Ku Klux Klan on you” and went further, looking at both sides. So I go and go…go and go…and they ride and ride…I feel like a long time ago when I was a poor student in states and was walking down the highway to get to the job…and black guys were riding their cars… What I like here it’s food. It’s much better than in Dominican Republic and it’s much warmer here. OH!!! YEAH! WARM!!! I like it so much :) I like mountains too! YAII!!! Blue mountains that Bob Marley lived at. It’s fantastic! I’m going there tomorrow. Also, you can smell marihuana on the streets at evenings :)

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