
English: 
Jamaica, a country with 2.9 million inhabitants
that is especially known for Reggae music and beautiful beaches.
But there is a lot more on this island.
Now we are in the tourist town Montego Bay and the weather couldn’t be better.
Of course we will also check out the city.
Together with Simon and Benni.
And afterwards we will discover a lot more.

English: 
Montego Bay has 110.000 inhabitants and is especially made for tourists.
You can find hotels in all categories here
And also a lot of gift shops end even party busses.
In 1494 Columbus discovered the island
1670 the British came
and since 1962 Jamaica is independent.
Now we are taking our car and head of to Negril.
It’s much easier to go by rental car instead of taxi or busses.
It can be really packed there.
You can see some pictures here.
So let’s go to negril where we can find some cliff diving spots.
We will see if we can jump there, too.

English: 
Followed by a rainbow our adventure with left traffic to the west coast was beginning.
About one and a half hour later we arrived at Negril.
There are famous places like Rick‘s Cafe in Negril.
But we couldn‘t fly our drone there so we looked for some less crowded spots.
Are you ready?
I‘m ready!
3... 2... 1...
That‘s awesome!

English: 
We make a little food stop in Montego Bay.
And here we have very traditional jamaican jerk pork and jerk chicken.
Give it a try, Benni
Very good. Full of flavor.
Good Morning from Ochos Rios
Which is located at the north coast of Jamaica

English: 
Right now we‘re chillin at the beach but we will also check out the city
And afterwards we will go to Mystic Mountain
Where they have a bobsled. Jamaica... Bobsled...
For those who still know the film Cool Runnings
And later we will meet Jason. A local friend of Simon
who will show us his house, his garden and much more.
So you can see how local people actually live here
because that’s what you wrote me on Twitter and Instagram.
But first let’s ride the bob at Mystic Mountain.

English: 
Now we are close to Mystic Mountain and it‘s going steep uphill.
Google Maps works really well in Jamaica... Not...
I can’t recommend it.
It’s the third time now were the navigation led is to a street
that’s actually not street.
Maybe 20 years ago but not now. It really needs an update.
Finally at Mystic Mountain and now we ride with the bob.
You can control how fast it goes
At least 50 km/h

English: 
Now we‘re heading down again. And this works with that kind of gondola.
We have to be careful to not drop our camera because it’s really deep.
And now we‘re heading to Jason who is a friend of Simon. This will be nice, right?
It’s gonna be really awesome.

German: 
Hallo. Schön dich kennenzulernen.
Hier wohne ich
Ich nehme euch jetzt mit auf eine kleine Tour
Schönes zu Hause hast du
Wirklich. Ich mag die Farben, Jason.
Ja das ist ein schönes Landhaus
wo man jederzeit hinkommen und relaxen kann.
Schön.
Und das schönste ist der Sonnenaufgang jeden morgen direkt hier.

English: 
We arrived at Jasons. This is Jason and he will show us his house today.
But first we‘ll buy some stuff here.
They have everything here.
Rice, soups and so on. And we buy some water.
The people are really nice here. Right Benni?
Yes very awesome.
And it‘s interesting to see how the local people actually live and where they get supplies.
Very interesting
Jason tries to be self-sufficient

English: 
because in his garden he has coconuts, bananas and a lot more plants.
Including the very famous jamaican soursop
It tastes a bit like mango
Around the house there are a lot more plants.
But my highlight was the bathroom
And here is a steel cable which Jason uses to protect his roof from hurricanes.
They tie up the whole house he told us.

English: 
How does it taste?
Very good
Very spicy for my taste. I hope I don’t burn from the inside.
But it tastes really good. Jason did a great job.

English: 
Our Tour to Port Antonio continues and we made a stop at a typical supermarket.
Spice bun.
Spice bun?
Yes it‘s a very traditional Jamaican dish. It‘s a bit sweet but tastes really good.
After 2 hours of driving from Ochos Rios we finally arrived now in Hope Bay. And this is very Chucky lives.
Hello Chucky!
How are you? Everything good?
Chucky actually lives here on that property.
And he lives in a close connection to nature
And he build some tiny houses here that are for rent.
So we decided let’s stay here for one night and show it to you.
Simon has already been here.
Yes I already made some videos with Chucky about what he cooks and how he lives.
This is one of the houses you can rent and that‘s where we will stay tonight. It looks really nice.
Of course you have the jungle feeling but there is also a mosquito net.

English: 
Very comfortable, nice beds and everything ver clean.

