This is amazing because I just moved to Jamaica from Florida in March 2020 all by myself at 21 years old! I’m actually working on starting my own vlog now so I would really love the support❤️❤️❤️
That's awesome! You have my support on your channel for sure. Any questions or openness to share transition war stories I'm down. I can also put you in touch with Rahel. She's a great person to speak with. What's your IG? Mine is @throp
I have been coming to Jamaica for 4 year’s several times a year and I am currently in Jamaica planning to move back. Jamaica has its challenges, but also much potential. It is an absolutely beautiful country. I thank God ever day that I was born here. Welcome to Jamaica 🇯🇲
Jamaica is that itch you can't reach, it courses in your blood stream, cascades in on your thoughts, that addiction you want no cure for. It brought me there 6 times, got me married, hoping to move there for good down the line.
People are leaving other countries to come to Jamaica while on the other hand people are trying to leave Jamaica 🇯🇲. The grass is not always green on the other side.
Thanks so much for watching and thank you even more for the feedback. I really appreciate that. This is my first time doing something like this. Thank you again
Jamaica is my second home! So much love and respect for the people and the culture! My husband was born and raised there, but came to Canada in 2019!!! I took 23 trips there over 2.5yrs. We can’t wait to go back once this world gets back to somewhat “normal”
That was excellent. I’ve noticed that there are quite a few young people from Canada, the US and UK primarily with Jamaican families moving to the island. I’m so inspired to see young people take such bold steps and this beautiful island will benefit from it. I hope you will take this format forward. I love to see you post a bit more
Thanks so much for watching. Also thank you for your support and well wishes. I’m committed to posting once a week. I plan to have another one out next Saturday. Thanks again for watching
When you know what you’re looking for in a place, the good outweighs the bad. Thanks for sharing...just the view in the background alone is enough for me...🤗
Thank you Rahel for sharing your personal experience on taking the leap to step out on faith and move during the Pandemic when everyone is afraid to go out and explore. Thank you also for sharing that Jamaica is still a wonderful place to visit and live.
Amazing... I wanna move there too soon. Im 42 i wanna be there with 50 and enjoy my rest of the life. My man have a house down there and life is a risk but jamaica is a beautiful country and it makes me happy. And thats all what matters.
You did an excellent job. I can appreciate when guests can finish their thoughts without constant interruption from the interviewer. 🔥🔥 Keep them coming.
Haitian from Canada, been in Jamaica for a few months now. But being a tourist, I can only stay 3 months without requiring a visa, so now I have to leave this beautiful island :( but so grateful to this wonderful island for receiving me, once again!
Thank you for watching! You can get a 3 month extension fairly easily if you'd like. If you need any help with that please let me know. You can DM me on IG @throp
I traveled to Jamaica many years ago and enjoyed myself tremendously! I am teleworking now and can retire soon and thought about a getaway from Philadelphia too. Thank you for this! What a blessing to hear someone else’s experience of moving away and living in Jamaica!
I left ja in February of this year , I’m already dying to be back home. I want to go back in 2023 . I was kinda having second thoughts when I hear the price of building a house🤣 but she definitely just put the icing on the cake for me because if she’s American and left the big USA for Jamaica despite the challenges who am I not to go back when my heart wants to . I really appreciate this video.
Loved the interview! It was so genuine and well done in regards to your questions and camera footage. It was very interesting to watch. God Bless! You are on the right path. One Love 🇯🇲
All the best, I can’t wait to go home, I’m in the process of purchasing a house there, but that’s not the easiest thing to do from here (USA) but I’m working on it...
After Trump I realized that I need to put Jamaica in my heart again as my true home. The crime makes it scary, but I already am putting together my plan to move back by 2023. I’m there every other month anyway, and I love my trips more and more.
Crime is worldwide..U have to do something really bad to someone to get killed in jamaica,its even more safe in jamaica than some foreign countries..When a person come for someone in jamaica they come for that one particular person they dont finish the whole are like other foreign countries
I'm very inspired by this video, I am Jamaican and I would love to move back one day. After 35 plus years in the ice box for me, I think it's time for me to make a move...
35 years old bredda? My major warning to you old man is that things are very expensive, congested in the major towns and cities and anywhere near town in real estate is very expensive.
Throp you are a pro. So relaxing listening to you. I have been in the broadcast industry for 38 years which started in Jamaica and still in the business in Canada. Your interviewing skills are top notch. You allow the guest to speak and get their thoughts together without interrupting in. Your display is not about you, but the guest and the content from them. Well done. I wired a disco at one of the those hotels/villas in the eighties for the owner who was a Jamaican building contractor in England. Cannot remember his name but the hotel he owned was painted pink and on both sides of the road. One love brother and enjoy your new home, Jamaica. Land of speed....
This is just wonderful and I can relate to what she is saying seeing that I'm living abroad. I migrated by force as a child but I know I'll return one of these days. She has a great attitude, so pleasant and beautiful. Welcome to the land of my birth sis. What an inspirational story!
Please interview Misti, she's American and been living there for a while now. Runs a Negril Facebook page and does tremendously well in promoting Negril.
I live in Philly & Love Negril which is why I choose to visit every January. Even seen ya running on the beach couple of times. Looking Good Papi. Great interview.
Hi Throp, It's a year later and I do want to echo what another viewer has said and that is you ask great questions, and you listen intently without interrupting your guests. It is such a calming and respectful thing to notice in all your interviews. Keep up the great work. Thank you for bringing us these inspirational stories about Jamaica. I plan to stay at Travellers one of these days when I travel to Negril. I have never been to Negril, even though I grew up in Kingston. ❤❤❤✔
Wonderful interview great seeing u back with a new volg beautiful young lady my daughter spend some time at travellers and she had a beautiful experience staying there for a few days and she too also loves living in ja from NYC ja is such a beautiful island most off the time there's so much negativity place on this island but there's also alot positive aspect off living in ja u meet alot beautiful ppl the weather is Gorgeous the food and the Beautiful beaches and Rivers ect
Thanks so much for watching. Also thank you for your support and feedback. I’m so happy to hear your daughter had an enjoyable time at Travellers. Thanks again for watching
@@Throp first the Jamaican education system nerds to be improved, teachers paid more (and always on time) and stronger and healthier family units and unified communities, need to be restored. That is a foundation of any well run society and country. There is a lot of work to get back there but with unity, anything is possible. I wish when Marcus Garvey was alive, the Jamaican people listened to his advice.
