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They are outspoken, relaxed, friendly, funny, often surprising and beautiful: Jamaicans. They make you feel welcome on their Caribbean island of which they are rightly proud.
The first impression counts - and that also goes for your first encounter on a visit to a country you have never been to before. When I exited Kingston airport, I was gently approached by a Jamaican who offered his services to take me to the city. During our ride to my guesthouse, we had an animated discussion about the situation on the island, his private life with his wife living in New York where he could not go because of some problems with obtaining a visa, and the impact of the economic crisis on tourism on Jamaica. It would prove exemplary of the many Jamaicans I would meet during my stay. While walking around Kingston market, I heard someone behind me calling me, and since I was taking a picture, I was afraid that she was about to tell me I should not do that. Instead, I looked into the smiling face of a Jamaican woman who asked me to take her picture - with her friends. Before I realized, we were having a discussion about our respective countries.
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