San Andres
You know, before I came to Cayman to live, I had never even heard of San Andres!
Since I have been here though, I have met a number of people from there and I have heard a bit about the place. Actually, there are really a couple of islands (San Andres and Providencia) and some cays that make up this archipelago which is part of Columbia. I found it strange that it was a part of Columbia since it was much nearer geographically to Nicaragua, but we can thank the European colonisers and their penchant for fighting each other and taking away the islands from each other for that, I suppose.
Now San Andres seems to be heavily into tourism like Cayman, and it has a tax free status, also like Cayman. I wonder if the cost of living is as high over there too… San Andres has the usual beautiful beaches and there are plenty watersports to get involved in, and apparently the nightlife there is pretty irie! The nightlife in Cayman is nice too, but San Andres has the advantage in that they don’t “lock down the dance” at 3:00am on Friday nights and at 12:00am on Saturdays. 
The people who live there speak both English and Spanish, though their English sounds like that of a Jamaican from deep in the rural hinterlands! Its quite patois-laden, but you can definitely understand and be understood by these people.
I guess they are not at the level of Cayman economically, because there are so many of them working here. Still, maybe one of these days I will go there to visit.
No! Contrary to what some of you people with dirty minds might think (yes, I mean Doctor D., R.I. and Trouble), I am not going there to pick up Latina women! Yeah, I have heard that there is some sex tourism going on there, but hey, that stuff goes on back home in Jamaica too, and thats DEFINITELY not all there is to Jamaica, so I am guessing that this is not all there is to San Andres Island either! Plus, I plan to vacation there with Natty! C’mon now! Who takes sand to the beach, right? If I was going there for the women, would I go with Natty? Nah! Of course, this vacation won’t be taking place next week or anything, cos some money haffi run first, but one of these days…
By the way, you know how we have green lizards in Jamaica? They have BLUE lizards in San Andres Island! Very very blue lizards! Check this photo out! I definitely prefer the look of that little blighter to that of our green lizards! Pretty, man! If I was the sort of person to keep lizards as pets, I think I would keep a blue lizard like that one, fer shure! 
You know, I have to believe that my favourite colour is blue…
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