That's beautiful and refreshing to watch and listen, I've really enjoyed this video, thanks so much for sharing, oh my God I wish that I could be there too, much love from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 💕 😊
Im Ghanaian and my heart smiles knowing that people appreciate Jamaica. Jamaicans need to love their country more. I enjoyed my stay in 2017 and never wanted to go back to the US.
This is amazing, what a coincidence. I'm planning to move to Jamaica. I'm hoping I can get across the border and was worried given COVID, but this gives me hope. Thank you!
I am mesmerized by the quality and care of your content; the respectful way you represent Jamaica. You are a visual storyteller! I've reached out to you to learn more and to join you on an adventure. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Blessings!
I am also from Philadelphia... I go to Jamaica every other month I stayed for 30 days and I am not trying to move there permanently. When I come I now look for a place to live.
Awesome. If there is anything I can do to assist please let me know. I’d be more than happy to help. I have friends who are real estate agents and landlords. Please feel free to dm on IG @throp
I felt that way my first time there. And I am really thinking seriously about it! I'm retired but I can work remotely if I choose to. Great interview y'all!
Blessings! I just returned from JA in Feb. It was amazing, was there 21 days and can't wait to return. Just thinking abouth the remote possibility today so thank you for this video! :)
I love Jamaica. Every time I plan a vacation, I always want to go somewhere else and always choose Jamaica. I haven't been in such a long time. I miss it and look forward to going back when the world is safer. I love Negril as well.
@@mountainbikeshorts6694 I don't blame them. Crime is the cancer. Sigh. And most returning residents have had it bad. Someday it would get better as I wanna retire there.
Great video! Thank you both for sharing your accounts of the move to Jamaica. The interview didn't feel at all contrived. Loved the calm and authentic vibe. The comments are very interesting as well... I'm a Realtor in Montego Bay and I've recently done a few house tours that have also attracted similar comments. Comments about crime and violence in Jamaica can be extremely difficult to address, but I like how you respectfully offer your opinion without trying to persuade anyone to think otherwise. Looking forward to Part 2! 👍
Thank you for watching! There is a club house room that meets every Tuesday evening at 7 called "Jamaica: Roots + Culture" and there are a lot of misconceptions being discussed in there as it relates to crime in Jamaica. As I'm sure you know crime is a concern here but I don't believe it's to the extent that some media outlets portray it to be.Your insight as a Realtor in Jamaica would be greatly appreciated in that group. I encourage you to hop in there one Tuesday evening when you have some time. If you don't already have a club house invite I'd be more than happy to send you one. Thank you again for watching and for your feedback
@@Throp You’re welcome! The Clubhouse Room sounds interesting! I’d be happy to join in. I haven’t started using Clubhouse yet, but there’s no time like the present so please go ahead and send the invite! 😄
@@SarahOttey awesome. This is going to sound like such a pick up line but it’s not I promise, I’m going to need your phone number 😂. That’s the only way to send invites. Also it’s iPhone only right now that’s the other stipulation. If you could, dm me on IG or LinkedIn. I connected with you there as well. I can send you the invite after
@@rockbrown8779 i am a Jamaican and I say what I see so don't tell me that i am negative right now Jamaica is number 3 most dangerous country to travel to ok so go to hell
@@ThropPlus *Mocha* visit *Negril* pretty often too. She did a live feed yesterday from the *Negril Tree House* where she hosts *Black Expats in Jamaica* It's a large community. Also there's a young lady along with her mother and siblings from *California* her name is *Jo* and her channel is *PhoJographer* .. Plus *Annesha Adams* a *Canadian* is well known as an expat too....😊
I find it interesting our Jamaican People are always, always saying that Jamaicans don't appreciate Jamaica. (When a person from another Country who was never born in !!Jamaica!!) Decide to give their opinion about Jamaica🤔🤔. Every Jamaican appreciate Jamaica !!FACTS!! We do love our land of birth. We left Jamaica because of all different reasons. For myself if I had stayed I would never accomplish what I have never. I always come back and vacation spend my hard earn money that my Jamaican People want to over charge me for everything because I am on vacation and live in USA. Jamaicans send the most barrels next to Haiti. We take care of our family back home so they can look great, nice houses to live in. We don't appreciate Jamaica..STOP THE MADNESS🙆♂️🙆♂️🙆♂️. We still have a house there😎😎. A lot of these Foriegners never even own a house where they come form. They see snow during winter, no beach. Yes there are beautiful beaches in USA too. Oh please the way we take care of each other you think Foriegners build houses for their Families? You Jamaicans talking all this madness needs to take Several Seats all the way in the back. Big up all the Jamaicans who stayed home and keep our Country going and all Jamaicans all over the world who work like a slave in Foriegn Country who are discriminated against, who work 3 jobs to help with the Jamaican economy. Check out how many billions we send back home.🤔🤔 YES JAMAICANS LOVE JAMAICA. Where were you when the Foriegners telling us to go back on the boat. Comedians making fun of Jamaicans working 10 jobs. We took jobs they never wanted to make our Family back home live well and enjoy nice homes & cars that you can't appreciate . Foriegners are impressed by the way you live some of them don't live like you in their own country they are fascinated. Jamaicans are resilient don't forget that. Think before you all running the MOUTH.
