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©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd banana trade 257 Black River Great Morass 11, 190, 217, Bartholomew the Portuguese 254 222, 239, 11 303 Bath 91-2 Blenheim 208 bathrooms 289 Bluefields 216-18, 2-3 bauxite mining 277 Blue Harbour 132 B&Bs 284 Blue Hole Gardens 211 beaches 6 blue holes, see sinkholes Bear Cay 174 Blue Lagoon 11, 101-2, 11 Black River 221-2 Blue Mountain Peak 7, 88-90 Bloody Bay Beach 189 Blue Mountains 79-89, 80-1, 82-3, 7 Blue Lagoon 11, 101-2, 11 accommodations 78 Bluefields 216-17, 2-3 climate 78 A Cable Hut Beach 68 food 78 accommodations 284-5, see also Calabash Bay Beach 240 highlights 80-1 individual locations Cornwall Beach 145-8 safety 79 Accompong 227-9 Dead End Beach 148 travel seasons 78 ackee 278, 279, 280 Doctor’s Cave Beach 145 boat travel 292-3, see also cruises activities 19-20, 26-30 Font Hill Beach Park 219 Bob Marley, see Marley, Bob African-Caribbean Heritage Centre & Font Hill Beach Park & Wildlife Bob Marley’s Spring 210 Jamaica Memory Bank 47 Sanctuary 220 Bobo Hill 68 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival 19 Frenchman’s Beach 239-40 Bog Walk Gorge 75 air travel Frenchman’s Cove 101 Bogle, Paul 253, 254 climate change 294 Great Bay Beach 239 Bogue Lagoon 151-2 helicopter flights 123, 293 Heavy Sands 221 Bolt, Usain 260 to/from Jamaica 291-2 Hellshire Beach 72 Bond, James 70, 123, 129, 131, 134, to/from Kingston 64 Jack Spratt Beach 239 140, 266 within Jamaica 293 Jamaica Beach 130 Booby Cay 190 airlines 291-2, 293 James Bond Beach 130 books 249, see also literature airports 64, 291-2 Long Bay Beach Park 190 art 266 Albert Town 184 Long Beach (Seven Mile Beach) 189 bird-watching 274 all-inclusive resorts 18, 284 Ocho Rios 121 butterflies 275 Alligator Pond 244-5 Old Wharf Beach 240 food 279, 281 Alligator Reef 245 Puerto Seco Beach 140 history 250, 251, 255, 256, 258 American crocodiles, see Reggae Beach 130 jerk 278 crocodile-spotting San San Beach 101 Marley, Bob 261, 268 amusement parks, see theme parks Seven Mile Beach (Long Beach) 189 music 264, 271 Animal Farm 178 Treasure Beach 10, 238-44, 238, 10 Rastafarianism 264 animals 273-5, see also individual animals Walter Fletcher Beach 148 shopping 62 Annotto Bay 112-13 Winnifred Beach 104 spelunking 273 Appleton Rum Estate 10, 226, 10 World Beach 174 wildlife 274, 275 Arawak people, see Taíno people Bear Cay 174 women in Jamaica 265 archaeological sites beer 282 Boston Bay 8, 106, 8 Marshall’s Pen 231 Belmont 216-18 breadkind 278-9 Mountain River Cave 75 Bickle Village 228 Brotherhood, the 69 Port Royal Project 250 bicycle travel, see cycling brown stew 279 websites 256 bird-watching 29-30, 275 Brown’s Town 141 art galleries, see galleries, museums books 274 buccaneers 252-4 arts 265-7 Font Hill Beach Park & Wildlife budget 14 ATMs 288 Sanctuary 220 Buff Bay River Valley 112 Great Morass 190 Bull Bay 66-8 B Holywell Recreation Area 84 Bump Grave 110 Balaclava 229 Marshall’s Pen 231, 232 bushwalking, see hiking Bamboo Avenue 224-5 Rocklands Bird Feeding Station 178-9 business hours 285 banana boats 192 Royal Palm Reserve 190 Bustamante, Alexander 208, 211, tours 30, 85, 154, 178, 182, 232, 275 253, 258-9 Windsor