White people with dreads.

[Bandana]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Marielle</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bandanna</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: deebee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

<span style="font-weight: bold">the beach club condos</span> </div></div>






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&gt;sigh&lt; I wanna be there RIGHT NOW!!!!! </div></div>



You and me both Marielle, you and me both...

[ohliz]

Re: White people with dreads.

Having traveled with white people with dreads to Jamaica several times, I can say you may get some attention but I really don't think it's a big deal. Perhaps an opening to conversation/solicitation for some people.

And Dr is probably right that dreads will make people think she is interested in drugs more than tourists who look a bit &quot;straighter&quot;.

But you can clear that up easily.

[neutral]

Re: White people with dreads.

&quot;<span style="font-weight: bold"> what would it take for him to overcome the negative stories he's heard, i wonder?</span>&quot;

How about Jamaicans on the board offering some positive stories to balance the negative ones.

[neutral]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bandanna</div><div class="ubbcode-body">


I too agree that you get what you project, so if you go into ANYTHING thinking the worst you tend to attract it...

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Must disagree with this,people tend to go into situations/places armed with their knowledge of the history of that place,that doesnt mean that they are likely to be shot,hung drawn and quartered,teeth pulled out,eye brows plucked involuntarily,toe nails pulled slowly, or horribly mangled by blunt instrument because it happened to someone else before them.

[neutral]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SueSumba</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: deebee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">but have heard horror stories and are getting a bit nervous.

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Don't go!!! cannibalism is rampant in Jamaica </div></div>

Tasteless &quot;joke&quot;,...very bad,not good.

[neutral]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mariane</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I really cant see your fiancee having any problems ..and certainly not because of her Dreads
Nigril and Jamaicans in particular are used to seeing a lot! of white tourists that wear Dreadlocks .. not sure what it is exactly why .. but the Islands seems to attract dem lol

Go! and have a really nice Holiday.. Because thats whats going to happen and stop worrying!! </div></div>


Best advise so far,...deebee,hope you and your partner have a wonderful time on our island.

[neutral]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R00TS</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> you'll be fine

Just stay away from the Jamaicans </div></div>


Yeah,...especially the ones on this board who think that THEIR opinions on jamaica should be set in stone.

[Bizzy]

Re: White people with dreads.

Laddamerci!! Why unu a run de ppl dem form mi islant!!

Dee, you and your fiance will have a splendiferous time. Too bad u goin negril

[Marielle]

Re: White people with dreads.

how can you not love it??!!

[Blackstar*]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: neutral</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">&quot;<span style="font-weight: bold"> what would it take for him to overcome the negative stories he's heard, i wonder?</span>&quot;

How about Jamaicans on the board offering some positive stories to balance the negative ones.</span></div></div>
I don't think any of the posts have reinforced &quot;negative stories&quot; the thread starter may have heard. Not to mention the whole &quot;it's save vs. not safe debate&quot; is a complete and utter waste of time. Everyone knows that there's good and bad wherever you go.

There have been chilling reports about how black people are treated in China and Russia for example, but I wouldn't start a thread on chinese.com or russians.com asking how I'd be received in their respective countries. The question itself leads to implications about the state of mind of the person even as they make their enquiries.

Keeping that in mind, responses to the thread starter have been laudable for their restraint and balance. Deebee even booked his ticket for JA already so he apparently found the Jcans on the board welcoming enough.

[Bizzy]

Re: White people with dreads.

Marielle, that place name Pelican Bar/Bay right??
what is the point of it again?? caw mi sure annuh one bar u can go siddung an jam 2 inna.

u just tek a boat/walk out, buy a beer an leave??

[halfwaytree]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BiziWibbleWobble</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Marielle, that place name Pelican Bar/Bay right??
what is the point of it again?? caw mi sure annuh one bar u can go siddung an jam 2 inna.

u just tek a boat/walk out, buy a beer an leave??
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I'm afraid to ask about the washroom facilities!

<span style="font-weight: bold">Note to self...</span> <span style="font-style: italic">&quot;Don't swim underneath the Pelican Bar!&quot;</span>

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Curmudgeon_Milo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BiziWibbleWobble</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Marielle, that place name Pelican Bar/Bay right??
what is the point of it again?? caw mi sure annuh one bar u can go siddung an jam 2 inna.

u just tek a boat/walk out, buy a beer an leave??
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I'm afraid to ask about the washroom facilities!

<span style="font-weight: bold">Note to self...</span> <span style="font-style: italic">&quot;Don't swim underneath the Pelican Bar!&quot;</span>

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With 7 miles betwen you and the mainland,i don't think bathroom facillities is the going to be your most important concern.

[deebee]

Re: White people with dreads.

Thanks everyone for your replies. We are booked, and the marriage license is being set up. I feel more at ease about this, especially from the pms I got from white girls who have dreads and go to jamaica fairly often.

Thanks again everybody. I can't wait.

[Magician]

Re: White people with dreads.

Be sure you a report with pictures when you come back!