Dangerous Sect Found Enjoying Caribbean Vacation
Savvy travelers have much going for themselves when it comes to appreciating different cultures. After all, why would anyone want to travel on a caribbean vacation, for example, if they don’t want to know how the islanders work, play, and live. Of course, you can plan a holiday to Jamaica or Barbados to soak up the sun. Some vacationers will tell you they go for the rum or the food, or possibly, the nightlife. Others may claim the laid-back way of life gets their attention. But no matter what you do when you get to the islands, undoubtedly, you will want to know the people. Staying at your all-inclusive resort for 7 nights and not venturing out might seem like paradise but some travelers need more than that. The people in the Caribbean are friendly and fun loving. They are hospitable and will extend themselves to show you a great time if you just treat them with respect.
That goes for all people wherever they live. No one likes you to treat them as a doormat so you can walk all over them. Most cultures despise culture-phobes who are insensitive to the history and value attached to their artifacts, heritage, and traditions. You might call some practices superstitious but even in North American cultures there are many irrational goings-on.
Another thing is that most peoples of many nations can only meet through travel, and you can see this in the many friends North Americans have made while traveling to the West Indies over the years. We sometimes take our interdependence on one another for granted because we may not look like the natives in another country.
Most North Americans have a “better” lifestyle than that of many of these Caribbeannites. But even Americans lament about the toll on their nerves and body their lifestyle plays when compared to that of the islanders. At your vacation resort you may hear and repeat the mantra of “don’t worry, be happy.” However, as soon as you settle in your seat on your flight back to Chicago or New York, you repeat a different mantra. Possibly it is “how am I going to pay those damn bills.”
So it with this philosophy in mind that a friend referred me to an article in the American Chronicle about a spiritual teacher who holds meditation sessions for her devotees in Menton, France. The details of the article tickled my funny bone. I even think I grew a few more pleasure- bones while reading this story. The amusement didn’t come from the teacher but from her neighbors who frown on her buying property in their backyard. Well, some savvy travelers often say, “It is better in the Bahamas.” Perhaps it is. To see what all the fuss is about you can read the article here.