Tag: black river jamaica
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Jamaican Dancers at Black River Day Festival
Black River has a festival every July 30 to celebrate the town, its history and its own little culture down on the south coast of Jamaica. From what I’ve read in the media this festival gets bigger and better each year and since I’ve become very familiar with the south coast over the last few…
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Way Back When in Black River, Jamaica
I bet you didn’t know…… The sleepy little town of Black River on Jamaica’s south coast has SO much to do with the island’s history. I sure didn’t know until I went on the most amazing walking tour of the town, led by local history buff and Black River resident, Allison Morris. I had…
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I Found a Lost Girl In Jamaica
She’s been there this whole time…. As if I haven’t discovered enough magical moments in Jamaica, I have now found my lost inner girl because of this motorbike tour of the south coast. Everything I do on the island seems to be a fortuitous random happening and had I not jumped into this guy’s…
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The Journey of a Thousand Frustrations….
….Begins with a missing road sign… This journey is proof that what is second nature to a Jamaican is absolute chaos to a foreigner who’s never done it. Getting to the south coast of Jamaica was easy because I took the obvious coastal route from Montego Bay, spent a night in Negril because my flight…
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Save a Piece of Jamaican Musical History
One of my most inspiring days spent in Black River was this day, for so many reasons. I was so blessed to have met Allison Morris of Real Jamaica Vacations and she’s one very inspiring lady. We had been in contact via email a few weeks before my visit to the south coast and she…
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Black River – Yes The Actual River
I Did The Crocodile Tour First of all I have to say this tour is not at all overrated if you love the beauty of Jamaica. It may be slightly overrated if you want to see herds (or whatever they call a lot of crocodiles) frolicking in the water. I saw 3 or…