Jamaica: Heaven or Hell?

[wordddddd]

For a goofy, white American kid who looks like he couldnt hurt a fly but LOVES to smoke pot and chill out and loves reggae and the whole Rastafarian way of life is Jamaica a good place?

I've heard, yeah the weed is good, but they're in some major economic troubles and are pretty poor and you can get seriously fucked up (mugged, ripped off or worse) pretty easily especially if you look like an American with money. Sure its no Amsterdam, but how does it compare...whats it like?

Clue me in oh wise cannabisboard

[atmachine]

i just got back in may, , no a white kid, but i saw plenty of white kids there, asd long as you stay on the path where your meant to go you will have no problem finding stuff,, at the same time i bought really good smoke, and even better hash, WOW, IMO heaven all the way,

[phareye]

i've heard different things.
the fact that you acknowledge you're a white kid (from the suburbs?) is a good sign.
you stay "on the path", you'll be fine.
i know a dred-locked buddy of mine (anglo) nearly got into some deep shit; something about being poor and dred'd 'cause you have too and seeing an american anglo w/ dred's seems to get some folks pissed off there.
it's like white homies from suburbia thinkin' they're hard/ghetto. when you LIVE in the ghetto cause you have to and you're hard cause you have to be to survive, it pisses you off seeing someone with better circumstances playing like they know/are from the street.

[wordddddd]

i've heard different things.
the fact that you acknowledge you're a white kid (from the suburbs?) is a good sign.
you stay "on the path", you'll be fine.
i know a dred-locked buddy of mine (anglo) nearly got into some deep shit; something about being poor and dred'd 'cause you have too and seeing an american anglo w/ dred's seems to get some folks pissed off there.
it's like white homies from suburbia thinkin' they're hard/ghetto. when you LIVE in the ghetto cause you have to and you're hard cause you have to be to survive, it pisses you off seeing someone with better circumstances playing like they know/are from the street.

yeah dude, i figured it was like that. i admit im a suburban white kid and not badly off at all...i dont pretend to be ghetto, i just like to blaze.

so its not THAT bad? like a ghetto ass, more dangerous amsterdam?

[matt2m]

it wa fine for me but i am jamaican so i would be a bit safer but still i prolly wont move back there but it depends on the area there are some really good looking areas.

[phareye]

from what i gather (and i've found this to be true in places other than jamaica), as long as you're respectful and aware, you should have a great time. tip the locals well when you go out to eat/drink, and be humble.

[phareye]

yeah dude, i figured it was like that. i admit im a suburban white kid and not badly off at all...i dont pretend to be ghetto, i just like to blaze.

so its not THAT bad? like a ghetto ass, more dangerous amsterdam?

i definately didn't mean to imply that you put on a front. the fact that you're intelligent enough to ask the question speaks well for you.

[king kong bong]

i've heard different things.
the fact that you acknowledge you're a white kid (from the suburbs?) is a good sign.
you stay "on the path", you'll be fine.
i know a dred-locked buddy of mine (anglo) nearly got into some deep shit; something about being poor and dred'd 'cause you have too and seeing an american anglo w/ dred's seems to get some folks pissed off there.
it's like white homies from suburbia thinkin' they're hard/ghetto. when you LIVE in the ghetto cause you have to and you're hard cause you have to be to survive, it pisses you off seeing someone with better circumstances playing like they know/are from the street.

gotta disagree with you. you can tell a street person, kinda sense it. im white and dreadlocked but i aint from no suburb. matter fact theres this jamaican dude that lives round my way. he seen my one day skateboarding, i got the locks with the big beard and he started pointin to me like sayin "yea thats right" without sayin it. now he says whats up to me all the time. so i dont think they get pissed off, i think they dig it. your friend probably did some other shit to piss em off.

[phareye]

gotta disagree with you. you can tell a street person, kinda sense it. im white and dreadlocked but i aint from no suburb. matter fact theres this jamaican dude that lives round my way. he seen my one day skateboarding, i got the locks with the big beard and he started pointin to me like sayin "yea thats right" without sayin it. now he says whats up to me all the time. so i dont think they get pissed off, i think they dig it. your friend probably did some other shit to piss em off.

not so much pissed off anyone, more coming across some people who were pissed off. the whole peaceful rasta is a bit of a myth in my experience. it's called Trenchtown cause of the sewer filled trences running thru the 'hood; you can't come from somewhere like that and not be hard.
i hear you about knowing when someone is "real" and not a poser. i'm not sure where you're from, but i doubt if you were pullin' ollies on your skate in t-town you'd get the same reception. that isn't a dis, it's just my observation.
and a question: do your dreds and beard represent your commitment to Jah (see Leviticus 21:5), your solidarity with black people rebelling against babylon (the world of the white man according to rastas), or as a general statement against the "establishment"?

[wordddddd]

haha phareye is kicking asses on this forum.

and yeah i didnt interpret that as you telling me im a poser.

but im glad to hear that they have the same motto i do for the most part: respect gets respect.

[king kong bong]

im not religious. cant really explain the dreads and the beard, all i can say is that it feels right. its a combo of things, against the establishment is part of it. im from new york to answer your question.

[phareye]

im not religious. cant really explain the dreads and the beard, all i can say is that it feels right. its a combo of things, against the establishment is part of it. im from new york to answer your question.

copy that. it's people who do it 'cause they want to look like the Twins from the matrix or something that get up my nose.
as long as you're conscious that it's not just a fasion statement, kudos.
next time i'm up visiting the folks in NY i'll give you a yell.

[cushy]

its pretty poor right now..its not the best place to be inside the city

you get into the wrong cab youre gonna get mugged and maybe killed...all your shit stolen...but if you stay in all the tourist parts with beaches n crap youre all set..problem is shit is expensive there...

i wouldnt risk going into the city

[phareye]

haha phareye is kicking asses on this forum.

-blush-
thanks, blood.
as long as by "kicking asses" you mean "engaging in good discussion/conversation with my fellow seekers".
is the trip definately set, or in the planning stages?

[wordddddd]

eh...a few years back a few of my buddies wanted to just buy like a shack on the beach, surf, smoke and skate 24/7 for a year but i kind of fell through and im thinking that its a possibility if its cheaper than amsterdamn and equal in quality.

i wouldnt mind checking it out for a week or so. well see how the funds go.

and yeah kicking asses means like people are trying to know stuff, but youre like ACTUALLYYYY, this is how it goes and making them look like fools....so kicking their asses hahaha

you from jamaica phareye?

[phareye]

nope.
just you're average american-indian jew of irish decent (long story).
my best bud growing up (and still a good friend) is jamaican.
i've met a lot of his family who still live there.

[JonnyIndica]

Jamaica ROCKS. Negril area is less commercial. Kinston,the island's crime haven is on the total opposite side of the land mass.
I have been there 10+ times,....never hastled once, but I have heard many urban legends.

Use common sense, you will be safe.
Believe me, there are tons more dangerous places right here in the USA.

[king kong bong]

copy that. it's people who do it 'cause they want to look like the Twins from the matrix or something that get up my nose.
as long as you're conscious that it's not just a fasion statement, kudos.
next time i'm up visiting the folks in NY i'll give you a yell.

ok dude.