Beautiful. And well produced, Throp. Haven't seen a large number of digital nomads here in particular - I really feel the government was late to the space.
thanks a lot for watching and thank you for the feedback. I agree with you. I think the digital nomad market is a large segment as a country we're not capitalizing on. I think so many more people would be happier living and working here than many other places in the world. Plus we have the infrastructure in place for it already
The banking system sucks in Jamaica. I was born in Jamaica and I wished that I could return and feel safe, especially since I have a son who is diagnosed with high functioning autism.
No need to be negative. Everywhere has something that sucks. If you no longer live here, don't speak for us. Hope where you live it's sunny and bright and perfection. Jamaica is God's Little Country and we are blessed!!
@@monami3402 hold up, 🤔so are you telling me that the criminals who are running wild in Jamaica and dashing weh ppl 24-7 is a sign of positivity and I should embrace that? 🤔 Are you telling me that the fact that I was harassed, molested and raped several times etc in Jamaica it’s a sign of positivity? 🤔 Are you telling me that though I am living outside of Jamaica going on 20 years and have never experienced sexual harassment etc in another country...all countries have the “same HIGH” crime rate like Jamaica; yet, I am just LUCKY enough to never had such experience? 🤔👀🤷🏽♀️Really, are you telling me that just thinking positive will prevent a guy in Jamaica from grabbing my necklace, ring and take away my money? Are you also telling me that just thinking positive will reduce the gruesome crime rate that’s getting out of hand that’s affecting Jamaica’s people? Last by not least, are you telling me that the fact that the minister has to call a meeting regarding brainstorming a solution for the high crime rate in Jamaica the crime rate still is NOT high when compared with most countries, it’s ALL because I am NOT thinking positive? 👀😳🤷🏽♀️🤔FYI: Nowhere else in the world I have been and experienced a criminal with a GUN at my neck but in Jamaica. So, please don’t tell me that my experiences should be shoved underneath the rug and I should just think positive because I have done that all my life in Jamaica and I was still a victim of crime in 🇯🇲; hence, who feels it knows it. If you feel as if thinking positive is the solution to crime in Jamaica, you continue to do so, but please allow concern citizens to continue talk and brainstorm solutions for the crime problems in Jamaica.
@@monami3402 Apparently you HATE the people of your country so much that you are encouraging them to be positive even though it’s obvious that Jamaica’s crime rate is getting out of hand. Patriotic people want better for their country and those with common sense know that pretending as if there isn’t a crime problem is NOT a solution. My relatives still in live in Jamaica; plus I was born in Jamaica so how dare you telling me to not want better for my birth land all because you want nothing but continuous evil to continuously stain Jamaica land we love. 🤦♀️I truly have to shake my head because those who don’t have a problem with crime in Jamaica are often the first to cry when their love ones are “dash weh” by a criminal.
Patriots build. Not tear down. Have a super blessed day where ever in the world you are. We continue to give God thanks always here in Jamaica. Land we love and will always do.
@@monami3402 exactly, so if someone is patriotic he or she WILL definitely be upset about about how criminals are destroying 🇯🇲. FYI: being blatant and honest about the state of Jamaica regarding criminal activities is in NO shape or form of tearing down the country that criminals are already destroying, but if you think so I guess when your parents told you that you were doing something wrong they were tearing you down as well👀🤷🏽♀️😳. I pray that most Jamaicans will one day see criticism for what it is, just criticism. Notably, those who love you or 🇯🇲 will NOT refrain from expressing disdain about wickedness instead of pretending as if there isn’t a problem. Would you see your friend being raped, abused etc and you just think positive instead of kicking up a storm? 🤔All the best!
@@Throp I was just telling my daughter today, no one can come to Jamaica and deny the love and the vibe you feel from the first moment you step foot on the island. I only hope that one day sooner than later that the Jamaican government realizes the power this island has and quit giving it away. Every sale, every “take over “ just saddens my heart.
Throp, really wanted to meet you..stayed at Travellers in October but forgot your channel's name as you had inspired me to stay there. It was great. Room 11 was our spot. Checked out, forgot a belt there,called and had it brought to me in Montego Bay. Much appreciated. Will definitely be back as the pandemic really ravaged tourism. I was told 7 Mile Beach isn't that quiet so I should be back when normality returns so I could experience Negril at its best.
@@Throp oh most definitely. Travellers is my next destination if I come back to Negril: right on the beach and I love how the bungalows are set up. Simple,nice and homely. I did a review on TripAdvisor. Love the pool too. Especially the bit with the bar stools I used it to work on my abs lol
All the best you my Ethiopian family....I'm from Jamaica too......you may the right choice girl. The culture is different, but so amazing. I have been to alot of different countries too empress.
My parents are Jamaican and I lived there for a short time as a child. I took my son for vacation 3yrs ago and he loved it. I was thinking of moving back and he was all for it but as a nurse, the move would probably be less easy.
This is awesome to see! I came from Maryland in November and still here. How can I stay past 6 months though? I’m totally in love with Jamaica. Can I be a refugee or what!?! 😂
😂😂 thank you for watching! That's awesome you've been here so long. From what I understand it's fairly easy to get an extension these days. We definitely want you to stay!
Come treasure beach that the southern part of the island south coast you can get low cost place to stay not expensive like the other place in Jamaica WiFi is there too
Beautiful interview- I LOVE the land of my birth 🇯🇲 and whilst I don’t know the country (no close/known family) as I would like, my husband & I visit yearly to the resorts; each time I visit as I exit the airport to board the transfer bus I’d have this unexplained overwhelming feeling (hard to explain) yet I just get so scared of the violences/deaths 😢 that I read & hear but I truly truly love and would love to be in JA more ❤️👍🏾🇯🇲 #OneLove
The best of us is so far from the worst. Thank you for sharing our beautiful country. We welcome everyone who is willing to come and be beneficial to our country.
I relocated digitally 8 years ago. Now I am a housing locator for individuals who want to do this. I recently assisted several people including a senior couple from Dubai.
