Tag: south coast jamaica
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In The Eye of My First Tropical Storm
The summer of 2016 marked my first near-hurricane experience in Jamaica. I’ve always just missed the big storms, sometimes even by mere days but that summer I was right in the middle of one. I had planned to write about this a long time ago but each time I thought about it the Caribbean was…
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Problems Always Create Opportunities
I’m not sure whether I’ve had more instances with losing electricity or losing water in Jamaica. Either way, whenever one of those happens it starts out as a problem but always turns into an opportunity. What might that opportunity be? The chance to make a new discovery of course! You guys know me, I always…
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S&B Sunset Gardens – Parottee Beach, Jamaica
Call me lucky but I always find the greatest things and places in Jamaica by accident. If I hadn’t been shopping for pillows in Santa Cruz one day last month I may never have run into Bill and Shirley who happen to own the cutest little B&B on Parottee Beach near Black River. After meeting…
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YS Falls, St Elizabeth, Jamaica
So it took me over thirteen years but I finally visited YS Falls this past summer (2016). I made the journey partly because I’ve been saying forever that I would, and partly because it was a million degrees outside and I would have done anything to cool down in August in Jamaica. From Black River…
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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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Random Magic in Jamaica
We all know that magic exists everywhere in Jamaica. But have you ever actually stumbled upon a totally random magic show in the most unlikely place? I don’t know how I packed so much into one night but this event happened on the same night I went crab hunting in the dark after midnight and…
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Somewhere on the Appleton Estate
It’s usually in the last few days of any trip that I make the most magical discoveries and it’s always done by meeting random people, adding an attitude of trust and a simple “just go with it” vibe. This has never failed me yet! During my last 16-day jaunt to Jamaica, by way…
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Little Ochie Seafood – Manchester, Jamaica
It’s been a long time that I’ve wanted to try out what people say Little Ochie is famous for – its seafood. Last year when I found and wrote about a place called “The River” I really had no idea how near to Little Ochie I actually was back then. So on this trip the…