Missing home(a break from the regular posting)

Yay yay yay! The semester is winding down, I went out today and bought my ticket for the four hour long drive from Montego Bay to Kingston so that I can take a three hour flight home at the end of this month...can I get a HALLELUJAH!

I am not saying I don't like Jamaica...it's easy to get that impression especially since I'm the only person to book a ticket for the bus(three weeks in advance) or so the sales person told me...I do like the country and for the most part it's people...but there is NO place like home..and I do mean NO place.

Jamaica is a country that is rich in culture and being here experiencing first hand the way of life, it is ok but with hickups like any country. I enjoy the time I spend here...that doesn't mean I don't miss the 'Gem of the Caribbean.'

Barbados is tiny...only 166sq miles...doesn't take four hours to get anywhere (lol) and it is one of the most relaxing places I know. And I'm not just saying this, I've traveled extensively through out the Caribean, I've been to St. Lucia, Guyana, Dominica, Trinidad, St. Kitts, St. Vincent and of course Jamaica, and there is always a "Caribbean Vibe of friendliness and togetherness" wherever I go, and not being biased, but Barbados always gives a little more 'oomph'... a feeling that everyday should be spent sitting with friends and family just hanging.

Its a tourist island, it is our biggest revenue, but as a tourist you never feel it, we as a people love to make everyone feel at home. Sure people will try to put on an accent and encourage you to spend your vacation money pampering yourself with things from the island, but don't think that's all the country is about, just that the people have to eat too.

 Oh how I miss it so (in case no one caught on yet :->)

Now, I can't write about Barbados and not address all that is happening between my home and the place in which I reside in now, the cases of abuse by immigration officers(if you haven't read the stories click here and here, this will give a look at the situation from the Barbadian and Jamaican media perspectives).

I have no idea what is true or not, I AM NOT PICKING SIDES .


I will say this, DO NOT BLAME THE ACTIONS OF A FEW ON AN ENTIRE COUNTRY.

It is ridiculous the things people are saying, the facebook pages that are created. Living in Jamaica, was/isn't a bad experience but people are threatening to make it so, getting heated whenever the topic is raise and I almost get the sense that I shouldn't say I'm from Barbados, even if I've done nothing wrong.

I implore people not to let stupidity breed stupidty.

Barbados is not the hostile place that people make it out to be, the bad that is being highlighted is not the overall feel of the country, we are a friendly people and if you have not experienced it then wait until you do before you pass judgement.

Barbados, my home, I miss ya!