German: 
Ich bin Chucky. Das ist der Ort wo ich wohne und schlafe und ich lasse es immer offen.
Aber in bin kein Rasta aus der religiösen Perspektive.
Für mich ist Rasta eine Lebenweise,
die aus der Natur kommt.
Es geht nicht um Religion und den Glaube an Idole.
Das ist Müll.
Tu was du willst in deinem Leben.
Iss was du willst, tu was du willst.
Das ist meine Lebensweise.
Man muss nach keinem Meister suchen.
Du musst dich selbst befreien.
Das kann niemand außer du selbst.
Die Leute sind im Geist gefangen
und suchen nach einem Meister der vom Himmel kommt.
um sie zu befreien. Aber das ist nicht der Weg.
Rasta ist eine Lebensweise. Du wählst es, du lebst es.
One Love! Segen und Liebe!

English: 
Now I have some questions for Simon because he lives for five month already.
And Port Antonio is your favorite spot on Jamica, right?
It’s definitely my favorite spot. There are so many nice beaches here.
Blue lagoons... waterfalls... Everything the normal traveler wants.
Yeah it’s really nice. Nothing to complain about. A the weather was so nice so far.
But it can rain sometimes, right?
Yes it can happens sometimes but most of the time it doesn’t last longer than 10 minutes.

English: 
You see. If your weather forecast of Jamaica says rain all the time that might not be that bad.
What’s do you like the most? And what do you like the least?
I really like the culture. Especially the Rastafari Culture is very interesting. The People are just interesting.
It’s hard to explain if you haven’t been here.
Yes there are really cool people here
As you can see in this video
Of course. And what don’t you like?
They have a big problem here
with plastic
Most of the people just burn their rubbish behind the house.
And it’s also a big problem that a lot of people try to get your money.
Often they help you with something you didn’t ask for and then they want money like 10 or 20 $ afterwards.
Some of them want you to buy things you don’t need or others just want to be invited for food, drinks and so on.
They see that you’re a tourist and think that they can get your money somehow.
It's a bit sad.
You can see a similar behavior in other countries but in Jamaica it’s extreme.
I would say I never experienced it as bad as here.
By the way, Simon has also a Youtube Channel called „Backpacking Simon“.

English: 
Check it out. And we will continue now.
There was mouse
A mouse inside of the toilet paper
Food is ready and now it’s time to eat.
Yes, very good. Pesto, pasta, chicken with veggies and I will try it now.
Really good!
I want some, too.
Good morning Chucky

German: 
Danke Simon!
Gerne!
Guten Morgen!
Wie geht's dir?

English: 
Chucky will show us his house and the garden now.
He is growing a lot of for himself.
Here some specials veggies from Chucky
Here is pumpkin and gungo beans which are very famous in Jamaica
Oh my god, pineapple
And up there Chucky is standing right next to an avocado tree
Very delicious
This one is crazy. That’s actually a pineapple too.
Growing out of the ground
And look at that. There are not only plants here but also little puppies
Look how the mother is licking her kids and taking care of them.
She is very excited when we carry her kids
Hey what’s up buddy?
A little aggressive

German: 
Mir geht's gut
Lass uns eine Runde gehen und ich zeige euch mein Grundstück
Ich zeige euch ein paar Pflanzen und Bäume
Ananas
Du hast hier echt alles, Bro

English: 
Chucky gave us a whole bunch of bananas that he grew in his garden.
And it tastes really good
Now we are behind the house and there are also a lot of plants, bis trees and so on.
Here we have a water tap and behind it there is a beautiful river
And here we have the toilet and bathroom.
There is a shower
and here also a toilet.
It’s a bit back to the roots but the surroundings are very very beautiful

German: 
Hi, ich bin ein einheimischer Führer und heiße Stitchy.
Das wird eine sehr tolle Erfahrung für die Jungs heute.
Haltet Ausschau nach dem Clip. Alles auf Youtube.

English: 
We arrived at reach falls now and I‘m standing here with Stitchy who gives us a little tour.
There are some local guys there that are giving tours to tourists.
And it’s very beautiful here. Unbelievable.
With little pools and waterfalls

English: 
You can slip really fast here. Are you still alive?
We have to take special care because of our equipment
And it’s so beautiful here
Luckily we‘re back in the car now because it started to rain really heavy. Like a monsoon

German: 
Schön dich kennenzulernen!
Hier sind große Bananen
Keine Dünger
Alles echt.

