Country Info
- Kingston
- Capital
- Jamaican dollar (JMD)
- Currency
- 2,665,636
- Population
- JM
- Country Code
Jamaica Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Jamaica
WELCOME!!!!!
Hi! Welcome to Canoe's travel blog! This travel blog offers just a taste of what's cooking down in Negril at Canoe Beach Bar and Grill! My name is Patty, my husband John Kirby and I opened Canoe in February 2008. At Canoe, we try to capture the ...
Slow Boat to Kingston
... to land in the bay (the airport being on a spit of land) and the pelicans that landed just about everywhere. - - - - - - - (Later): Jamaica turns out to be less relaxed and much more uptight in a bureaucratic way than I'd imagined. Having berthed, we ...
Into Kingston Up- and Downtown
When I got to know that my Rastafriend from Long Bay had to go to Kingston to get some paper the same day I was planning to travel, I decided to leave at the same time. Thought it would be helpful to arrive in the 'big' town with someone local. I had got ...
Honeymoon to Jamaica
Jacqui and I went on our honeymoon to Jamaica. We flew into Montego Bay and then had to take a 3 hour bus ride to our resort. The Sandals Ochos Rios. See ...
Falmouth Jamaica
... Audrey and our driver Owen. Very Jamaican and loads of fun. Firstly they taught us the 4 most important things to say while in Jamaica. YeahMon! (Yes and okay), Eh Eh (shaking head means no), no problem and IreMon! (She'll be right). Then we headed off ...
Naar Haïti, of toch naar Jamaica?!
... de gribfiles. We zien dat het koufront ons tegemoet komt en dat we dat nog zullen moeten passeren voor we op Jamaica aankomen. De gribfiles voorspellen ons 30 knopen wind schuin van achteren. Die windsterkte krijgen we ook inderdaad, zelfs verstrekt met ...
Jamaica by car
... termieten. We rillen bij de gedachte, een droom waar te kunnen maken, maar we nemen het toch niet serieus in overweging, Jamaica is niet echt onze plek! We hebben de afgelopen week ervaren dat de hele toeristenindustrie behoorlijk op zijn gat ligt. ...
Day 1
Forecast: Hi 84 F, Low 73 F I arrived at my hostel and was amazed at how incredibly spacious it was. My room was almost as big as a shoe closet and there was even a bar downstairs for extra curricular activities. The place was ...
Our awesome vacation at Couples Swept Away Negril
... - June 1, 2012 My review - thoughts, opinions, suggestions, tips, about our amazing 1st vacation at Couples Swept Away Negril Jamaica I will not write this review mentioning what specific days we did this or that or what days we ate this and that, ...
Stormy Long Bay
I continued my journey direction east coast, had to change route taxis and minibuses four times, the weather went worse and worse, I finally reached Long Bay in heavy rainfalls. I didn't have a place to stay yet, so the driver dropped me at a bar next to ...
Blue Mountain Trip
... than 300 inches each year, which provides water to half of Jamaica's population. Together with the John Crow Mountains, this area is Jamaica's last remaining rainforest where many rare and exotic plants can be found. At times along the hike I wish I had ...
Oh my, Ochi!
... well here it is: 1. Reading material (books, magazines, and newspapers) 2. Earth friendly, natural products like shampoo, toothpaste, etc: Jamaica has some problems with the environment, so I'd like to help any little way I can. 3. Jump rope, yoga ...
Alva
... three times a year. There I met the voleenter who lives about 15 minutes up the road. Easter was fun apparently all jamaica likes to fly kites and eat this type of fruit cake called easter bun and this incredebly proccessed cheese together. The ...
Host Family
Owdedo everyone, evriting aight here having my first night with the host family. Its pretty exciting they have a beautiful house. Kids running everywhere, Trying to start learning patois but i feel pretty stupid every time i say ...
Negril
... the early evening since I calculated it would take about 4 hours to travel there. Negril is on the western tip of Jamaica and Ochi sits in the middle of the north coast. Unfortunately the ride was longer than expected, because I expected transportation ...
Give Thanks
... working. Jamaica is still developing in many ways, but computers, telephones, faxing are all accessible communication tools. As a volunteer in Jamaica where these tools and resources exist it is difficult not to use them or have access to them, which is ...
365 days
Greetings to my dear friends and family. As I write this, it is about 7:30am in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. One year ago today, June 1, 2005 I left. Nothing else needs to be said, I just felt I needed to publicly acknowledge the time I was able to ...
Getting There
Departure Time: 8:10 pm Departure Location: O'Hare Airport/Chicago, Illinois Arrival Time: 12:00 am Arrival Location: Norman Manley Airport/Kingston, Jamiaca My Budget: A whopping $3500 -$619 for plane ticket -$105 for 7 ...
Back to reality
... 't believe I've been here for 6 months and at my site for 4 months. I remember saying in a previous entry that I would miss Jamaica while I was home, well I didn't think about it enough to miss it. I had a great visit at home, spending the holidays ...
The Travel Slut cruises on the Coral Princess
... the Coral Princess in early March 2007 on a cruise that took me from the port of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Ocho Rios Jamaica, The Panama Canal (and Gatun Locks), Colon, Panama, Limon and the rainforests of Costa Rica, Georgetown, Grand Cayman and ...
One Year
Greetings from Jamaica, Its official, one year has past since I arrived in Jamaica. I don't think I need to remind you all how fast the time has gone. My one year anniversary was marked by the arrival the new group of trainees, Group 77, who arrived ...
Jamaica! Final stop!
Hi guys Just a quick update via the phone to let you know that we are safely settled into The Caves in Jamaica. It is, as you'd expect, beautiful. Yesterday's travel was a bit stressful - we had a manic/comical dash through Miami to reach our ...
HOLIDAY GREETINGS!
... tries to catch up on sleep during the work week to be ready for New Year's... We have just celebrated our first Christmas in Jamaica. Even in the coastal resort town of Negril, far from the hustle and bustle of the big cities, Christmas was in the ...
Island Hopping in the Caribbean
... America has alot of its fingers in Jamaican economy as we were introduce once more to food chains and expensive hotels. Jamaica was very expensive and demanding $75AUD a night for poor accomodation, that we reluctantly gave up. Apart from the ...
Post Hurricane Ivan Update
... 22 days since hurricane Ivan and this is our first entry since then. Hurricane Ivan certainly caused a good amount of damage in Jamaica. Rogean and I have been surveying the damage in our local community in the Ewarton area (North St. Cathrine). I have ...