This is amazing because I just moved to Jamaica from Florida in March 2020 all by myself at 21 years old! I’m actually working on starting my own vlog now so I would really love the support❤️❤️❤️
That's awesome! You have my support on your channel for sure. Any questions or openness to share transition war stories I'm down. I can also put you in touch with Rahel. She's a great person to speak with. What's your IG? Mine is @throp
@@Throp Yes I am actually living in W. End Negril. So I would love if I could be a part of ur podcast as well😊
@@turquoisegyza1056 That's awesome. Would definitely love to have you on. Let's talk on IG
Are you involved with someone?
@@Throp my ig is @turquoisegyza
Jamaicans need to appreciate Jamaica more. These expat are showing us all that Jamaica has a lot to offer.
Jamaica is such a special place. I feel lucky to be here
I agree but the difference between expats and the average Jamaican is income to actually enjoy Jamaica
@@MarshasJourney so true.
@@Throp and we are in the USA they treat us badly. Some!
@@MarshasJourney exactly
I have been coming to Jamaica for 4 year’s several times a year and I am currently in Jamaica planning to move back. Jamaica has its challenges, but also much potential. It is an absolutely beautiful country. I thank God ever day that I was born here.
Welcome to Jamaica 🇯🇲
I can’t agree with you more
Congrats on your decision to move back!
👍🏾🙂🇯🇲 th-cam.com/video/YfZPpEAOrA0/w-d-xo.html
I’ve travelled too and I agree......there is something about Jamaica that pulls you back. I think the people are 99% of that.
I can’t agree with you more
@MommaS, it’s the food for me since I am antisocial.😂
Jamaica is that itch you can't reach, it courses in your blood stream, cascades in on your thoughts, that addiction you want no cure for. It brought me there 6 times, got me married, hoping to move there for good down the line.
@@haddingtoniangcp2464 Well said!
@@JNAllenstv 🤣🤣🤣
The fact that she traveled all 14 parishes is quite impressive. I’m Jamaican and I’ve been to less than 6 parishes. MI SHAME!! 🥺
I'm in the same boat
Attempt two per year and you will get there. Now the little hide out spots example up in blue mountains etc that's where i fail.
You need to enjoy JA more
Yard a the best...when i go home is nothing like when i go country, run a boat and chill, enjoy the fresh breeze..best feeling
Man you speak the truth!
Mi seh
Jamaica is where my heart is .covid prevents me from going on vocation last yr.but by the book or the crook I'm going ja this yr God s willing.
People are leaving other countries to come to Jamaica while on the other hand people are trying to leave Jamaica 🇯🇲. The grass is not always green on the other side.
Fair statement. But sometimes you have to give it a shot
@@Throp agree
@Vilma Farmer that’s true
Be careful there its paradise with many problems but it's a beautiful place to live ,wouldn't chose another place to live
Be careful there its paradise with many problems but it's a beautiful place to live ,wouldn't chose another place to live
Very good interview. I always like to hear about foreigners' fascination with Jamaica. It makes me appreciate my country more
Also, you're a good interviewer. Questions are good, you listen without interrupting, and make the interview mainly about the person being featured
Thanks so much for watching and thank you even more for the feedback. I really appreciate that. This is my first time doing something like this. Thank you again
@@Throp You're welcome
Jamaica is my second home! So much love and respect for the people and the culture! My husband was born and raised there, but came to Canada in 2019!!! I took 23 trips there over 2.5yrs. We can’t wait to go back once this world gets back to somewhat “normal”
Blessings trust me
It's so amazing to see so many people moving to Jamaica, My sister and I moved from London to JA and we'll never regret it :)
Awesome! Happy to hear about you and your sis! Just checked out your channel and subscribed. Also shot you a message on IG
👍🏾🙂🇯🇲 th-cam.com/video/YfZPpEAOrA0/w-d-xo.html
I relocated 9 years ago, the best decision I ever made🖤💛💚🙏🏿
I am with you on that
@empress jade simeon ellis we would love to have a chat with you on something
Congratulations!! God be with you always hopefully to come home soon
I retired and moved bak a yaad almost a year now. Spent practically my entire life in America..
@empress jade, you’re the gal I need to chat with.. I have questions as I’m working on this also..
Wow she is from my city Philadelphia! She is a strong, intelligent and brave woman,I wish her well in her new home Jamaica.🌆🌅
Thank you for watching!
@@Throp thanks for making great videos!
@@donovanevans6137 absolutely
@@Throp I love interview with that beautiul lady from philly . I would love to meet her .
That was excellent. I’ve noticed that there are quite a few young people from Canada, the US and UK primarily with Jamaican families moving to the island. I’m so inspired to see young people take such bold steps and this beautiful island will benefit from it. I hope you will take this format forward. I love to see you post a bit more
Thanks so much for watching. Also thank you for your support and well wishes. I’m committed to posting once a week. I plan to have another one out next Saturday. Thanks again for watching
👍🏾😁🇯🇲 th-cam.com/video/YfZPpEAOrA0/w-d-xo.html
@@Throp Whenever you want to interview us just reach out 👍🏾😊 th-cam.com/video/YfZPpEAOrA0/w-d-xo.html
@@Throp Great interview 💯👌🏾
When you know what you’re looking for in a place, the good outweighs the bad. Thanks for sharing...just the view in the background alone is enough for me...🤗
Thank you for watching!
She is defimately a beautiful empress. Welcome to our island now your new home.
Thanks for watching
Thank you Rahel for sharing your personal experience on taking the leap to step out on faith and move during the Pandemic when everyone is afraid to go out and explore. Thank you also for sharing that Jamaica is still a wonderful place to visit and live.
Thank you for watching Debbie. Rahel did a great job
NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN QUEEN.
thank you for watching
Yes Throp... Loving this format... Always nice to hear why people love relocating to Jamaica... keep bringing us good content... Loving it... 🥰
Thanks so much! I will do my best to keep them coming. Thanks for watching
I'd move to Jamaica tomorrow if it was possible for me..hopefully soon one day.
