The Rich Side Of Jamaica You Don't See on TV!

traveling to the Caribbean from Africa is definitely one of the best things that I've ever done and that is why this video means a lot to me so I'm going to request on each and every one of you to like this video subscribe to be part of this awesome Channel and most importantly share this video because I believe that every single African needs to get a piece of this Vlog one of the biggest impression that the media have created in the minds of Africans is definitely misinformation in other words miseducation are you an African living in Africa what do you think of [Music] Jamaica do you ever thought that places like this exist in Jamaica no just just just be honest with me I'm not the only one who was scared of going to Jamaica I believe that you were also lied about Jamaica I mean I've seen people that were so shocked after seeing my Vlogs from Jamaica tell me that they can't believe that that's how friendly Jamaicans are I just met a new YouTuber hi hi I'm fine you know tell us one thing that people don't know about Jamaica Jamaica is a nice place to live you have the beautiful beach the river the everything food wow they drink say drink this is plum juice Plum juice yes and I know you're going to ask me if amen definitely so enjoy yourself and I will see you again God meeting you thank you I am always fascinated by Jamaica I think they are just 3 million but the global personalities that come out of there Colin power Kam Cala Harris Bob Marley Jimmy Cliff was boat but I was in London for 12 years and some times you get the impression Jamaica is a rough uh criminalized Society where you are not safe uh in in London they would talk about yardis yardis Jamaican gangs and you just get this notion that when you go to Jamaica you have to be extra [Music] careful the misinformation that most Africans living in Africa things of Jamaica is Gang violence I mean you went there and I was love loving it when you were saying look look I'm here and I'm going there and here I feel safer in Jamaica than anywhere else in the world and that's what I'm telling you that it's okay for you to come and visit Jamaica it's okay for you to come and explore Jamaica without thinking that everywhere in Jamaica is just GH so I mean we are not saying that any country is is crime free but the notion created that oh there are people smoking weed and doing criminal things as if that is all Jamaica is about uh if if you if you go to Jamaica with a cruise then it's like you have to stay within a resort area something would happen to [Music] you within Jamaica some Jamaicans even thinks that the entire continent of Africa lives in poverty yeah that's true how did you know that oh I see it on YouTube I see the people what are starving and you know that's that's a lie seriously in Africa I won't blame them I would definitely blame the media because that is what they've done to disconnect us that is what they've done to divide us y you're Jamaican B and grow but you said you're a True Believer of Africa when do you think of Africa man man that's the food basket for the world and you know the exploitation that's going on over there really is detestable I don't like it I do not like it it hurts hurts here you know yeah when I see African Brothers come here it Delights me you see that we actually trying to come together how proud are you as an African very proud I don't want to be anything else and I am super super excited to be on this journey to change that narrative to let you know that we are just one people to let you know that we are all Africans and that is why I am telling you it's about time you subscribe to be part of this channel because I want us to make a history I want us to get to know each other I'm glad that you went and debanked that meth I know you didn't uh stay too long but the impression you gave is you were not there looking behind you afraid that somebody was going to attack you snatch your phone or shoot you or do something bad so we we need to change these perceptions that that are there which are not good and I'm glad you love Jamaica and you think it's the best place on earth [Music] now and as we get to know each other I'm also requesting you all to come visit the motherland come and enjoy the motherland and yeah I this was so thought I could control it but if I speak the truth I hate over [Music] you we we are we are currently driving through one of the richest neighborhood in Kingston and the houses that I'm seeing is really mindblowing the fact that these are not Resort neither hotels but individual houses look at that that's that's that's a whole mansion man like I said there is always two sides of a [Applause] coin so I decided to take a stroll in the beautiful part I mean yeah they say this is one of the richest neighborhood in Kingston Jamaica I believe that this is the place that many of you don't see on TV and believe me or not I'm super impressed with the kind of houses that I'm seeing in here as I stroll in here it's kind of calm safe well organized they got trees everywhere the buildings are actually on the Hills that's why they call this place Beverly Hills but let me tell you something that will blow your mind the houses that you see in here feels like a resort or a hotel whenever we do such videos you see comments like that is just 1% which country on Earth has no 1% it's about time for us to celebrate the 1% of every country that we go to and that is why I am here if you are not going to celebrate them I have decided to celebrate the one person that works so hard to be able to live the life like this I feel like if you live in this neighborhood you're definitely going to grow older because listen the entire neighborhood is filled with greens you're actually living on a hill what else do you want to ask for I mean you're not just living on a Hill but right next to you is the ocean so you get a chance to enjoy the fresh Breeze from the ocean and you get a chance to enjoy the panoramic view right on top of the hill listen welcome to Beverly Hills here in Kingston Jamaica I'm well prepped I have on my shades what are my