Tunda on the Rock Book Cover

Good Children’s Books for Travelling – My Review of Tunda on the Rock

Everyone likes a good book when they are going on holiday (vacation), so why should children be left out? If you are looking for a Good Children’s Books for Travelling – My Review of Tunda on the Rock will give a child a light hearted introduction to their stay in Jamaica.A good book can help to while away the hours when confined to an airline cabin seat and will keep them entertained, educated and give you some peace and quiet at the same time.

Patwa Apparel

Jamaican ‘Patwa Apparel’ Speaks Out!

Heneka is a bono-fide Jamaican success story, starting her business empire in 2007 with a clothing line where she cleverly fused her love for Jamaican Patois with fashion.

Sweet Jamaica

Sweet Jamaica interview on ExpatBlog.com

I had an interesting email earlier this month from the lovely Erin, the Content Editor for EasyExpat.com inviting me to be the next interviewee in their great series of expat interviews. My Sweet Jamaica blog is listed on their sister website BlogExpat.com which features great blogs from Expats all over the world, sharing their experiences of moving overseas.

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‘This is Jamaica’ Documentary

The documentary champions the everyday person in Jamaica through whistle stop tours over much of the island and interviews with members of the local communities and settlers, such as the Maroons, Indians and Germans. Michael is able to skilfully unravel the meaning behind the Jamaican motto ‘Out of Many, One People’, which is a testament to the multi-cultural inhabitants of the island, who lives are peacefully intertwined. Hear about Jamaica in the words of its people and revel in some of the sights and sites that are covered in this documentary, so that you too can transported into the very heartbeat of Jamaica.

Beetle Jamaica camouflage

Bugs… I found a cool Beetle in Jamaica

 

[text_justify]Not a fan of insects? This beetle I found in Jamaica caught my eye as it was such a cool bug, but what is it?[/text_justify]

 

May is ‘Bug Month’ in Jamaica

 

[text_justify]After finding all kinds of bugs in my apartment in a matter of hours, my Jamaican friend commented in a knowing way that May is ‘Bug Month’ in Jamaica… Great, I have lived through many things but can I manage a whole month of bugs, insects and beetles?

I have a confession to make, after watching the animated movie ‘A Bugs Life’ I will never be able to look at bugs in the same way again (as long as we aren’t talking about cockroaches or slugs). The film cleverly depicts bugs with big characters and personalities, so when I see them now I always think about their daily escapades in the big wide world and think twice about killing them.

With this in mind I was especially intrigued to see this strange looking bug in my apartment today and thought it looked pretty cool. I don’t recall ever seeing one before, but as far as bugs go it was quite beautiful on closer inspection!  My Jamaican friend couldn’t remember the name of it, but they did comment that it left a horrible scent if it walked on you, so although I wanted to rescue it back outdoors I didn’t want it to touch me. Grabbing a small punched tin tea light holder I scooped it up and took it outside, but the more I looked at it, the more I loved the ‘design’ of the bug.

 

 

The ‘unidentified’ bug was a fantastic shape and appeared to mimic a leaf, maybe as a means of camouflage. It was mottled green on its back, with bright lime and purple coloured lines around the edges of the tough wing case and the translucent wing tips were visible and neatly folded over one another underneath. The head had two curious looking ‘horns’ that looked like the ‘stem’ of a leaf… another camouflage technique?  When I looked at the photographs up close I realised that it looked as if it had four eyes, two of which were large and grey in colour and on the sides of the long face, with two smaller black eyes nearer to the back of the ‘face’.

If anyone knows the local name of the bug please let me know…[/text_justify]