Hopefully it can happen for you
@@Throp
We shall see what the future holds...soon enough I suppose.
me too.. I would leave tomorrow if it was possible
It is possible if you say it is. It absolutely will not just happen, you have to make it happen. Blessings
@@Migueltee96 ahaha I will heed your advice
Amazing... I wanna move there too soon. Im 42 i wanna be there with 50 and enjoy my rest of the life. My man have a house down there and life is a risk but jamaica is a beautiful country and it makes me happy. And thats all what matters.
that sounds like a solid plan to me. Thank you for watching
You did an excellent job. I can appreciate when guests can finish their thoughts without constant interruption from the interviewer. 🔥🔥 Keep them coming.
Thank you so much. I plan to have another one out next week. Thanks for watching
That's an important point. Most podcasts the interviewer has to be heard. It's so exasperating. This one was a breath of fresh air.
Haitian from Canada, been in Jamaica for a few months now. But being a tourist, I can only stay 3 months without requiring a visa, so now I have to leave this beautiful island :( but so grateful to this wonderful island for receiving me, once again!
Thank you for watching! You can get a 3 month extension fairly easily if you'd like. If you need any help with that please let me know. You can DM me on IG @throp
I traveled to Jamaica many years ago and enjoyed myself tremendously! I am teleworking now and can retire soon and thought about a getaway from Philadelphia too. Thank you for this! What a blessing to hear someone else’s experience of moving away and living in Jamaica!
Thanks for watching!
I left ja in February of this year , I’m already dying to be back home. I want to go back in 2023 . I was kinda having second thoughts when I hear the price of building a house🤣 but she definitely just put the icing on the cake for me because if she’s American and left the big USA for Jamaica despite the challenges who am I not to go back when my heart wants to . I really appreciate this video.
thanks so much for watching. I'll try to have more guests like Rahel who are doing things of this nature here
Loved the interview! It was so genuine and well done in regards to your questions and camera footage. It was very interesting to watch. God Bless! You are on the right path. One Love 🇯🇲
Thank you for watching and thank you for the wonderful feedback!
Thank you for watching and thank you for the wonderful feedback!
I thinking of moving back to Jamaica myself.
it's not a bad idea at all
Me too I’m saving up some money
Lovely, i am moving back with my children in July. Just sorting their Jamaican citizenship out now. I hope it comes in time for us to leave in July.
Welcome home👍🍷
That's awesome! Congrats to you and your family. Thank you for watching. I hope this was helpful
I applaud you with God go for it!! It's my home and I miss it every day you never knew what you got until you miss it
All the best, I can’t wait to go home, I’m in the process of purchasing a house there, but that’s not the easiest thing to do from here (USA) but I’m working on it...
@@veniserich7345 good luck with everything 😊
That’s my bestie!!! Love you Rahel 🦦
After Trump I realized that I need to put Jamaica in my heart again as my true home. The crime makes it scary, but I already am putting together my plan to move back by 2023. I’m there every other month anyway, and I love my trips more and more.
Crime is every where. Due to Jamaica's size it's magnetized.
awesome man. Thanks for watching
@@peta-gayejamieson3106 So true...
Crime is worldwide..U have to do something really bad to someone to get killed in jamaica,its even more safe in jamaica than some foreign countries..When a person come for someone in jamaica they come for that one particular person they dont finish the whole are like other foreign countries
@@Lifestylewithjada a which part a Jamaica you live...all de poor dog and puss unda de cellar a get it..
I'm very inspired by this video, I am Jamaican and I would love to move back one day. After 35 plus years in the ice box for me, I think it's time for me to make a move...
Awesome. Thank you for watching
I agree with you 100. I am definitely considering moving back home and living in a gated community.
35 years old bredda? My major warning to you old man is that things are very expensive, congested in the major towns and cities and anywhere near town in real estate is very expensive.
Thanks for relocating to my beautiful island😍😍🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Definitely lucky to be here
Philly is where she was born and raised... On the playground is where she spent most of her days...
ahaha
Throp you are a pro. So relaxing listening to you. I have been in the broadcast industry for 38 years which started in Jamaica and still in the business in Canada. Your interviewing skills are top notch. You allow the guest to speak and get their thoughts together without interrupting in. Your display is not about you, but the guest and the content from them. Well done. I wired a disco at one of the those hotels/villas in the eighties for the owner who was a Jamaican building contractor in England. Cannot remember his name but the hotel he owned was painted pink and on both sides of the road. One love brother and enjoy your new home, Jamaica. Land of speed....
thanks so much for your feedback! I really appreciate especially coming from someone with you're professional background and experience
Love the mix of folks we see wanting to call Jamaica home,this lady is awesome
Thank you so much
Welcome home, Jamaica 🇯🇲 to the world 🌎
Yes indeed!
This was such a great interview!! Thank you throp for this!!
Looking forward for more.
You're welcome! Thank you for watching
This is just wonderful and I can relate to what she is saying seeing that I'm living abroad. I migrated by force as a child but I know I'll return one of these days. She has a great attitude, so pleasant and beautiful. Welcome to the land of my birth sis. What an inspirational story!
I wish I was in Jamaica working remotely.
Maybe you can at some point?
Please interview Misti, she's American and been living there for a while now. Runs a Negril Facebook page and does tremendously well in promoting Negril.
Thanks for watching. Would absolutely love too. I am going to reach out to her
@@Throp much appreciated. Keep up the good work
Brave girl. You will surely enjoy it in Jamaica.
She is indeed! Thanks for watching
I live in Philly & Love Negril which is why I choose to visit every January. Even seen ya running on the beach couple of times. Looking Good Papi. Great interview.
