Blogs from Jamaica, Central America Caribbean - page 24

Right now baby an I are cooing and kissing faces. Before I fed him, I had to suck snot out of his nose because he couldn't really breathe and he has this awful cough...poor struggling baby. I was supposed to be in charge while the recent team of volunteers was here this week, so that he wouldn't be exposed to even more germies...so one day I held him in the cloth baby wrap from 8:something or 9AM until 10/10:30PM. Fabulous. I'm even holding him now as I type! I'm online so late at night right now because we haven't had internet at the house in a while, so I waited while Amanda got caught up on some of her internet stuff, and my turn began at 12:30AM, which I don't mind, since baby is in such ... read more

Already, it is SO much better than it was last night. The main person I was struggling with from yesterday, it seems, miraculously changed over night. I'm serious. We've been talking all morning, working on things together here and there. I FEEL like the cloud is gone/the weight has lifted. Last night, I meant to tell a couple of funny stories from the past two days... When we were returning from our day off, Julaine's rental car was puttering out...as my cousin Ryan would say, it probably needed more "transie fluid"...us girls had to try pushing the car up the curvy, ROCKY hill up to the house. It was a hilarious task, let me tell you. Finally, I went up to the house to get Sefton, who had just returned from night school and was sitting ... read more

well then folks. i'm in jamaica. i'm getting back settled into the children's home. it just feels like such a whirlwind...all of the reuniting with the staff and kids i already know well, meeting the new ones...trying to soak it up and keep my head on my shoulders at the same time. some of it is impossible to put into words. like timar's face. how do i explain...? i can't update this thing right now. i can't really focus and blahhhhhhhhhhh there's a lot to say. here's what i've done so far: -stayed up until 5am talking with amanda, the other girl from america who is here for a three month stay. about life in general and life here at the children's home. -was given responsibility over the four oldest girls. ages 11-13. one is 12, ... read more

Wow, what a great place! Such friendly people the Jamaicans are! We flew down to Fort Lauderdale on a Northwest Airlink CRJ-200 and then caught a Spirit Airlines A-319 to Montego Bay. It was about 2 hours and $40 return by bus to Ocho Rios from there. One thing that I noticed right away is that the north side of the island was spared from Hurricane Dean. There was almost zero visible damage. After arriving into Ocho Rios and checking into The Silver Seas Hotel, we went to Dunn's River Falls. This was the best part of the whole trip. It costs $15 to enter and is well worth it. They have free changing rooms and a locker will cost you $5. There is also a nice beach at the base of the Falls. Climbing the ... read more

´Jamaica, Jamaica.... Jamaica, Jamaica...¨ Ths country on the other hand I can't wait to re visit!! I have only good things to say about Jamaica... The people are beautiful, the accent is the BOMB, the food is amazing (especially the Rastafari cuisine), the music (reggae pumps EVERYWHERE), the smells in the air (yes I am referring to the smell of incense), the beer (Red Stripe) I love it, the list goes on... We had an amazing night (Sunday) the last night of Sumfest (the world's BIGGEST reggae festival), saw some amazing local acts and fortunately Beenie Man graced the stage (we had missed him on the opening night due to our flight stuff ups) which was unreal! We arrived around midnight and danced till about 7am. It really was mind blowing! The best festival night I ... read more