Jamaica has many all-inclusive resorts where visitors go. Just outside these resorts, it is known that there are many peddlers who hassle them to buy and so most people avoid leaving the all-inclusives if necessary. Therefore, most of the money is generated from these all-inclusives. And unfortunately, many of these all-inclusive resorts are owned by foreign companies.
After talking to some young men at a dance party, we learned that they didn't have the hope or expectation to end up with one person for the rest of their lives. At church, we learned that marriage is not common.
Again, I am still not sure how to talk about Jamaica. We had a rough time. I was really disappointed that I understood very little about Jamaica, and by not making friends with anyone. I was too scared, and I feel really guilty about it. I have a hard time knowing what else I should have done differently, when safety was a big concern and probably what kept me from people and the culture. I think it hurts to think about, because it probably has much to do with my inability to make friends with people who I can't seem to relate to, who are different from me. I know that I could have had a different experience, but I am still not sure how, even almost a year later. It is a beautiful place, fascinating history and culture, and it somehow evaded me. I think that someday, we want to sail around the Caribbean, and maybe I will be better at entering cultures and making friends and we will go back to Jamaica.
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