Category: St Mary Parish

  • Blue Hole Waterfalls, Jamaica

    Better Than Dunn’s River! I’ve been hearing about Blue Hole in St. Mary, Jamaica for years but had never made the journey to go find it. With some prompting from a fellow Canadian friend who was visiting me and also wanted to go we started out on a day trip from Montego Bay that turned…

  • Hamilton Mountain Uno Throwdown!

    A couple months ago two of my American friends were in Jamaica and we planned a link-up! They had two Jamaican friends who were from Hamilton mountain in St Mary parish and the mission for the day was to find out where it is and see something new. It’s really great meeting new people in…

  • James Bond Beach

    James Bond beach is in the parish of St Mary on Jamaica’s north coast. It was definitely worth the trip to go see it and the drive was just as beautiful. It’s only about 20 minutes from Ocho Rios and the drive is ALL coast. You follow the seaside to Oracabessa and you’re there! So…

  • Churches in Port Maria

    Alright this is my second installment of churches in Jamaica, you can see my first post about them HERE. This time all the churches are in the same town, Port Maria in the parish of St Mary. This day we literally just wandered the streets  ALL day long on foot and took pictures of everything.…

  • German Bar in Jamaica

    One thing I’ve learned about Jamaica is there are a lot of different cultures and nationalities that have settled into the island. There are plenty of East Indian and Asian businesses all over the place. But this was the first time I’ve seen MY nationality there! During my mission to discover more about the parish…

  • Gone Fishing in Port Maria

    Ahh you’re gonna love this one! And I’m glad I lived to tell about it! A few weeks ago I was in Port Maria and a friend of mine who’s nephew is a fisherman there offered to take us fishing. Sounded great until we woke up that day and it was windy and stormy! But…

  • Galina Lighthouse – St Mary, Jamaica

    Ever since I found out on a friend’s website, KEEP IT JIGGY, about another lighthouse in Jamaica I made it my mission to find it when I got to St Mary two weeks ago. I’m obsessed with lighthouses, I just find them so intriguing! Let me tell you it was no easy feat….it seemed no…