Because it has become an important topic to me recently and I think it is a good time now to discuss it, I am writing a blog about something other than my current life this time. This is about cultures and the importance of cultures and subcultures when dealing with other people. Obviously when you are travelling this topic comes up all the time. I also want to make it very clear from the start that when I talk about different cultures I am talking about them bei...

So, my living situation has much improved this week: I moved from Kingston into the mountains just outside of the city. The climate up here is much nicer, there is no air and noise pollution and it doesn't take me an average of ten minutes to cross the street outside my house - rather I tend to walk in the middle of the road here with an average of 50 cars passing per day… The magic word is WWOOF again: there is a total of 1 (one) WWOOFing places here in Jamai...

Finally, I can say something about the floorball project I came here to work for. I gave it a month so I wouldn't have to report anything negative but it is still difficult. It's more than a month since I arrived and I certainly had a good time getting to know my new home and its surroundings. I also had 3 trainings with my club so far. I love my club! It is organized by a community center in a little village outside Spanish Town. The community is small and stron...

So, my quest of exploring Kingston and its surroundings is going quite well: I have visited several beaches in the area, I've walked (and jogged) in the hills, I've visited the surrounding cities and we've also taken a boat to go to a little island just off the port of Kingston. The landscape is extremely beautiful everywhere as soon as you leave the city - to whichever direction. I was quite surprised at first when I saw that the hills seem to be made out mainly...

I should start with a word about the - supposedly - tropical climate here in Kingston. As it seems, the predominant wind direction here is north-east, meaning that there is the Blue Mountains between the weather front and Kingston. So literally every day you can see the rain in the mountains and hardly a drop every reaches Kingston. I must say that this is the worst frustration of my time in Kingston so far. It is about as hot here as in Miami, although far not a...