04-06-2019, 03:19 PM
"OT....you "think" those were murders of people that were good, in your eyes, u don't get murdered for nothing"
Exactly - I can make my own substantial list of people that I thought were the least likely to get murdered but there's always "something" in someone's background that made that risk a reality...
When one has experienced crime up close and personal, as in the case of Tim's wife it is perfectly understandable why they would not want to return to the situation. My dearly departed friend was held up at gun-point up at the Great House on her 3rd or 4th trip/year to Jamaica. She returned faithfully every year after that (total of 9 years) until her untimely death. When her scans came back as a "get your affairs in order" type of thing the first place she wanted to go...Jamaica (it was at that point unfortunately untangeable).
Like OT, after decades I (knock wood) have not had anything happen to me. And like OT, my "roll" has changed over the years based on how thing go there now. Like Sharleen in my younger years I was of course what might be considered more "reckless" in how I "did" Negril...I was younger and Negril was a much different place, a place yet pretty well undiscovered by the masses and as a result, there was much less crime against tourists...and gun violence was nearly non-existent. In the time of the cell phone and the internet the scourge of these scamming operations have lead to so much murder and mayhem...and this is now the Jamaica we love and deal with because we want to.
While not "locked behind" resort gates I take the precautions necessary to protect myself and my family. A fifteen minute walk at night to or from my favorite bar was par for the course back in the day and is not even considered now - even the walk from my friend's house just a couple of doors down from my gate could be considered "dicey" at a certain time of night.
Who I am as a person now means I don't go out much at night, I'm not running to the beach for shows or parties and the like - part of that comes from I just don't feel like it, part of it comes from the cost ($40US to see say Beres Hammond who I've seen many times for 1/4 the price) and part of that comes from just the organization needed to get myself there and back. In a way I miss that Negril - in other ways, I've experienced that Negril many times over in simpler times.
So, I'll return this winter as I always do - its my one opportunity to see my loved ones there each year and to get my chill on after 9 months of a fairly hectic pace...its not about the weather, I live in California...but it continues to be my happy place.
Exactly - I can make my own substantial list of people that I thought were the least likely to get murdered but there's always "something" in someone's background that made that risk a reality...
When one has experienced crime up close and personal, as in the case of Tim's wife it is perfectly understandable why they would not want to return to the situation. My dearly departed friend was held up at gun-point up at the Great House on her 3rd or 4th trip/year to Jamaica. She returned faithfully every year after that (total of 9 years) until her untimely death. When her scans came back as a "get your affairs in order" type of thing the first place she wanted to go...Jamaica (it was at that point unfortunately untangeable).
Like OT, after decades I (knock wood) have not had anything happen to me. And like OT, my "roll" has changed over the years based on how thing go there now. Like Sharleen in my younger years I was of course what might be considered more "reckless" in how I "did" Negril...I was younger and Negril was a much different place, a place yet pretty well undiscovered by the masses and as a result, there was much less crime against tourists...and gun violence was nearly non-existent. In the time of the cell phone and the internet the scourge of these scamming operations have lead to so much murder and mayhem...and this is now the Jamaica we love and deal with because we want to.
While not "locked behind" resort gates I take the precautions necessary to protect myself and my family. A fifteen minute walk at night to or from my favorite bar was par for the course back in the day and is not even considered now - even the walk from my friend's house just a couple of doors down from my gate could be considered "dicey" at a certain time of night.
Who I am as a person now means I don't go out much at night, I'm not running to the beach for shows or parties and the like - part of that comes from I just don't feel like it, part of it comes from the cost ($40US to see say Beres Hammond who I've seen many times for 1/4 the price) and part of that comes from just the organization needed to get myself there and back. In a way I miss that Negril - in other ways, I've experienced that Negril many times over in simpler times.
So, I'll return this winter as I always do - its my one opportunity to see my loved ones there each year and to get my chill on after 9 months of a fairly hectic pace...its not about the weather, I live in California...but it continues to be my happy place.