Husband and I were there in 2005 on a RCC excursion to Dunns River Falls. We had heard that Jamaica wasn't all that great of a place to ride off on your own, gay or straight so we stayed with the tour group all the time. At one point we wanted to avoid the throng of sellers hanging around the bus load-in so we scooted around a back way from the entrance to the bus.
We were yelled at by someone who noticed us avoiding the market. We waved and kept walking to which this guy started to call us homos, ******s etc - others joined in. To be clear we weren't engaging in any kind of PDAs nor did we give them reason to go down that route of badgering other than we were just two guys together, avoiding their market.
We got to the tour bus without any other incident. It was odd and we put it down to islanders angry that we were cheap. As more reports come out of Jamaica of torture, harassment and murder I can't help but wonder.
Would I go back? Not now, after all that's been happening down there.
As for the Caymans, I and 4 other gay friends went there on another cruise without any incident or comment from anyone. This is the first time I've heard anything about the island's ill treatment of gays. Thanks!
Should I worry about Ochos Rios, Jamaica
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Husband and I were there in 2005 on a RCC excursion to Dunns River Falls. We had heard that Jamaica wasn't all that great of a place to ride off on your own, gay or straight so we stayed with the tour group all the time. At one point we wanted to avoid the throng of sellers hanging around the bus load-in so we scooted around a back way from the entrance to the bus.
We were yelled at by someone who noticed us avoiding the market. We waved and kept walking to which this guy started to call us homos, ******s etc - others joined in. To be clear we weren't engaging in any kind of PDAs nor did we give them reason to go down that route of badgering other than we were just two guys together, avoiding their market.
We got to the tour bus without any other incident. It was odd and we put it down to islanders angry that we were cheap. As more reports come out of Jamaica of torture, harassment and murder I can't help but wonder.
Would I go back? Not now, after all that's been happening down there.
As for the Caymans, I and 4 other gay friends went there on another cruise without any incident or comment from anyone. This is the first time I've heard anything about the island's ill treatment of gays. Thanks!