Travel to Jamaica, Living in Jamaica, Relocating to Jamaica, Expat Life and News https://www.expatify.com Travel & Expat Lifestyle Magazine Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:07:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 https://www.expatify.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-expatify-site-logo-32x32.png Travel to Jamaica, Living in Jamaica, Relocating to Jamaica, Expat Life and News https://www.expatify.com 32 32 Monday Escape: Ochos Rios, Jamaica https://www.expatify.com/jamaica/monday-escape-ochos-rios-jamaica.html https://www.expatify.com/jamaica/monday-escape-ochos-rios-jamaica.html#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:27:43 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=4042 In a tropical island known for its tourist destinations, Jamaica’s Ochos Rios is the cream of the crop. Enjoying Jamaica’s natural beauty is much of what Ochos Rios is about, but it’s a place to live in luxury too. Situated on the northeastern shore of Jamaica and commonly referred to as “Ochi” by the locals, […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/jamaica/learning-jamaican-english-jamaican-accents-and-slang-words.html/feed 2 Learning the Social and Business Customs of Jamaica https://www.expatify.com/jamaica/learning-the-social-and-business-customs-of-jamaica.html https://www.expatify.com/jamaica/learning-the-social-and-business-customs-of-jamaica.html#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:02:09 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=2279 Social Jamaicans consider their family as a close-knit unit of aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. Families are close and support each other, financially and emotionally, as it is considered the most important group that one belongs to. Jamaicans often distrust authority. They put a lot of emphasis in trust, especially with their family and close […]

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