Hey! I apologise for my tardiness. I'm having a great time on holiday, but it has been a little draining. Still, Egypt is wonderful and it's different from anywhere I have been before.
Yes, it was hard to write about the negative side of Jamaica, but I would have been the biggest hypocrite if I didn't. The country is in a sad state.
I lived there full-time until I was 30 years old, but even while living there, I always struggled with living in a way that made me feel like a prisoner to stay alive. I was a different person then too. One hardens to cope with the environment that one lives in, and that's just how I was. I have seen the light, and despite crime being everywhere in the world, I am happier living in a country where I can have freedom of mind, to do and go to any place (with care) without constant fear for my life.
Yes, it's a similar situation in SA, and I believe and do understand your decision for taking your family back to France.
Thank you, regarding the photos with my parents, and the photo of me with the bobsled team brought back many happy memories😁
That resonated with me a lot. It's crazy what we allow ourselves to endure until we taste a better life, and then it's impossible to return to the hardship. Maybe not impossible, but really hard.
We were just talking about what we gained and what we lost since we left, and I have to admit that the only thing we are missing, is the feeling of freedom (but gaining freedom of mind). I guess any of the European and UK countries are a little bit more repressive and became police states, it's the price to pay for safety.
I don't know if you've heard what has been happening in El Salvador for nearly a year. The mafia and gangsters were ruling the country, kidnapping people and asking for ransoms of the family. The newly elected president had enough and rounded up 40k murderers and recently videos were released showing the way these multi-recidivists were treated, it triggered an outcry from the Western press, but the truth is, I can speak on the behalf of friends that told me about the life prior to these drastic changes, life now is livable, and crime is a thing of the past.
It's really sad when you think about the situation in El Salvador, and it's no surprise that human rights people would object. However, desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess. Something seemed to have worked there.
I don't see Jamaica taking any drastic steps, and I think that it's time for the government to really "act" and take control.