We're Western Canadians, last year was my first time in Negril. Had no idea what to expect, usually we have done all-inclusives in Mexico. Negril is SO much more fun! Strolling down the beach with a Red Stripe, meeting great people, extremely laid-back vibe. It doesn't get much better (and yes, we do like our subs!) Will be there in 18 days, yay!
Subs?
Rompcherry has a good point - in the busy season WestJet has 3 direct flights from Toronto every day, AC has 2 + the few charters that remain - that's a LOT of flights every single dayMost of the time the WJ flights are at least 1/2 Jamaican expats heading home for a visit, the other 1/2 are us pasty white Canadians looking for a little R&R and sun.
BuckeyeJeff - took me a while, wondered how people could eat all these subs and why they'd want to in JA, but think about it. What is small and white and shaped like a submarine and is very popular in JA???
Im sorry I have my last two Olympic gold Hockey medals blocking my vision to notice we have not won a cup in that long. And Canada's greatest export to the us is 90 % of all hockey players on American teams in the NHL.
A true Canadian would have no excuse to not notice a drought like that. I wouldn't trade any amount of Olympic medals for even one of my Red Wing's Cups of Lord Stanley!
I like the trash talk though
Last edited by BuckeyeJeff; 03-19-2014 at 10:47 AM.
Again your welcome from, from your canadian redwings.................and a couple of russians.
Certainly not JUST the weather. We could go to Cuba, Mexico, or the Dominican for a lot less money. A lot less!
But Jamaica has so much more to enjoy and I don't just mean subs.
Where I live, hundreds of seasonal Jamaican farm workers harvest the tender fruit crops and grapes in Niagara.
They are friendly, open accounts at local banks near my Niagara Falls home, interact with locals in a positive manor and are
excellent ambassadors for Jamaica.
Canada has a huge number of Jamaican immigrants that help make us a diverse and rich culture.
Many hospital nurses for instance, are from Jamaica; expecially the "in-charge" head nurses who provide wonderful care to those hospitalized. I know. I've spent
lots of time in hospitals in the last 20 years.
Canadians have an affinity with Jamaican people and we love Jamaica, even though it costs lots more to visit.
All of our grocery stores carry Grace Products like pepper sauce, coconut wata, ting, and so on.
Canadians love all things Jamaican. That's why we go. Did I also mention subs?
Last edited by Big_frank; 03-18-2014 at 09:56 PM.
Yes I forgot about the Jamaican Farm Workers as we don't have many of them in Toronto. I'll vouch for the hospitals though.
Mentioning the flights, when I do fly out to JA in the summer, at least 1/2 of the plane are Jamaican-Canadians going on vacation in their great country.
Hey now that we've mentioned subs, what about our great Tim Horton's coffee lol.
If we had a Timmies in JA, more Canadians would go in droves lol. Unfortunately, they don't do franchises in JA.
I still find it difficult to find a sour sop here .. now and again I come across them in the West Indian grocery stores :-)
"Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire Black Canadian population with over 170,000 living in Toronto and I would suggest that of this # the majority help their relatives in Jamaica."
What an interesting stat. I had no idea that the Jamaican population was so large there.
In Loving Memory of William 'Bunny Rugs' Clarke, Lead Singer of Third World:
"There's a land not so far away/Where the sun keep shinning all through the day/And this land that we all love/God gave us the wood and the water/Blessed by the moon and stars above/Sweet, sweet Jamaica/Beautiful Jamaica/Everyday feels like a holiday/Sweet reggae music playing/From Negril to Morant Bay/Sweet, sweet Jamaica/Oh Jamaica/Irie, irie, irie Jamaica/Sweet Jamaica our land we love"
a little off topic,,, gump worsley, best inport from Canada. !!! Yes I love my hockey
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