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    why do you think everything id behind bars and u have to security at the hotel and cant go walkin around late at night less ya got somebody watchin ur back

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    Quote Originally Posted by westcoast View Post
    why do you think everything id behind bars and u have to security at the hotel and cant go walkin around late at night less ya got somebody watchin ur back
    That is so not true for a blanket statement of Jamaica.

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    Quote Originally Posted by westcoast View Post
    why do you think everything id behind bars and u have to security at the hotel and cant go walkin around late at night less ya got somebody watchin ur back
    Good questions that have equally good answers. In the places they are used, burglar bars are used to give the same comfort level that North American homes and businesses enjoy with all the electronic surveillance that is available there. I am sure that when electronic security systems including silent alarms and security cameras become more available, you will see that change take place.

    As for the security at hotels, this is a requirement in order to obtain a hotel license, just as is required in many North American cities.

    And, you can go around at night by yourself, without someone watching your back, but as a visitor to a foreign country, it is normally in your best interest to have someone with you who knows the runnings. This is wise if for no other reason than to help you from making a fool of yourself or getting yourself into trouble by not knowing the local customs...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob View Post
    This is wise if for no other reason than to help you from making a fool of yourself or getting yourself into trouble by not knowing the local customs...
    yep
    yep

    however, my stylee & experience has always been to apply the same *customs*-practices & procedures that are in-effect here in-foreign, when i'm in-Jamaica. Works for me. I've found they're similar in a LOT of ways.

    ..ummmmmmmmmmm
    EXCEPT for example (among a few others):::::>>> here in Jamaica, you DON'T go into somebody's house OR YARD without FIRST being told it's ok to enter ----- unlike here in-foreign, where you can saunter into/onto the property,, walk-up to the door, ,,,,, knock & enter

    ummmmmmmmmmmm....

    which reminds me of something-something:::::::: it MUST-be confusing to Ja-residents when they hear about we-foreigners bring-ing new-found *friends* back to our hotel rooms.

    anyhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
    be hapPpy

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    Quote Originally Posted by smith744 View Post
    >>>here in Jamaica, you DON'T go into somebody's house OR YARD without FIRST being told it's ok to enter -----
    Ahhh, yes, I love this custom!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lola View Post
    Ahhh, yes, I love this custom!
    :-)

    i too love that *custom*,
    especially helpful in the countryside, when the JehovahWitness-people come around ....

    ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    don't any of you's take this the wrong way
    ..i have NUTIN' against JehovahWitness-es
    .....a BUNCH of my Ja-*friends* are of that faith

    but::>> in Jamaica they '.flex.' a LOT different than they do here in-foreign .... even those (in Jamaica) who stand on the street-sides, handing out their literature/tracks are more laid-back, and don't *approach* you, as they do here in-foriegn.

    mi like the Ja-stylee
    be hapPpy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob View Post
    This is wise if for no other reason than to help you from making a fool of yourself or getting yourself into trouble by not knowing the local customs...
    What would be the local customs that a tourist would not know that could result in trouble?

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    Quote Originally Posted by westcoast View Post
    why do you think everything id behind bars and u have to security at the hotel and cant go walkin around late at night less ya got somebody watchin ur back
    ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    very-very good points der, mi fren

    1....'..live-ing behind bars..' ~~ 'twas jus' the other day, i visited some folks here in good 'ole USofA Washington DC and asked 'em about those security bars on their house windows & doors ..... mi personally can't live like that ..... thank Goodness, when i'm in-Jamaica, in-country i don't have to deal with that kind of thing-y

    2....'..security at hotel..' ~~~ oh how i hate those hotel guards .... :-( ... and here in WashingtonDC/USofA they-be roam-ing around the hotel in plain-clothing ...and and and don't all those security type toy-cops in the USofA malls, stores, everywhere upset you, too..??...
    and
    and
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    and:::>>> all those cameras all over the place watching & watching your every move

    * sigh *


    so sickening here in-foreign na tru

    3....'.walking late at night.' ~~~~ yep yep YEP .... waaaaay to many dangerous thing-ys be going on here in-foreign fi sure .... i so dread watching NancyGrace and checking-out the crazy stuff our fellow from-foriegn people be doing ..... pure wickeness ...!!..

    * whew *

    i need a new countdown for mi next Ja-trip

    :-(
    be hapPpy

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