Great House 183 bus travel 000 Map pages Black River 220-4, 220, 11 costs 294 000 Photo pages Black River Gorge 225 to/from Kingston 64 bus travel continued Christmas Rebellion 153 drumming 233 304 within Jamaica 293-4 churches & cathedrals horseback riding 166 within Kingston 65 Ba Beta Kristian Church of Haile pottery 183 butterflies 274, 275 Selassie I 48 Coward, Noël 13, 132 Burchell Memorial Baptist Church crafts 53, 62, 108, 121, 128, 163, 205, 149-51 236, 243 C Half Way Tree Church 52 Crawle, Hog 252 Calabash International Literary Festival Kettering Baptist Church 175 credit cards 288 13, 19-20, 240, 13 INDEX INDEX Kingston Parish Church 45 Creek Dome 151 Callo, Jah 218 Our Lady of Perpetual Help 136 crime 288-9 camping 284 Parish Church of St John the crocodile-spotting 274 cannabis, see ganja B-D Evangelist 221 Black River 221, 223 Canoe Valley Wetland 77 St Andrew Parish Church 52 Black River Great Morass 11, 190, capoeira lessons 44 St Andrew’s Scots Kirk 48 222, 11 car travel 15, 64, 294-5 St Jago de la Vega Cathedral 74 Canoe Valley Wetland 77 Caribbean Fashion Week 20 St James Parish Church 149 Font Hill Beach Park & Wildlife cash 288, 289 St Mark’s Anglican Church 233 Sanctuary 220 castles & fortifications St Peter’s Church 69-70 Great Salt Pond 72 Fort Charles 69, 13 Trinity Cathedral 48 Green Island Harbour 207 Fort Charlotte 209 William Knibb Memorial Church 172 Heavy Sands 221 Fort Montego 149 cigars 205 Little Bay 210 Fort Rock 66 cinema, see film Long Bay (south coast) 245, 246 Penlyne Castle 88 climate 14, 19-20, 286, see also Palisadoes 66 Savanna-la-Mar Fort 212 individual regions Portland Bight Protected Area 72 Trident Castle 101 climbing cruises Catadupa 179 Blue Mountain Peak 7 Black River 222-3 cathedrals, see churches & cathedrals Dunn’s River Falls 119 Black River Great Morass 239 caves 273, see also spelunking Glistening Waters 175 Great Pedro Bluff 239 Cockpit Country 182, 184 Negril 198 Montego Bay 154 Coffee River Cave 229 Reach Falls 108 Negril 191 Fox Caves 109 Clydesdale 86 Pelican Bar 239 Gourie Caves 230 Cockpit Country 181-4, 225-31 Sunny Island 239 Green Grotto Caves 140 itinerary 25 travel to/from Jamaica 292 Ipswich Caves 227 coffee 281, see also coffee estates Cuban cigars 205 Jamaican Caves Organisation 28, Blue Mountain 86 Cudjoe 228 182, 227 festivals 20 culture 248-9, 261-7, see also food, Mandingo Cave 108 Mavis Bank Coffee Factory 87 music Mexico Cave 227 coffee estates African-Caribbean Heritage Centre Mountain River Cave 75 Craighton Coffee Estate 83 & Jamaica Memory Bank 47 Nonsuch Caves 110 Flamstead 87 drumming performances 53, 85, Peace Caves 228 High Mountain Coffee Factory 236 112, 228 Roaring River Park 211 Old Tavern Coffee Estate 85-7 festivals 53, 112 Windsor Caves 12, 183-4, 12 Cohen Henriques, Moses 254 obeah 44 Caymanas Park 72 Coleburns Gully 75 myal 44 cell phones 15, 289 Columbus, Christopher 135, 251, 251-2 Cuna Cuna Gap 92 central highlands 33, 213-44, Columbus Park 140 currency 14, 288 214-15 consulates 286 curry 279 accommodations 213 cooking courses 282 customs regulations 286 climate 213 Cooperage, the 82 cycling 29, see also mountain biking food 213 Coral Gardens Massacre 170 bike hire 296 highlights 214-15 coral