Lifestyle on Jamaica's South Coast: Goodbye - See you on BlueWatersJamaica@blogspot.co...

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Blue Waters Jamaica: Can You Retire to the Caribbean.& live a 'Cocktail...

Blue Waters Jamaica: Can You Retire to the Caribbean.& live a 'Cocktail...: Can you really retire to the Caribbean, start a business and  live a real live "Cocktails" with Tom Cruise; or if you haven&#39...

Moving to Jamaica

There is no Beauty like it!

The sun shall not smite you by day
Nor the moon by night

There's no place I've been that exceeds the beauty of this island Jamaica. It has the stereotypical tropical lushness and colour that we dream about.  And no place is so maddening, so aggravating, so bitter-sweet - leading my friend Patrick to say, "Jamaica is like the scotch bonnet pepper. Spicy, exciting, flavourful, then it burns you!".

Sunset & Evening Star &
One clear call for me

And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea 
                                                      Tennyson

I walk the quiet sands; the sea ripples overmy toes 
sna i am at peace with the world

Yet I remember an old man from Tunisia who must have moved to Jamaica very long ago because it seems he was part of the background when I grew up as a child. Uncle Mike Azan, who at his 100th birthday party told Andy 'I have lived all over the world and Jamaica is the best plae to live - if you know how to live here'.

Andy & I love it! but then we are originally from here.  So now here I am, you say.I'm as grounded an individual as you're likely to find. I am culturally aware and as sensitive to the fact that I don't know; I am not the 'ugly American' - what next?  Well the depth of your pockets. 

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Can You Retire to the Caribbean.& live a 'Cocktails' life a la Tom Cruise?

Can you really retire to the Caribbean, start a business and  live a real live "Cocktails" with Tom Cruise; or if you haven't seen that movie, let's say Casa Blanca.  Let me tell you like the old guy told my husband in Mexico when Andy (Horace, Horacio, Andy. He answers 'yes' to all the above).said he wanted to see the 'Real Mexican, under the tree with the sombrero". "Horacio" he said, you watch too much American movie. 

Same thing here. It is harder to own and operate a business here in Jamaica than it is in the US or Canada. 

                But it is a heck of a lot more fun!

Actually doing it depends first on 3 things. a) The state of your physical and mental health; b) your ability to juggle a lot of disparate things and keep it all in balance. 3) the state of your pocket. Everything costs more in the end than initially visualized.  Operating in a 3rd world (turd world says my sister) takes a lot of mental energy. This country doesn't have the amenities or the civil beauracracy to function efficiently. Just getting permits to do this or that is a hassle. Understanding the nuances of a different culture; wondering if you're paying the right price for things. You need a  mental toughness to keep you grounded, so you'll be able to cope with the differences.

            From this

The idea is to go                

To This

To This!

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