If you want to understand more about crime and the constant state of emergency in Jamaica, this is a beautifully written must read.

This woman sells tobacco plants in Tivoli Gardens. This is one of the ways she makes her living. It is a few hundred dollars for several sprigs of the leaves. People chew it or smoke it.

Frangipani at Emancipation Park.

Apparently, I am $9.5 million richer! I got this email the other day…

I am Barrister John Ulam, I contacted you in connection with the death of my late client. A native of your country who bear the same surname with you and he die in motor accident with the entire members of his family leaving the sum of money, US$9.5 million in the bank of Togo. After an unsuccessful attempt to find a relative of his. I decided to contact you to stand and claim this funds. kindly get back to me in order to improve communication and information on this transaction.

Waiting for your reply.

Barrister: John Ulam:
Lome-TOGO

We do not have air-conditioning. It is summer, so of course it is extremely hot, especially at night. So my husband, a computer whisperer, decided to BUILD OUR OWN AIR CONDITIONING, from some computer parts. And it works. Brilliant.

A Seaga supporter at the funeral.