Awesome! Thank you for watching 🙏🏾
Great story. Would love to move there. CONGRATULATIONS
Thank you! It's not a bad idea
Hi Throp,
It's a year later and I do want to echo what another viewer has said and that is you ask great questions, and you listen intently without interrupting your guests. It is such a calming and respectful thing to notice in all your interviews. Keep up the great work. Thank you for bringing us these inspirational stories about Jamaica. I plan to stay at Travellers one of these days when I travel to Negril. I have never been to Negril, even though I grew up in Kingston. ❤❤❤✔
Wonderful interview great seeing u back with a new volg beautiful young lady my daughter spend some time at travellers and she had a beautiful experience staying there for a few days and she too also loves living in ja from NYC ja is such a beautiful island most off the time there's so much negativity place on this island but there's also alot positive aspect off living in ja u meet alot beautiful ppl the weather is Gorgeous the food and the Beautiful beaches and Rivers ect
Thanks so much for watching. Also thank you for your support and feedback. I’m so happy to hear your daughter had an enjoyable time at Travellers. Thanks again for watching
What a delightful young woman. You have to admire her gumption and tenacity! I lived there from 1957-1965.
that was a golden era of being in Jamaica
@@Throp yes it was, from talking to older Jamaicans who grew up in that time . So much has changed, too much.
@@annmcdonald7713 Perhaps one day the golden age will return
@@Throp first the Jamaican education system nerds to be improved, teachers paid more (and always on time) and stronger and healthier family units and unified communities, need to be restored. That is a foundation of any well run society and country. There is a lot of work to get back there but with unity, anything is possible. I wish when Marcus Garvey was alive, the Jamaican people listened to his advice.
@@annmcdonald7713 Amen to everything you just wrote
This is truly amazing!!! I am happy you did it!
Thanks man! Me too!
That's beautiful and refreshing to watch and listen, I've really enjoyed this video, thanks so much for sharing, oh my God I wish that I could be there too, much love from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 💕 😊
Thank you for watching!
Im Ghanaian and my heart smiles knowing that people appreciate Jamaica. Jamaicans need to love their country more. I enjoyed my stay in 2017 and never wanted to go back to the US.
This is amazing, what a coincidence. I'm planning to move to Jamaica. I'm hoping I can get across the border and was worried given COVID, but this gives me hope. Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
Great interview, production quality was on point.
Thanks a lot Jay
Thank you for taking a chance on us.We the people appreciate you.
thank you for watching
I am mesmerized by the quality and care of your content; the respectful way you represent Jamaica. You are a visual storyteller! I've reached out to you to learn more and to join you on an adventure. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Blessings!
Thanks so much for the wonderful feedback. Really appreciate it
I am also from Philadelphia... I go to Jamaica every other month I stayed for 30 days and I am not trying to move there permanently. When I come I now look for a place to live.
Awesome. If there is anything I can do to assist please let me know. I’d be more than happy to help. I have friends who are real estate agents and landlords. Please feel free to dm on IG @throp
Would love to see a part 2. I'm inspired and motivated.
thank you for watching! we absolutely will do part 2
I felt that way my first time there. And I am really thinking seriously about it! I'm retired but I can work remotely if I choose to. Great interview y'all!
Thanks so much for watching
What a lovely spirit you have, Rahel. Congratulations on your move.
thank you for watching
You should interview sasha antionia she move from UK her parents are Jamaican
Thank you for the suggestion!
I love Sasha.
@@racquelesquire I’m gonna reach out
What a beautiful, intelligent, and courageous woman!
thank you for watching!
Blessings! I just returned from JA in Feb. It was amazing, was there 21 days and can't wait to return. Just thinking abouth the remote possibility today so thank you for this video! :)
Thank you for watching! That's awesome that you were here for so long. Can't wait to have you back
I love Jamaica. Every time I plan a vacation, I always want to go somewhere else and always choose Jamaica. I haven't been in such a long time. I miss it and look forward to going back when the world is safer. I love Negril as well.
awesome. thank you for watching
Very impressive interview. That lady is very awesome. Jamaica will always be home anytime 🇯🇲
Thank you for watching and thank you for your feedback
Jamaica is the most beautiful place in the world. The best food. But please don't get sick there if you can't afford top-notch health care.
Jamaican born, grew up in Philly, so this title caught my attention. Thinking about moving back home. Thanks for the video.
awesome! Something to definitely consider
She stayed at a cottage in Silver Sands Trelawny, that is where i grew up. Its about a mile from the town of Duncans. Very nice place. 🇯🇲👍
This got me really thinking if I should move back home 💭
You can. Put things in place, start a business or continue a career and you go to go.
It's not a bad idea at all
@@haddingtoniangcp2464 I want to go back but alot of family members have put me off going back
@@mountainbikeshorts6694 I don't blame them. Crime is the cancer. Sigh. And most returning residents have had it bad. Someday it would get better as I wanna retire there.
Great video! Thank you both for sharing your accounts of the move to Jamaica. The interview didn't feel at all contrived. Loved the calm and authentic vibe. The comments are very interesting as well... I'm a Realtor in Montego Bay and I've recently done a few house tours that have also attracted similar comments. Comments about crime and violence in Jamaica can be extremely difficult to address, but I like how you respectfully offer your opinion without trying to persuade anyone to think otherwise. Looking forward to Part 2! 👍
Thank you for watching! There is a club house room that meets every Tuesday evening at 7 called "Jamaica: Roots + Culture" and there are a lot of misconceptions being discussed in there as it relates to crime in Jamaica. As I'm sure you know crime is a concern here but I don't believe it's to the extent that some media outlets portray it to be.Your insight as a Realtor in Jamaica would be greatly appreciated in that group. I encourage you to hop in there one Tuesday evening when you have some time. If you don't already have a club house invite I'd be more than happy to send you one. Thank you again for watching and for your feedback
@@Throp You’re welcome! The Clubhouse Room sounds interesting! I’d be happy to join in. I haven’t started using Clubhouse yet, but there’s no time like the present so please go ahead and send the invite! 😄
@@SarahOttey awesome. This is going to sound like such a pick up line but it’s not I promise, I’m going to need your phone number 😂. That’s the only way to send invites. Also it’s iPhone only right now that’s the other stipulation. If you could, dm me on IG or LinkedIn. I connected with you there as well. I can send you the invite after
@@Throp Haha! 😄 No problem. Just sent a message on LinkedIn. 👍
Young lady please be careful because right now Jamaica is very nice and at the same time it is very violence
You are so negative. There is more Violence where you live right now
@@rockbrown8779 i am a Jamaican and I say what I see so don't tell me that i am negative right now Jamaica is number 3 most dangerous country to travel to ok so go to hell
God bless this sister on this new journey. Jamaica welcomes you Ethiopian queen! 🙌🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾
thank you for watching!
