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• Friendship Gap, St. Mary

  12 March 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 1 comment ]

  [caption id="attachment_7427" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="OFC Chicken Stop, Junction Road, St. Mary"][/caption] Friendship Gap, St. Mary is more commonly known as the OFC chicken stop on the Junction Road.  This "rest stop" is on the main Junction road from Kingston to the ...

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• The Best Seafood In Ocho Rios Is @ Fishermen’s Beach

  16 February 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 2 comments ]

  Lobster, roast fish, bammy, festival... For the best seafood you can find in Ochi, try Dave's Lobster Shack at Fishermen's Beach- pretty much all the lobster you can eat and then some... We paired the lobster with some grilled Grouper fillets ...

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• The Restoration of Kingston’s Holy Trinity Cathedral

  12 February 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_7143" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Holy Trinity Cathedral, North Street, Kingston"][/caption] I attended the 99th Anniversary mass at the Roman Catholic Holy Trinity Cathedral on North Street last Sunday and was completely pleasantly surprised by the amazing restoration  program that is underway ...

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• A City Museum of Kingston

  6 February 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 1 comment ]

  The City Museum of St. Louis, the view from the parking lot- yes, that's an old airplane up there I recently visited the City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri and it got me thinking about how cool it would be to ...

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• Culloden Beach, Westmoreland

  22 January 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  Culloden, Westmoreland Here are a few photos of the beach at Culloden where I was staying recently, a beautiful area off the beaten path... Culloden is a small town on the south west coast of Jamaica in the parish of Westmoreland.  It's ...

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• Kingston: Trading Beach Chairs for Bar Stools

  16 November 2009 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_6307" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="The view from the Spanish Court Hotel"][/caption] Some positive press about Kingston for a change... Read more at the New York Times

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• Jake’s in Treasure Beach – A South Coast Gem

  7 November 2009 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 2 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_5760" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="The view from our room"] [/caption] Jake's is located in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, on Jamaica's south coast about an hour southwest of Mandeville. Part of the Island Outpost family, Jake's offers visitors a unique semi-rustic experience (most ...

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• Maroon Heritage Resurrected in Flagstaff

  2 November 2009 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 1 comment ]

  [caption id="attachment_6157" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Old British well in Flagstaff"][/caption] More on Flagstaff Heritage Tours and Trails Read it here at the Jamaica Gleaner

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