English: 
We arrived at Ras Mokko and he lives the real Rasta life.
It’s very beautiful here and you can rent that place here on Airbnb
If you ever come to Jamaica, check it out because it’s very relaxing here.
We will give you a little tour now to see how the whole property looks like.
This is a chocolate fruit that tastes really good before chocolate is made from it. Try it!
This are cinnamon leafs. You can make tea of it and use it for some different things and it smells really good
Here we have also green bananas, plantain
And I forgot the name of those but those are really hard fruits.
And this one is black sugarcane from the garden

English: 
Thank you Mokko!
They are really good
It doesn’t really taste like chocolate but it tastes really sweet and delicious

German: 
Kann ich das einfach essen?
Das ist süß, bro.
Lutsch es.
Die sind gut.

German: 
Normalerweise spielen wir draußen.
Weißt du noch?
Ja das ist besser.
Los gehts.
Hier sind Kartoffeln.
Magst du Kartoffeln?
Ja.
Wie heißt das?
Was ist das?
Banane?
Kochbanane?
Ne
Schwarze Banane

English: 
It will be soon time for dinner here but we will get back in the car because we want to go to dub club later.
And everybody who would like to see how the locals live and eat here in Jamaica:
you can rent a room here at Mokkos place. That’s very interesting.
Yes he’s a real Rastafari. And now I‘m looking forward to get to the reggae club called dub club.
Maybe we will also meet an artist there. Let’s go to kingston.

English: 
We are in Kingston now and I‘m here with TNitro, an artist from Kingston. He shows us dub club tonight.

English: 
The atmosphere there was so nice.
Yes and the view is so awesome. You can see all over kingston. A lot of rastafaris and good music.
And now we are in downtown kingston.
Right, it’s the capital of Jamaica with 666.000 inhabitants. Quite a lot.
And it’s more busy here than in the other parts of Jamaica.
Let's take a look around.

English: 
If anybody needs a stroller come to the port of kingston!
There are two of them.
It's a bit sad how much trash lies around here.
But we saw the garbage collection here in kingston this morning.
so I'm wondering why there is still so much trash around here.
Imagine your walking here and that cactus drops on you.
That would be fun, right?
This may sting a little
I really like the graffitis and colorful houses here in kingston.
Kingston is a nice city but there's not much to do for tourists here

English: 
that's why we get back to Port Antonio to enjoy the last days in here in nature.
What a traffic chaos here in kingston
It's raining in torrents
All the streets are underwater.
It doesn't really stop at all.
Wait, now it stops. It's like we asked for it.
And in this town it didn't even rain at all.
It's only 5 minutes away
The weather is always good for a surprise here in Jamaica.

English: 
The east side of Jamaica is just beautiful
here at Long Beach.
Yes, and the hotel where we stay is really nice, too.
Nature all round us.
And you can relax really good if you want to.
We are going on a hike now.
We are at Chucky's place again because it's so beautiful here.
And Chucky will take us on a little hike now.
Up the river and into the mountains.
You can go first and I film you when you fall.

German: 
Danke, dass du uns mitnimmst.
Sehr gerne. Wir gehen den Fluss entlang
Los gehts

English: 
Maybe you give me the camera first.
I would like to keep it. It's quite good.
Benni will go to the other side of the river now.
And we had to take out our shoes.
Benni has all the equipment with him and also my shoes.
It's really a funny adventure.
Be careful Benni!
We survived the river and now we go on heading noth...
west... south... east... I don't know.
Here is a guave, Chucky showed us.
Interesting plant

English: 
That's how it works here.
The ground is full of small old coconuts.
Let's take a look inside.
Maybe someone lives inside of it. I don't know.
The whole trip with Chucky here reminds me a bit of Mr. Tee.
Maybe you remember him from our trip to Thailand where we also spent a night in the jungle.
If you don't know it. Check it out! Let's go on.

German: 
Wenn hier sehr viel Regen ist
dann steigt der Fluss sehr hoch.
Die Leute machen dann ein Seil hier oben fest
und dann schwingen sie
und springen in den Fluss.
Wirklich?

English: 
We already had some rain here but this is really heavy now.
It doesn't stop.
I hope it stops now.
Dude!
Look at all the water!
The roads becomes a river.
Yes for real.
Oh my god.

English: 
We made a stop here to eat something
and then we realized that we have a flat tire.
We have to get to the airport. I don't know how we can make it on time.
We met a local guy who helps us to change the tire.
We need the key here so Benni can open it up.
Totally wet
After changing the tire with a little help
we brought Simon to Chucky and said Good Bye
Thank you very much!
Benni and I were passing by drowning trucks while we were driving to Montego Bay.
And we made it on time.
You have seen how much we experienced on this journey.

English: 
But one thing will stay in my mind.
How people can live in harmony with nature
and be so much more happy than us in our stressful world.
I hope you liked our video.
Thank you for watching and see you on the next adventure.