You should interview Mocha Moizelle shell also have TH-cam Channel... documenting moving to Jamaica
Great suggestion. I just googled and found her. Thank you
@@ThropPlus *Mocha* visit *Negril* pretty often too. She did a live feed yesterday from the *Negril Tree House* where she hosts *Black Expats in Jamaica* It's a large community.
Also there's a young lady along with her mother and siblings from *California* her name is *Jo* and her channel is *PhoJographer* ..
Plus *Annesha Adams* a *Canadian* is well known as an expat too....😊
She’s a very brave girl!
she is indeed! She's making it work
I agree
Great interview, maybe one day I could tell you my story about moving back to jamaica 🌹🦋
Thank you! Would love to hear about it
@@Throp ok I'm thinking on it, thanks
Looking forward to visiting Jamaica! Thanks for sharing guys! Cheers🍻
Looking forward to having you. Thanks for watching
You girl girl, I hope the naysayers are listening. Very smart young lady. Continue to enjoy a little piece of the paradise.
You go**
thank you for watching
i appreciate this thank you for showing jamaica is still a nice place to live
thank you for watching!
have fun empress! You fit right in wid mi beautiful people.
Agreed
She's so gorgeous 🇯🇲🇬🇧
Love this moved to Jamaica 🇯🇲 from Boston Massachusetts 2015 best decision
Awesome! Thanks so much for watching!
I find it interesting our Jamaican People are always, always saying that Jamaicans don't appreciate Jamaica. (When a person from another Country who was never born in !!Jamaica!!) Decide to give their opinion about Jamaica🤔🤔. Every Jamaican appreciate Jamaica !!FACTS!! We do love our land of birth. We left Jamaica because of all different reasons. For myself if I had stayed I would never accomplish what I have never. I always come back and vacation spend my hard earn money that my Jamaican People want to over charge me for everything because I am on vacation and live in USA. Jamaicans send the most barrels next to Haiti. We take care of our family back home so they can look great, nice houses to live in. We don't appreciate Jamaica..STOP THE MADNESS🙆♂️🙆♂️🙆♂️. We still have a house there😎😎. A lot of these Foriegners never even own a house where they come form. They see snow during winter, no beach. Yes there are beautiful beaches in USA too. Oh please the way we take care of each other you think Foriegners build houses for their Families? You Jamaicans talking all this madness needs to take Several Seats all the way in the back. Big up all the Jamaicans who stayed home and keep our Country going and all Jamaicans all over the world who work like a slave in Foriegn Country who are discriminated against, who work 3 jobs to help with the Jamaican economy. Check out how many billions we send back home.🤔🤔 YES JAMAICANS LOVE JAMAICA. Where were you when the Foriegners telling us to go back on the boat. Comedians making fun of Jamaicans working 10 jobs. We took jobs they never wanted to make our Family back home live well and enjoy nice homes & cars that you can't appreciate . Foriegners are impressed by the way you live some of them don't live like you in their own country they are fascinated. Jamaicans are resilient don't forget that. Think before you all running the MOUTH.
Well said!
This is so touching I hope this opening alot of Jamaicans that over seas...
Thank you for watching!
Thank you for sharing your story
Love Jamaica my beautiful Country.
thank you for watching!
This was a good watch. Thanks for this.
You're welcome. Thank you for watching
Beautiful. And well produced, Throp. Haven't seen a large number of digital nomads here in particular - I really feel the government was late to the space.
thanks a lot for watching and thank you for the feedback. I agree with you. I think the digital nomad market is a large segment as a country we're not capitalizing on. I think so many more people would be happier living and working here than many other places in the world. Plus we have the infrastructure in place for it already
The banking system sucks in Jamaica. I was born in Jamaica and I wished that I could return and feel safe, especially since I have a son who is diagnosed with high functioning autism.
No need to be negative. Everywhere has something that sucks. If you no longer live here, don't speak for us. Hope where you live it's sunny and bright and perfection. Jamaica is God's Little Country and we are blessed!!
@@monami3402 hold up, 🤔so are you telling me that the criminals who are running wild in Jamaica and dashing weh ppl 24-7 is a sign of positivity and I should embrace that? 🤔 Are you telling me that the fact that I was harassed, molested and raped several times etc in Jamaica it’s a sign of positivity? 🤔 Are you telling me that though I am living outside of Jamaica going on 20 years and have never experienced sexual harassment etc in another country...all countries have the “same HIGH” crime rate like Jamaica; yet, I am just LUCKY enough to never had such experience? 🤔👀🤷🏽♀️Really, are you telling me that just thinking positive will prevent a guy in Jamaica from grabbing my necklace, ring and take away my money? Are you also telling me that just thinking positive will reduce the gruesome crime rate that’s getting out of hand that’s affecting Jamaica’s people? Last by not least, are you telling me that the fact that the minister has to call a meeting regarding brainstorming a solution for the high crime rate in Jamaica the crime rate still is NOT high when compared with most countries, it’s ALL because I am NOT thinking positive? 👀😳🤷🏽♀️🤔FYI: Nowhere else in the world I have been and experienced a criminal with a GUN at my neck but in Jamaica. So, please don’t tell me that my experiences should be shoved underneath the rug and I should just think positive because I have done that all my life in Jamaica and I was still a victim of crime in 🇯🇲; hence, who feels it knows it. If you feel as if thinking positive is the solution to crime in Jamaica, you continue to do so, but please allow concern citizens to continue talk and brainstorm solutions for the crime problems in Jamaica.
