Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 9

This little boy about 7 years old walked by with great determination, he clinched his fists, gritted his teeth and says with all the fire in his belly…THIS. IS. GOING. TO. BE. THE. BEST. DAY. OF. MY. ENTIRE. LIFE! Preach my boy!!! I was very excited about Grand Cayman because we hired a private driver I found at https://caymanfriendlytours.com. Captain D had emailed me and we spoke on WhatsApp. He assured me that he was going to take care of us and I had no doubt he wouldn’t. The night before while we were eating midnight pizza, Tori brought me a letter from her room that talked about boat time verses Grand Cayman time and getting a ticket to get on the tender boat. So apparently Grand Cayman does not participate in daylight savings time. Who ... read more

We don't want to confuse anyone.... we returned from Panama about two months ago and are behind on publishing this missive. In the beginning, we really did not intend to go to Panama, and we bet that sounds funny. After all, when you are planning your trip, you are busy gathering all the information about where you are going and what you hope to do while you are there. When we were booking our flights to South America on Copa Airlines (which is not a great airline), we discovered Panama City was a hub and they would allow you to stop for up to a week (in Panama, not the airport) without additional cost. Kind of the same deal when you fly Icelandic Air and can stay in Iceland for a while before proceeding to Europe ... read more

3 Visions In the past two years before this trip to Jamaica, I had experienced two visions of Haile Selassie I in my dreams. This is not counting those visions that came upon me during meditation or from scripture reading, induced by plant medicines, rituals, music, or narratives. Just two natural visions in a dream, as the kind Joseph had interpreted. In the first vision, His Imperial Majesty was in New York City in 1963, approaching the headquarters of the United Nations, and I was amongst the crowd to witness HIM enter the building, but not to see HIM speak. I stood across the street from the UN headquarters building. Both sides of the street were barricaded and secured by police, with large crowds crammed behind the barricades. In this dream, His Imperial Majesty singled me ... read more

I decided to do an entire post dedicated to this restaurant and shop that we found in Ocho Rios. We did a lot of things on this trip and every day was packed with activity (what we didn't do was sleep very much). However, not everything we saw or did was worthy of its own post. This place was. Due to the fast of Ab Tsom (Great Lent) that began in February, I was eating no animal products on this trip. This can get challenging in a lot of places, but I knew that in Jamaica I'd be able to find some Ital restaurants. I've already explained what Ital food is in one of my previous blogs, also going into detail about Tsom. Essentially, Ital is natural, organically-grown food, usually consisting of no animal products. And ... read more

So many parties for this birthday girl. We'd already been out one night in Miami, and one night in Ocho Rios. Now it was our third night going out to find dinner, find music, and dance. Pretty sure we started with a nap 😂😂😂. That's how every day was going on this trip, and man did we need it. Our lives back home are so busy these days, and even on vacation we're running around like we're on fire. It would be nice to get an actual break on our "break", but that's how it goes sometimes. We did our best. Now is good time to mention that I was drinking marijuana. DRINKING, not smoking. This is because I feel that smoke has caused me too many problems--with my cardio and with my sinuses--and I want ... read more