New York writer Ed Kritzler, a
recognized authority on Jamaica, has authored hundreds of
articles on the island and in his 10 year tenure with the
Jamaica Tourist Board, he was in charge of arranging and touring
members of the foreign press and broadcast media. Serving as
Jamaica’s film liaison officer he was responsible for over a
dozen feature films and network documentaries.
For visitors wishing to
penetrate Jamaica culture and experience island life away from
the resorts, Ed is available to advise and tour for $40 US/hour
for a minimum of 10 hours, or $1250/week, plus expenses.
As a seasoned Travel
Writer and having done all the continents of the world, I had
never been to ole Pirate Jamaica and the land of Bob Marley and
Reggae. My assignment was to contact this Ed, as my personal
guide, if I could schedule him for a week, to show me all of the
Pirate, and old world Jew places that no one knows of. I was
astonished when I met Ed. I knew he was in his early 60's or so,
but when I saw him, his youthful manner and body was more so of
a 40 year old stud! This was not your average expatriate, this
was Mr. Jamaica in person. Ok, on to Morgans Harbour and the
Pirates. Within 15 minutes we encountered a massive road block
of 5 police cars and a dozen cops armed to the teeth. Kritzler
jumped out like an attack dog, and in an instant we were able to
pass on by!!
The man made my trip, knew every talented Jamaican and is the
man on island for all Reggae information. I have to hand it to
him, for three days it cost me $600 US plus gas and food, a rare
bargain in this money hungry world. ~ Al Wellikoff Let me stick my ten bucks in and tell you what I know about
Kritzler. Kritzler introduced me to one of the executives of
Junptv.com, one of the largest on line broadcaster of live TV.
Ed, I call the "connector: hooked me up with Marley's ex manager
and producer of the legendary "Countryman" cult movie. Soon we
were putting together archives of some of the greatest video's
ever shot of Reggae. It might have taken a year to do so, but in
this world, that's pretty quick. Jamrock concert.com has all of
the archives, and it could not have been done without Kritzler.
I read the above blurb by Wellikoff and must concur that
Krtizler made touring the back country and "bush" a delight
instead of a nightmare. I never met a greater array of different
personalities in my life. Totally enjoyable and about as roots
as you can get. | As they say in Hawaii ED, Aloooha. Russell Karaviotis, CEO.
Third World Enterprises Ltd. In 18 years traveling the world filming stories for Stern TV,
Focus TV and the ZDF, Germany's national public television, I
never had a better guide than Ed Kritzler. I hired Ed to assist
on a documentary on Jamaica's bobsled team. Ed's knowledge, and
enthusiastic dedication made the assignment a productive
pleasure. He knows every hidden corner in Jamaica. From our
week-long shoot, we became and remain good friends. It is a
pleasure to recommend him." Andreas Ewels Programmbereich reporter/reportage ZDF Web:
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