Some of us take advice better than others

This should be required reading at the border. I had the names of at least 5 people it reminded me of before I even finished it. Then remembered another 10 or so after.
Outstanding.

Well, I'm one of the wannabee's. Don't know if I'll end up having the chance, but if I do, I hereby promise to do my very best to take it slow, listen (really listen) to those who have gone before.

I thought that that ability was one of the things that separates us from the other jungle critters??

Thank you all for not completely giving up... some of us will try to listen and follow your advice.

Julian

Rigrat -- I am new to this forum but would like to ask your permission to repost (with credit to you) the "Ode to a Newcomer" poem on a couple of Jamaican forums. This poem is SO JAMAICA -- and I know the expats there will laugh up a storm after reading it. I live in Jamaica for 1/2 of the year and I most likely will always continue on there, just because of the familiarity, but I do want to spend six months in Belize next year. The (government) has killed off a great majority of the reefs through overbuilding of condominiums and "huge" Spanish owned hotels, all pumping their septic systems into the sea. The "new" condominium buyers are of a particularly obnoxious set of people and your poem reflects the personalities of the greater majority of them.

You will probably get a quicker response from Rigrat if you post this on the message board at www.belizeforum.com
Let's hope Belize does not continue going in the way of the Jamaican overbuilding....

okay, will do, thanks for the response. I have been going to Jamaica for decades but as I get older, it has become harder for me to find people to watch my dog [or dog(s)] for six months and Jamaica has a six month quarantine. It seems as if there is 'no problem' in bringing in pets to Belize for a time. From what I have been reading and hearing, Belize sounds like a nice country to spend some time in.

Good luck!

LoveH20, after a lot of reading I can see into the 'Good luck' message, I think my best bet is to become a 'no dog' person once my beloved Roamie dies and continue on with my life in Jamaica. Petty thiefs get macheted by their honest Jamaican neighbors, so thievery is not really a problem -- when you live in a third world country for a good amount of time, you know who is a thief, who is a ho, who is a pimp, who is a crooked cop, who is an honest cop, where not to walk alone late at night, who to call if late late late at night you need to get back to your remote seaside location, and so on. Belizian expats, upon a first read about your paradise it sounded totally amazingly easy! There is a HUGE HUGE problem to own / import /purchase a vehicle in Jamaica. Bringing your dog into Jamaica is an impossibility.

We should get live a version on YouTube performed from Rigrat.