uh is a complete opposite cuz the sun in Kingston is hotter than the sun in Ghana yes yes so you guys I am Alicia Powell I am married to asafa Powell I moved to Jamaica 2019 officially also you know I'm born in Ghana but um initially I lived in Toronto and I lived in New York before I moved here okay funny enough um I find Kingston to be a lot more slower paced than New York was obviously you know but I think the narrative is very similar to Africa when we were getting married um in 2019 we had some guests that actually never showed up because they were told if they come into Jamaica they're going to get kidnapped there was a lot of crimes yeah and funny enough it was actually from fellow you know it's always your people that always you know so fellow black people that's what she's trying to say yeah yeah so um they never showed up and I think that narrative reminded me so much of the narrative about Africa how we're starving um we're poor where this so it's the same concept similar that people think crime you think this but it's such a beautiful place people are happy Beautiful People beautiful culture beautiful music amazing food I mean like it speaks for itself you know look where we are man is this Soo part of Jamaica yes so we're actually this is in Kingston we live in Beverly Hill so this is like our neighbor it's also Beverly Hills it's really you think of um Beverly Hills in LA right so you're living up in the hill it overlooks the city you have an amazing view um it's just like it's a piece of mind I think it's not just the view but the kind of buildings that you see in here y my goodness very modern houses this this is not a Jamaica that I saw on TV though right see so you see The Narrative of what I'm saying right [Music] yeah I guess I guess we need to start showing people this part of Jamaica I mean you can live in Jamaica just like the way you live in the US you live in the UK wherever you find yourself it's all about how you see things right I think for me um we say the American dream and I think the American dream can happen wherever you're at it just depends on your work ethic you know what I mean surrounding yourself with people that can not get you there but that inspire you as well right um I think we have the narrative that we we're told that we can't be in our own country and become a king in our own country right nothing wrong with the American dream but you can accomplish it where you're at as well and I love I've told you this I love the fact that as black people we're changing the narrative and you're taking control of the story how it's being told how our country is being portrayed how our culture is being portrayed so again look look how modern the houses are everything man people are living large here man yes I mean the the houses that I'm seeing here some of you living in America in the uh in the UK canot even afford yet no you can't I was living in the states I just moved back to Jamaica oh okay yeah what brought you back to Jamaica man the state is a scam [Music] bro what do you mean it's a scam you scammed I mean all right at the time no one could tell me not to go to the States because I didn't know right I mean I used to be able to travel back and forth but to live there I've never done that and at the time things were kind of hard in Jamaica so I was just like let me see you know if I can do it in the states I'm a hard worker but man the harder you work in the states is like the worst life gets it's like the more money you make um I don't know it just it's like it's it just feels like a constant Chase whereas here you know I know everybody here like I know a lot of people here this is where I was born and raised you know I mean yeah it's tough all around however it's a bit better here because at least I get to enjoy it with my family and you know and the good weather and it's just a better it's just a better Vibe and the fact that when you play home games you you score more goals oh yeah all the time yes so there is opportunity here there's money to be made here everything is just find something where people you have a niche for and people are in need of and you'll be you'll be good you know and I guess I need to tell you welcome to the part of Jamaica where the rich Heights man so as part of showing you the Jamaica you don't see on TV as part of showing you where the rich boys live in Jamaica want to be rich boys yay I finally met one of the rich boys you how do you feel living in a neighborhood like this well I don't really feel any way special it's just a young boy from the country who had ambition worked hard did well studied hard and involv in business and many things and uh this is where you know I am for now so I'm happy that I'm in a safe relatively comfortable neighborhood but yeah that is what hard work does for you it pays off yeah so I'm so glad the hard work paid off but you know what I really want to show me around and I got so many questions so first question in terms of cost of living I mean living in this neighborhood how much will it cost me to own a plot of land in here okay so a quarter acre plot of land so probably what I should do is just to show you an empty lot so let us stand at this empty lot beside all [Music] right so this blot of land is about quter acre and I would say it costs about 50 million Jamaican dollars so which is about in terms of US dollars I would say it's about about 3 about 300,000 $350,000 okay yeah so just for the cutter plot just for this before you start building yes before you start building this is indeed yeah the place that the rich boys live is this the most expensive neighborhood in Jamaica in Kingston no it's one of them but it's not the most expensive it's one of them it's one of them but you see what happens to this area is very close to the US embassy it's very close to a lot of areas so you're going to find that an area like this is very expensive and it's going to be very premium as well to live in and what are the people that lives in here oh well I would say mainly professional persons all right you have persons from Academia business persons as well so yeah most of these