Rasta Man blocks a left hook from an irate tourist after predicting wrongly that it would not rain.

The rain in Spain falls mainly...ON MY HEAD!

I'm sick of the rain already and we have had just one week of the stuff but by god has it come down. I had to go shopping with mrs Blogspot yesterday and silly me decided I would wear my Nike trainers (very Jamaican). Well, no sooner had I set foot out of car than the heavens opened and it lashed down!

No need to tell you the outcome? Water + Nike trainers = Wet soggy feet. The rest of me got soaked as well. I looked like a giant snail walking around the supermarket, there was a big trail of water behind me.

I live in the mountains of Andalucia, Spain, 800ft above sea level and so the clouds can't get passed without ditching everything they have and it's usually me they ditch it on. You get very little warning.

The weather in the Caribbean can be just as naughty, oh yes! one minute as dry as a bishop's sermon, the next your up to you knees in warm water. The good thing about the Caribbean though, YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S COMING!

The "rainy season" that is, the time when your feet are wet but your not in the sea, this varies from location to location in the Caribbean because we are talking about a large area but as a rule of thumb, May til December, but we are not talking torrential rain, no way, it's usually a brief pis..er..brief pour down and that's it. Of course, if you get a tropical storm headed your way you get a tad more rain.

In the true traditions of Blogcasting I have found a most helpful site that gives you the weather for all of the Caribbean Islands, rainfall, high and low tempretures, the lot and it's called Debbies Caribbean Resort Views

This will help you plan your visit to the Caribbean. If you need any further information on the weather or where to stay, there is a fantastic Jamaica Villa rentals company that is always happy to help, no guessing who that company is (Jamaican Treasures Villas?)

You will also notice that there are a lot of Caribbean on the Debbies Resort Views and happily, there is a fantastic website that offers villas in all of these wonderful locations. http://www.myluxuryvillas.com and better still, this wonderful website is part of the Jamaican Treasures Group of websites and so you are guaranteed the finest service and prices.

PS. The Andalucia Weather Brick works well in all Caribbean locations. Make sure you use the greased hemp string though as the humidity in the Caribbean can cause variations in the readings.

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Mr Blogspot enjoying a pint of beer at mothers 81st

It's coming up to that time of year again, y'know, when you get out the hair dye and the very tight trousers that you hope will make you look 2 stone lighter and 10 years younger. Yep. It's almost Mr Blogspots birthday again. I'll not see 35 again!

Mind you, birthdays are great fun as you can see from the photo of my good self and the T-shirt I begged of Lisa from that fantastic Villa Rentals site Jamaican Treasures. This was taken in September of this year in Liverpool, my home town and it was to celebrate my nieces 21st and my dear mothers 81st.

I had flown from my home in Spain, I live in the mountains near to Antequera, there are 3 houses where I live and so I don't get to go to many parties. Liverpool has changed since I was last there almost 10 years ago.

I digress. Why am I mentioning my forthcoming birthday? well, because I will be getting a computer for my birthday off my dear wife. That will be 6 we will have. Unfortunately for me, I have two Toshiba's (A60 and A80) who's hard drives are now knackered through over use by yours truly. I have a 10 year old DELL that has asthma attacks, or it seems like it because it is very slow and I have this Sony Vaio notepad that I'm typing this blog with. My wife has a Sony Vaio, the large version and that is used minute by minute to play farmville and Gardens of Time. So, I'm getting a new computer...Great.

What's the worst birthday present you ever got?

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Ian Flemming, James Bond and Jamaica

All the Bond stars were more than "shix fute" tall, according to Sean Connery

It's amazing what one reads when one is scouring the Internet for tidbits of information about the beautiful island of Jamaica. Guess what? and I bet you never knew this (liar! liar! bum's on fire! if you say you did know) the creator of fictional British Spy James Bond, Ian Flemming, wrote the Bond stories from his adopted home in Jamaica. There, hows that?