@@monami3402 Apparently you HATE the people of your country so much that you are encouraging them to be positive even though it’s obvious that Jamaica’s crime rate is getting out of hand. Patriotic people want better for their country and those with common sense know that pretending as if there isn’t a crime problem is NOT a solution. My relatives still in live in Jamaica; plus I was born in Jamaica so how dare you telling me to not want better for my birth land all because you want nothing but continuous evil to continuously stain Jamaica land we love. 🤦♀️I truly have to shake my head because those who don’t have a problem with crime in Jamaica are often the first to cry when their love ones are “dash weh” by a criminal.
Patriots build. Not tear down. Have a super blessed day where ever in the world you are. We continue to give God thanks always here in Jamaica. Land we love and will always do.
@@monami3402 exactly, so if someone is patriotic he or she WILL definitely be upset about about how criminals are destroying 🇯🇲. FYI: being blatant and honest about the state of Jamaica regarding criminal activities is in NO shape or form of tearing down the country that criminals are already destroying, but if you think so I guess when your parents told you that you were doing something wrong they were tearing you down as well👀🤷🏽♀️😳. I pray that most Jamaicans will one day see criticism for what it is, just criticism. Notably, those who love you or 🇯🇲 will NOT refrain from expressing disdain about wickedness instead of pretending as if there isn’t a problem. Would you see your friend being raped, abused etc and you just think positive instead of kicking up a storm? 🤔All the best!
Same thing here. I came for the first time in March 2019 for Buju’s concert and fell in love with Jamaica. My move here was inevitable.
What!? That’s awesome!!!
@@Throp I was just telling my daughter today, no one can come to Jamaica and deny the love and the vibe you feel from the first moment you step foot on the island. I only hope that one day sooner than later that the Jamaican government realizes the power this island has and quit giving it away. Every sale, every “take over “ just saddens my heart.
I'm a Jamaican living in Philly and Travellers in negril is where I already stay. I love them.I love Negril.
awesome! thank you for staying with us!
Throp, really wanted to meet you..stayed at Travellers in October but forgot your channel's name as you had inspired me to stay there. It was great. Room 11 was our spot. Checked out, forgot a belt there,called and had it brought to me in Montego Bay. Much appreciated. Will definitely be back as the pandemic really ravaged tourism. I was told 7 Mile Beach isn't that quiet so I should be back when normality returns so I could experience Negril at its best.
aw man. I'm sorry we didn't meet as well. Thank you so much for staying with us. Next time you come we will have to meet
@@Throp oh most definitely. Travellers is my next destination if I come back to Negril: right on the beach and I love how the bungalows are set up. Simple,nice and homely. I did a review on TripAdvisor. Love the pool too. Especially the bit with the bar stools
I used it to work on my abs lol
Weather is perfect here
it is indeed
All the best you my Ethiopian family....I'm from Jamaica too......you may the right choice girl. The culture is different, but so amazing. I have been to alot of different countries too empress.
thank you for watching!
Thanks for sharing great interview!💞💞💞💞
You're welcome! Thank you for watching!
Common thread, something draws you back. It does! Been there several times, I would move there, it feels like home to me. Love it!
Thank you for watching!
My parents are Jamaican and I lived there for a short time as a child. I took my son for vacation 3yrs ago and he loved it. I was thinking of moving back and he was all for it but as a nurse, the move would probably be less easy.
yeah being a nurse here can be tough from what I understand. Very different from NA. A private practice may be an avenue to look into
Private practice is so scary but it’s definitely an option. Thanks for that 🙏🏽
A resort would be perfect for a nurse
I want to follow suit. Am seriously considering going to Jamaica to work remotely from there. Sis is an inspiration and a beautiful sis too
Make it happen! thank you for watching
Jamaican here / She's beautiful
This is awesome to see! I came from Maryland in November and still here. How can I stay past 6 months though? I’m totally in love with Jamaica. Can I be a refugee or what!?! 😂
😂😂 thank you for watching! That's awesome you've been here so long. From what I understand it's fairly easy to get an extension these days. We definitely want you to stay!
Black women are such a treasure to look at.
Where’s the lie
Come treasure beach that the southern part of the island south coast you can get low cost place to stay not expensive like the other place in Jamaica WiFi is there too
one of my favorite parts of the island
Bless up to you and your family. Tell Mr Wellington hi. I miss JA. Soon come
thanks so much! I'll pass on your regards
Beautiful interview- I LOVE the land of my birth 🇯🇲 and whilst I don’t know the country (no close/known family) as I would like, my husband & I visit yearly to the resorts; each time I visit as I exit the airport to board the transfer bus I’d have this unexplained overwhelming feeling (hard to explain) yet I just get so scared of the violences/deaths 😢 that I read & hear but I truly truly love and would love to be in JA more ❤️👍🏾🇯🇲 #OneLove
thank you for watching
The best of us is so far from the worst. Thank you for sharing our beautiful country. We welcome everyone who is willing to come and be beneficial to our country.
Thank you for watching
@@Throp You are most welcome.
I relocated digitally 8 years ago. Now I am a housing locator for individuals who want to do this. I recently assisted several people including a senior couple from Dubai.
Girl u give me hope I want to be just like u when I grow up
awesome stuff. We need more people like you
MY DREAM TO MOVE THERE BEEN COMING OVER 20 YEARS ASA VISITOR I'M FROM NEW YORK CITY - LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT
thank you for watching!