James

During my tour on the Nine-Mile Village Walk, I met James, who is one of the tour guides. He wasn't our tour guide, but he stuck around with us just the same. He is extremely jolly, and kept making cheesy equivalent of knock-knock jokes and then hysterically bursting into laughter at his own jokes. He was actually always laughing, and it was more rare to see him not laughing or telling jokes. However, there was a sadness to face when he was not laughing that I wanted to capture, and hopefully I did.

James also is a 'Rasta' and believes in the Rastafarian way of life. As you may know, Rastafarians, among many of the other rituals and traditions tend to smoke a lot of marijuana, because they believe it is sacrament that cleans the body and mind, heals the soul, exalts the consciousness, facilitates peacefulness, brings pleasure, and brings them closer to Jah.. However, many a people, as I was told by James, ends up delving into other types of drugs, and eventually succumb to addition. James, as he mentioned was one these people. He eventually pieced his life back together and is now a tour guide. He seemed melancholy about his past life, but seemed to be happy now, other than a few glimpses of sadness....