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• Dining On The Plains- An Organic Farm Dinner In St. Elizabeth

  15 August 2010 by Karin in Good Food, Worth A Visit [ 3 comments ]

  [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="428" caption="The Pedro Plains"][/caption] During the recent Independence Weekend holiday we had the good fortune to attend an amazing gathering held on a farm perched high in the Pedro Plains of St. Elizabeth. The Organic Farm Dinner Project is ...

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• Jakes Launches Agri-Tourism Initiative, Farm Dinners, at St. Elizabeth Farms

  4 August 2010 by Karin in Good Food, Happening on the Edge 2010, Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_9092" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="St. Bess is food country"][/caption] Jakes, a bohemian-style boutique hotel nestled in the fishing village of Treasure Beach on Jamaica’s South Coast, has recently launched a new agri-tourism intiative, dubbed as "farm dinners" to be held monthly ...

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• Dog Sledding in Jamaica Anyone?

  23 July 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  Let's find out what the bloggers had to say about their dog sledding adventures at Chukka Caribbean .  See part 1 above and part 2 below... For more on the bloggers' visit to Jamaica see International Bloggers Tour North Coast to ...

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• International Bloggers Tour North Coast to Learn What Jamaica Has to Offer

  20 July 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 3 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_8937" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="The view from the rooms at Secrets Resorts, Montego Bay"] [/caption] Here are some photos from our recent bloggers meetup where a group of local and international bloggers and journalists were hosted by the Jamaica Tourist Board at ...

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• The New GoldenEye Hotel & Resort Opens October 2010

  30 June 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 5 comments ]

  Island  Outpost is set to open the new GoldenEye Hotel and Resort this October. Originally named by Ian Fleming after a WWII naval operation, GoldenEye is located on Jamaica's north coast town of Oracabessa. Once Ian Fleming's private villa where he ...

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• Font Hill, St. Elizabeth

  8 April 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 5 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_7736" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Font Hill, St. Elizabeth"][/caption] Font Hill is a beach park off the main road in St. Elizabeth (near the boarder with Westmoreland) about 20 minutes from Black River.  It's a small cove really, but the water is ...

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• New Cockpit Country Jamaica Website Launched

  30 March 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 5 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_7654" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Cockpit Country tour guides"][/caption] Check out this new Cockpit Country website produced by the Cockpit Country Local Forest Management Committee, a community run organization dedicated to the welfare of Jamaica's Cockpit Country.  The Cockpit Country is one ...

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• The New Redbones

  19 March 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  Redbones is back, and looking good.  It's pretty much a new updated version of the old Redbones. The new Redbones features a bigger outdoor stage, dancefloor, art gallery and the cool bar vibes we've come to know and love. Welcome back. We ...

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