Oh yes. Ian Flemming lived on a tiny beach called the Palisadoes which you will know is close to Kingston and the airport.

Flemming was a real life James Bond, well, he was an inteligence officer that turned to journalism for a living. Every winter mr Flemming would bugger off from the UK and head for Port Royal and the Morgan's Harbour Hotel. If you look closely at the early Bond movies, you'll see both the airport and the hotel feature. In fact, James Bond kips in the hotel in the novel "Golden Gun".

Flemming wrote more than a dozen novels featuring the handsome "Mishta Bond" whilst in Jamaica, these included "Live and let die", "Dr. No", "The Man with the Golden Gun" and the short story "Octopussy" or, if you are Sean Connery "Octo-pushy".

Anyway campers, I got this story from the New York Times website. The article is very interesting, especially if you are a Bond fan and like Jamaica. In true Blogmeister fashion, here is the link Bond 007


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Holiday villas in Barbados

Villa Caprice

Villa Caprice is a 4 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom luxury holiday villa in Barbados that will have you rushing to your keypad to see more. take a look at the magnificent Barbados Villa that is so close to the sea you could dip your feet in the water and have your lunch at the same time.

If beachfront properties in Barbados is what you want then they don't come any closer. This would make a brilliant venue for a wedding reception or family holiday.

You have a staff consisting of Cook, housekeeper and Chef as well as the following amenities:
TV
VCR
DVD
Cable
Satellite
Safe
Swimming Pool
Non Smoking
Beach
Child friendly
Full Kitchen
Parking
Air Conditioning
ADSL Internet Connection
Alarm Systems
Luxury Home

For some great photographs and lots more details and information please visit villa Caprice on the main Villa Caprice.

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Villas in Barbados - Golf holidays in Barbados

 

Barbados. Just like you imagined it to be.

 

I know now what your thinking. Your thinking that Mr Blogspot has lost the plot and has mistaken a villa in Barbados for a villa in Jamaica, he must be getting old or he's back on the meths. No, none of it, I really do want to point you to some fantastic villas in Barbados.

 

Where is Barbados? Just like Jamaica, it's smack bang in the Caribbean and just to prove it to any doubting Thomas that may dispute my claims, here is the obligatory Blogpoppers map. Barbados is number 4.

 

Map of the Caribbean

 

Your favourite villa rentals company, Jamaican Treasures, has a sister site called My Luxury Villas and this wonderful website has over 1200 villas for rent in all parts of the Caribbean as well as Bali, Thailand and Mexico.

 

In this posting I want to show you a beautiful place to stay in Barbados. This 3 bedroom luxury Barbados condominium is in West Coast beach in the heart of Holetown, St. James, Barbados. This fantastic condo is so close to all that is happening that you don't even need a car, you can walk to all the restaurants, bars, shops and tourist attractions and facilities.

 

You have the world class golf courses at both Sandy Lane and Royal Westmoreland are only five minutes drive away or a decent walk. You can play golf to your hearts content. The amenities in this great Barbados property are as follows:

TV
VCR
DVD Cable
Satellite
Ceiling Fans
Safe
Pool Lounge Chairs
Communal Pool
Beachfront
Child friendly
Security on-site
Parking
Air Conditioning
Bathrooms en-suite
ADSL Internet Connection
Penthouse Apartment

You also get a cook and housekeeper to take the strain out of your special holiday. There is so much to do on this holiday, you will never have a dull moment. Please visit this property on the My Luxury Villas website to see lots more photographs and details. Link 1783

 



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Sir Jimmy Savile

"Now then, now then boys and girls!"

I have never liked putting bad news onto Blogs but sometimes you need to, if for no other reason than to applaud someone who has passed away who had a great affect or had some significance in peoples lives. That person, I am sorry to say is the great Sir Jimmy Savile.