persons here are people from Academia business person persons who have done well in terms of business academics or something like that so okay you are a university Professor yes I'm a university lecturer in chemistry at the University of Technology now that I know where the big boys live in Jamaica I get experience the big boy lifestyle in Kingston so I decided to book a place and shockingly it actually home away from home welcome to aquaba and guess where aquaba is from aquaba is from Ghana and you might be wondering why the name aquaba in [Music] Jamaica aquaba aquaba came about from my love for Africa my love for Ghana in particular I remember as a young man I went to Ghana first time for 3 weeks and I ended up spending 3 months next time I went there for one month and I ended up spending the year and I get to learn of the love of the African people I get to learn of my love for African people and I came back to Jamaica and decided to go into the irban be business and I thought what a wonderful name like aaba that means welcome so ends the name aquaba aquaba is the place that you come to as a guest you leave as a friend and when you come back you come back as family so please come to aquaba come to aquaba but but one thing that I I really want people to know that where aquaba is located is more like the luxury neighborhood in Jamaica this is the other side of Jamaica that people don't see yes this this is in Kingston 6 this is where the Prime Minister and ASA Po and the rest of the so-called upper Cross of Jamaica lives but the rest of Jamaica is also safe and beautiful we have been around Jamaica and it's been safe wherever we go Jamaican people are wonderful people know aquaba hereb and that's the place to be anytime you come to Jamaica check it out watch VI everything in this house is super huge from the living room I mean in the living room you got your dining table and what makes this house so unique for me is the views that you get oh my goodness it seems it seems like living your best life in here man just enjoying the view he just enjoying the view and then the hous is on top up here what will you say about Jamaica man I mean I don't want to go you don't want to go no can we just stay here can we just move to Jamaica me you started speaking part so you good you can stay in Jamaica for the rest of your life on I'll teach you hey you see me I see you whenever you stay in aaba you get a chance to you know exercise with the you know the rich boys that lives in here so I think um I love networking so I'm not going to stay here this morning it's Saturday morning come along with me let's go work out I I believe that I help I meet the Prime Minister from the hills man I know you might bump into a s exercising in the morning he always exercises in the morning it what it is come along with me let's [Music] [Applause] go good to see you good to see you too you're the one who's going to train us today yep please I I just need a very shallow training this morning they call it light training man it is light I'm going to walk you through a system okay and I think it's very important that uh that everybody has a system that can keep them fit m [Music] we made it to the peek man is it a is it a first PE or is the final peek you got still got more Peaks no this is it we're just going to go probably another 2 minutes up there but this is the lookout so that's the Mona Dam right there that's where we get most of the water the water from most of Kingston and St Andrew and stuff like that comes from is res Reservoir so sometimes it gets really low and so we have lock offs and stuff like that so we have to hope for it to rain and thing but yeah that's man view from up here yeah you're looking at you're looking at downtown Kingston as we jog to the peak you see beautiful houses along the stretch man I feel like um Jamaicans love to live on the Hills man h G is 10 m away from the city oh okay best place to dwell you heard that right and so it's um but often time this is kind of hill where everybody comes you see all the politicians all the entertainers at some point in time everybody gets on this then we run back to your spot and you're going to just basically touch your toes take a deep breath in touch your toes eight yeah eight seven for two and then just release and just come and stretch down here stretch straighten that front leg as much as you can straighten that front leg and get that stretch for three looking over the front fingers you're going to release that breath bend the knees push back in the heels pull up on the thighs pull your belly button in tuck your tailbone and breathe in for three three for two and out the [Music] road right after workout all you need is coconut water [Music] man this is a part of Kingston 8 okay so the richest one of the richest neighborhoods in Jamaica so as you go closer to the hillside this is a preferred area for the guys with real money to live so talking about like real money what do you mean real money real real real meaning that you're you're very you you basically own business own manufacturing companies because to own wealth you need to be able to be producing producing something okay wealth is not just by being a lawyer or doctor you need to own a company that produces something a factory or something so those are the people who own real weal the guys who have a factory you know who own a bank or something like that so you look at those apartment look at that okay the houses in here are super crazy man wow do you see this on TV wow is this Jamaica [Music] [Applause] what you really tell people that that would tell people that Jamaica is not safe you know what last year 3 million tourists from the United State came to Jamaica and they had three no five major incident from 3 billion people I leave you to do the mats I hope this video changed the perception that had for Jamaica I mean let me know what you think after watching this video and if you haven't booked that ticket yet please book the ticket right now visit Jamaica and believe me or not your life will never be the same welome to Jamrock and enjoy your stay peace out [Music]