I find it always helps, no matter what country you visit, to
get to know what is happening before you set sail on your annual vacation, for
many reasons, after all, you don’t want to visit a country that in the throes
of some great upheaval, do you? I know you’re thinking that this sounds
unlikely or farfetched but it is not and I can point to my own experiences in
the late 1970’s when I took a vacation to the west coast of Africa, to Ghana to
be precise.
There I was, enjoying the beautiful sunshine in this
delightful tropical paradise, I was up jungle in a place called Kumasi and
living the high life whilst doing my best to avoid the rather large and fierce
looking insects when we were informed, in a sort of “by-the-way” manner that
there had been a military coup but there was nothing to be worried about.
Nothing to be worried about? Military coup! It wasn’t what I expected when I
got off the plane the week before.
No matter, it all turned out well and I got back home with
nothing more than some insect bites and strange looking souvenirs.
So, now, I don’t leave blighty unless I am absolutely sure
there is no chance of a military coup, a volcano erupting, flood or pestilence
and I have found that the best way to do this is to read the local online
newspapers and Blogs as they have all the local information at a glance.
Jamaica is blessed in this sense as it has my favourite
online periodical, the august Jamaica Gleaner. This is a delightful online
newspaper for the tropical paradise of Jamaica that is informative as well as
entertaining and there is not too much political nonsense to bore you.
The Jamaica Gleaner is also a great source of information as
far as entertainment is concerned with up to date lists of forthcoming
concerts, exhibitions, theatre cultural and historical events, sights and
activities, in fact, if it isn’t in the Jamaica Gleaner, it isn’t happening and
that goes for military coups and volcanic eruptions.
So, when you come for your Caribbean vacation to the Sur MerVillas at Negril, you will already be familiar with what’s going to be
happening and if you do get stuck for options, there is always the ever helpful
Villas Sur Mer staff that will be happy to help in any way they can.
Welcome to Jamaica, Welcome to Villas Sur Mer and enjoy
reading the Jamaica Gleaner.
Jamaica Vacation Villas links:
http://www.villassurmer.com/ Negril Villas Jamaica
http://www.luxuryarrivals.com/ Jamaica Villas
