Robert Cohen wrote:
> I've read so many negative articles in years past that I'm not
> intending to get off a boat should it dock there.
Your loss. It's a beautiful country. What a shame that you don't want
to give it a try. Why leave home if anything different than what you're
accustomed to is something you're not interested in experiencing? Why
not, at least, sign up for a ship's tour?
Lee
>
> I realize such is partly paranoia, though here is what causes such
> fear:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/sports/sports-jamaica-berbick.html?hp&ex=1162094400&en=454c959069f9eaf0&ei=5094&partner=homepage
>
> note: JAMAICA FAREWELL is on the back of the hit BANANA BOAT SONG or
> "Day-O" by Harry Belafonte circa 1950s
>
> In my youth, everybody sang the catchy song.
>
> i apologize to the Jamaican people; but these are my candid
> feelings/perceptions, and I suppose others are ditto but too polite to
> post such.
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