Category Archives: Moving abroad

My Story of Moving to Grenada from Jamaica in 1997 (Before Google Was Born!)

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The reason I was able to write the article What Makes Living in Grenada Great is because I did just that. I had a desire to experience something new, did the research, and ended up moving to Grenada from Jamaica in 1997 as a single female. Note that this was before the internet was available to me! Yes, dial-up existed somewhere out there, but Google wasn’t even born yet. When I moved and met new Grenadians, their first question was usually, “Did you get married to a Grenadian?” Nope. I am (still) single -_-. Here is my story of moving to Grenada.

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Dying to get out of here

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Jamaica is just so depressing. Everything about it. I am miserable everytime I come back here. It is also not helped by the fact that I don’t have my own space. Probably it wouldn’t be so bad if I did.

Early November is when I leave again, and I am hoping that I don’t come back here for a long, long time. I’m going to take my Caricom Certificate of Recognition and roam, roam, roam. I don’t intend to be in Jamaica at Christmas for more reasons than one.

This island is doomed. I don’t know why anyone would choose to move back here.