Jimmy Savile or, to give him his full (and well deserved) title Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE, KSCG, was a unique personality. Born the youngest into a litter of seven children of a bookmakers clerk, Jimmy had a rough time as a 'Bevin Boy' a coal miner who was conscripted during WWII to work down the Yorkshire mines at South Kirkby colliery. It was here that Jimmy had a bad accident, so bad that doctors feared he would not walk again, never mind work again. Jimmy was made of tougher stuff and amazed the medical profession by making a complete and full recovery.

It was in the late forties, after the war, that Jimmy started playing records in dance halls, not bad when you consider that this was the era of live music, Jimmy played the 78's on two old turntables, the first to be using them in this manner, this made him the very first "Disc Jockey" and was the start of a life long carreer in music and entertainment.

Jimmy was the first presenter of what was to become the most iconic music programme of the 20th century, Top of the Pops. many years later, Jimmy was invited back to host and end the very last TOTP and ended the show saying "It's number 1 and still, Top of the Pops!". It wasn't "The pops" that made Jimmy Savile a mega star though, it was a childrens programme called 'Jim'll Fix It!' in which Jimmy gave children of all ages (adults included) to do something they have only dreamt of. At it's height, Jim'll Fix It was getting 20 thousand letters per week! The show ran from 1975 until 1994 and made many dreams come true.

Not content with being a mega star, Jimmy ran countless marathons and raised more than 40 million pounds for charities as well as working "hands on" in hospitals, including Broadmoor high security hospital.

Jimmy Savile was awarded a knighthood by Her majesty the Queen as well as receiving a Papal knighthood.

Although a shrewd business man, he lived a frugal lifestyle, very rarely buying himself new clothing and living in the house he shared for years with his beloved mother whom he reffered to as "The Duchess".

Jimmy Savile passed away two days before his 85th birthday at his home in Roundhay, Leeds. Tributes pured in from the great and the good and in true Blogmeister tradition, here is a link to some of the best of the tributes paid to this very rare and strange and eccentric "Bloke"

RIP Sir Jimmy Savile.

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Jamaica Villas - F###ing holidays

F#####g, in Austria

I may be sailing close to the wind with this posting but I assure you readers that this place does exist and is indeed called F#####g. Why am I posting the name of an Austrian town with a silly name on my Jamaica Blog? Well, I was sent it by some Blogmeisters who were wondering if Jamaica or the Caribbean had any odd names for places?

I know of several in the UK and Thailand (Shitterton for one! Phuket is another) but none in the Caribbean and I think, just to lighten the atmosphere, we should have a competition for the daftest named place. If you know of a place with a very silly name, please, let us all in on the secret.

F#####g Map (ref 1009)

The F#####g newspaper article

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Snorkeling in Jamaica

Stoplight Parrot Fish not to be mistaken with Akee & Saltfish

It's always good to have inside information, no matter that it is for horse racing, making a buck on Wall Street, or where the best place is to go snorkeling. Yes! where the best place to go snorkeling is. What's wrong with wanting to know that?
Listen, if you are a keen snorkel diver that last thing you want is to off willy-nilly to this beach and that in the hope that you will get a great diving spot. For god's sake, you could end up diving to explore a sewage pipe and spend the day wondering what all the strange looking fish are called.

Jamaica is a fantastic place for snorkel diving because it does not get battered by great big waves and has over 200 miles of coastline that is populated with the most exotic fish you could wish to see. Even so, if you know the very best spots then your stay in one of Jamaican Treasures fantastic villas will be all the better becasue you will get more diving hours in.

So, where is the best place to go snorkel diving in Jamaica?

Port Antonio, Montego Bay, Negril, Ocho Rios, Discovery bay and St. Elizabeth all offer daily trips to the coral reef for you to go diving but opinion is not devided when it comes to naming the number 1 spot and that is Doctor's Cave beach, Montego Bay. You can get kitted up from the local snorkeling centre and explore to your hearts content.

