archive for Worth A Visit

• The Flagstaff Maroons & Kojo’s Palace

  28 July 2011 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 1 comment ]

  Flagstaff: Kojo's Palace from Bart Robinson on Vimeo. Here's a mini-documentary about the community of Flagstaff, Jamaica which tells the history of the Maroon Wars, shows the current landscape, and offers greetings to the Maroon community in Sierra Leone. This video will ...

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• A Visit to Charles Town Maroon Community, Portland

  25 July 2011 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 2 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_12884" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Colonel Frank Lumsden of the Charles Town Maroons blowing the Abeng  (cow horn).  "][/caption] Here are some photos taken from my last visit to the Charles Town Maroon community in the Buff Bay Valley in Portland. Charles Town is ...

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• EITS Cafe Reviewed by Nyamist, a New Jamaican Food Blog

  19 July 2011 by Karin in Good Food,Worth A Visit [ 1 comment ]

  [caption id="attachment_12863" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Jamaica's Blue Mountains"] [/caption] Check out this review of a great new restaurant, EITS, located up in the Blue Mountains reviewed by a cool new blog on Jamaican food Nyamist.com. "In a perfect world, all Sunday brunches would be this ...

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• Highlights from the Portland Jerk Fest 2011

  16 July 2011 by Karin in Good Food,Worth A Visit [ 1 comment ]

  Here's a cool video with the highlights of the Portland Jerk festival 2011!

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• Ambassabeth Cabins – an Eco Tourism Treasure in Portland

  7 July 2011 by Karin in Environment,Good Food,Worth A Visit [ 4 comments ]

  Ambassabeth Eco-Cabins is a unique experience of Jamaican rural life and a authentic eco- tourism vacation or weekend get-away. Located in the upper Rio Grande Valley about 15 miles south of Port Antonio, the Ambassabeth Cabins are owned and operated by ...

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• Lots Happening in Treasure Beach This Summer

  8 June 2011 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2011,Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  This summer at 2 Seasons Guest House in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth there will be two events definitely worth checking out. On Saturday, June 18, there will be the Treasure Beach Jazz Escape 2011 which features a scintillating line up of local ...

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• Delicious Padabhyanga (Indian foot massage) Available at The Wanderer

  7 June 2011 by Karin in Entrepreneurs,Worth A Visit [ 2 comments ]

  I had an amazing Indian foot massage also called Padabhyana last week with Colette Garrick at the Wanderer and thought I'd share... So here's a little info on what Padabhyanga is all about and why its so good for you and ...

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• Wicky Wacky, St. Andrew

  14 March 2011 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 7 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_11740" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="The view from the beach at Wicky Wacky, St. Andrew"][/caption] Here are some photos taken at Wicky Wacky, eastern St. Andrew last week, the venue for the OPA beach party. There's something special about this area, one of ...

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