Maroons to Reunite with Long Lost Relatives in Sierra Leone

28 June 2011 by Karin in Current Affairs [ 5 comments ]
The Trelawny Maroons are going on a mission to west Africa to reconnect with a side of their family not spoken to for nearly two centuries. Yet this is only the latest chapter in a trans-Atlantic odyssey for a people with a famous name ...

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

Flagstaff Heritage Tour & Trails Launched in Cockpit County

17 October 2009 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 15 comments ]
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="481" caption="Flagstaff Heritage Tour main trail"] [/caption] Flagstaff Heritage Tour and Trails (FHTT) was launched in a handover ceremony in Flagstaff, St. James on October 15th with a ribbon cutting at the new Visitor Centre by the Minister of ...

Cockpit Country- A Global Treasure

24 March 2009 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 5 comments ]
Cockpit Country, Trelawny Did you know that Jamaica's Cockpit Country... Has one of the world's most remarkable levels of environmental biodiversity