I just returned last night from a fantastic reach.

*sigh*

It’s still painfully hard to leave my place of comfort, sanity and peace.

WOW Johng, your pictures are incredible. Thank you so much for posting them and sharing your memories. I envy anyone who traveled to Jamaica in the 70’s and 80’s. My island visits started in the Bahamas in 1990, but I never really connected with it like I have with Jamaica which I didn’t discover until 2003. I guess 13 years of amassing memories and photos isn’t a bad collection, but nothing like the treasures you and others have who were there pre-tourist explosion and development.

I love the one of you on the bus. The more time I spend in Portland, the greater my need for “how it was” stories like the ones you posted. So please feel free to tell us more. I agree with Vince, I love hearing about the back in the day Jamaica as much as the Jamaica I’m getting to know now.