reefs 194 Blue Mountains 83 travel seasons 213 costs Maggotty 226 children, travel with 285-6 accommodations 284 Negril 191 Christiana 230-1 car rental 295 tours 122, 226 Christianity 263 food 278 within Jamaica 293 courses capoeira 44 000 Map pages D cooking 282 dance 269, 270 000 Photo pages diving 27, 97, 122, 138, 153, 191 dancehall 123, 270-1 dangers, see safety environmental issues 274, 277 J’Ouvert 19, 53 diarrhea 287 Blue Mountain coffee 86 Kingston of the Edge 53 305 disabilities, travelers with 290 climate change 294 LMT National Pantomime 20, 54 Discovery Bay 139-41 coral reefs 194, 208 Manchester Horticultural Society diving 16, 26-7, 191-2 Discovery Bay Marine Show 233 Alligator Reef 245 Laboratory 140 Misty Bliss 85 costs 27 dolphin encounters 122 National Gospel Song Contest God’s Well 246 Jamaica Conservation & Finals 53 Ironshore 167 Development Trust 28 Negril Ice Cream & Chocolate INDEX Festival 193 Long Bay (south coast) 246 Negril Environmental Protection Area 208 Peter Tosh Birthday Bash 216 Montego Bay 153-4, 8 Southern Trelawny Environmental Port Royal Seafood Festival 70 D-G Negril 191, 7 Agency 28, 182 Portland Jamboree 98 Ocho Rios 121, 122 websites 276, 277 Portland Jerk Festival 281 PADI certification 27, 97, 122, 138, Errol Flynn Marina 29 Rebel Salute 245 153, 191 escoveitch 279 Reggae Sumfest 8, 20, 8 Port Antonio 97-8, 102 etiquette 249 Restaurant Week 20 Runaway Bay 138 events, see festivals, sporting Sting 72 doctorbirds 31, 178, 190, 275, 17 events Trelawny Yam Festival 19, 184, 281 dolphin-watching exchange rates 15 World Reggae Dance Black River 223 Championships 53 Font Hill Beach Park & Wildlife Fi Wi Sinting 19 Sanctuary 220 F film 248, 260, 266-7 Little Bay 210 Faith’s Pen 134 fireflies 274 Negril 191 Falmouth 171-3 Firefly 13, 132-3, 13 Ocho Rios 121-2 Fern Gully 134 fishing 29 Treasure Beach 243 Ferris Cross 211-12 Black River 221 Dolphin Head Mountains 209 festivals 19-20, see also sporting events Glistening Waters 174 Donald Sangster International Airport 291 Accompong Maroon Festival Montego Bay 154 228 Dornoch Riverhead 176 Negril 192 Africa Jamfest 155 drinking 17, 281-2, see also Ocho Rios 122 individual locations Bacchanal Jamaica 123 Port Antonio 97 driver’s licenses 294 Beach J’ouvert 123 Treasure Beach 239 driving, see car travel Biennial Art Exhibition 54 Whitehouse 219 drugs 289 Breadfruit Festival 92 Flagstaff 180-1 drums Calabash International Literary Fleming, Ian 131 Festival 13, 19-20, 240, 13 lessons 233 Flynn, Errol 95 Caribbean Fashion Week 20 performances 53, 85, 112, Folly 97 228 Caribean Heritagefest 53 Font Hill Beach Park & Wildlife shopping 229 Carnival (Kingston) 53 Sanctuary 220 Dry Harbour Mountains 141-2 Carnival (Port Antonio) 98 food 17, 278-81, see also individual ‘Dudus’ Coke, Christopher 260 Denbigh Agricultural Show 76 locations Duncans 175-6 Devon House Craft Fair 53 festivals 20, 70, 92, 193, 281 Emancipation Day Fair 237 tipping 288 Epicurean Escape 193 forts, see castles & fortifications E Fi Wi Sinting 19, 112 Freehill 137 earthquakes 255 Follow Di Arrow 123 Freeport Peninsula 152-3 eastern Jamaica Grand Market Night 230 Frenchman’s Cove 101 itinerary 22
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