Those of you who are a bit more experienced than others may wish to venture further affield and visit the reefs at Coyoba, Seaworld and Royal Reefs but I would advise you take a guide or someone who is familiar with these areas, the old briney sea can be a bit rougher out on these reefs but I am assured by those who have seen a reef or two that these reefs are crowded with some of the best fish. Like Stoplight Parrot Fish, Barjacks, blue and brown Chromis, yellow-headed Wrasses and Akee Saltfish (Wha? Akee Saltfish?) Joke..a Joke.

The other great places for snorkel diving are off Negril, Runaway Bay, San San Beach Port Antionio and Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. There is a great site to visit for more information on Snorkeling in Jamaica and it's called Island Buzz.

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Mike Harding and the worst Jokes outside of the Caribbean (Also inside if you bought the books!)

"Yeah! c'mon then!"

I have often questioned the sanity of my fellow man, one has only to look at the latest hair doo's or fashions to see where I'm coming from. There are those Blogmeisters who are just plain "Loopy" and others who are best described as "strange" I have a friend who falls in none of the catagories because he is an "entertainer" and so the line between reality and insanity can be blurred.

For example, who would consider going into a kharzi (loo, bogs, lavvy etc) and thinking the coat hanger looked like a drunk Octopus that was out for a bit of drama? He does. His facebook page is like something out of the novel "Down with Skool!" and not until I dug out the book did I realise that HE MUST HAVE DONE THE PHOTO SHOOT FOR THE FRONT COVER!

One of the photos is that Skool skiver Nigel Molesworth of St. Custards fame, the other is none other than Mike "The Rochdale Cowboy" Harding of dodgey tie fame. (Oh, you don't think so?) Check out the photos below from the Radio 2 "Lumpy Jumper & slack trousers" awards.



Molesworth & Harding


"And the winner of the daft tie award goes to...."

Mike Harding and Cher???

WWII Jap Zero pilot found alive in The Philippines

"I looked up my lineage on Genes reunited and found that I was related to Groucho Marx and Big Bird off Sesame Street.

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Jamaica Villas - Deciding When to Go to the Caribbean

Mr Blogspot can't decide when to go to the Caribbean?

I have never been one to blow my own trumpet but then again, I have never professed to being as thick as a whale steak, I am neither Albert Einstien or Stan Laurel, I'm more your avarage kind of bloke who knows more or less what he's on about. I had a question from one of the Blogpoppers, they asked me when the best time was to visit Jamaica? and what the seasons where (stupid bloody question one would have thought! Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter? No, not that type of season.)
Once I caught their drift, I decided to take advantage of the many websites offering tips on staying in Jamaica and the Caribbean, sites like "When to go to the Caribbean for Dummies!" (Oh, you don't think so? See this link then.) and they all came up with more or less the same results and advice and they are as follows.

Seasons:
Holiday season and high season (December to Mid-April)
Shoulder season (Autmn to late Spring)
Low season (June, July, August)
Hurricane season (June 1st to November 30th)
What does this mean to you, dear tourist or visitor? Well, it means there are more people about in the high season, more tourists, the some hotels have minimum stay requirements (Jamaican Treasures have no such nonesense!) and in some places you will pay a little more than in other seasons. tempreture wise theres not a lot in it.
The shoulder season can be a wonderful time, less people about, cheaper prices, THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL! but hey, what goes around, comes around and they let the little devils out in April, spring break and easter!.
Low season is like anywhere else, there are lower prices, better deals, less crowded beaches but you still get the good weather (give ot take the odd hurricane or tropical storm)
Hurrican season is the best time for the big bargains, OK, it may pee down now and again but the rain in the tropics comes and goes in no time and just because it's called "Hurricane" season doesn't mean your going to sat on a roof waiting for an helicopter to drag you to safety!
Check the Jamaican Treasures website for bargains in ALL seasons as we do have them. If you need any information we are always very happy to help you. If all else fails, you can always rely on your Andalucian Weather Brick (providing you have one.)

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