Country Info
- Kingston
- Capital
- Jamaican dollar (JMD)
- Currency
- 2,665,636
- Population
- JM
- Country Code
Kingston Slideshow
Kingston
Travel Blogs from Kingston, Jamaica
Just landed... Welcome mat
... . After check in, I ventured in the city and was soon offered some "stuff". Oh well, no thank you. The Bob Marley museum is quite interesting and probably the only notable attraction in Kingston (other than this feeling of being in a different ...
day three
Woke up early early once again to be bused to Jerusalem and to finish our warehouse project and chill with the kids again. I realize at this point I have not spent nearly enough time describing 'the bus', our raggity but somehow reliable mode of ...
day four
Today, we ventured to Our Father's House. Like Sophie's Place, this location was home to children with disabilities. In addition, the community had a radio station (The Roots 96.1 'Voice of the Inner City'), an internet cafe, and place to make ...
day five
Painted a classroom PINK today. After our project was finished, we went to a Mustard Seed meeting. Every 5 years they gather to go over accomplishments and goals. It is amazing how much the organization has grown since its beginning. They now have ...
Possibilties Realized
... issues affecting the community and have us all work to improve the condition. I had invited the environmental agencies in Jamaica to send a representative to come and speak on environmental issues specific to my community. The goal was to educate an ...
jamaica
... . i went to the best beach i have ever see too. but before long again i was back on the move. back to kingston. the island of jamaica is like Paradise it only lacks budget accommodation. its so pricey. i was lucky to find some cheap stuff. but it was ...
Jamaica
... ;屋の、２段ベッドの上が初日の寝床。 I arrived Jamaica. There is 77 °F. Worm evening wind smell of summer. I remembered that first overseas travel ...
Yarman - as they say around here!
... that all is good to go for our trip tomorrow. This is particularly welcome news as we have just heard that although we arrive tonight in Kingston, our sailing time has changed from 22.00 on Sunday (so 2 full days in Kingston) to 09.00 Sunday – so no ...
The thing about Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a great day of shopping the day after. Thanksgiving is not celebrated here so I spent the day working with the children at the primary school. When I have time I will write more. Enjoy ...
Do you eat bun and cheese?
... you eat bun and cheese? "Do you eat bun and cheese?" was a question that everyone was asking me during the Easter holiday. In Jamaica people eat bun and cheese during Easter time so during those days leading up to Easter I had my belly full with the ...
Are you from foreign?
... pots and ringing bells and shouts of joy was coming from outside. I felt so privileged to be here at a time when Jamaica is going through a momentous transition. Bruce Golding came on television and gave a speech on how Jamaicans should work together to ...
Jamaica, from the Blue Lagoon to the Blue Mountain
... ). It was really good! The next day we had a nice breakfast of Ackee, juice, coffee and toast and then traveled down to Kingston and then back to Montego Bay, this was our last full day in Jamaica. In the afternoon we had our 1st meltdown trying to ...
The honeymoon in Jamacia, con Friends
Cancun had been blow away by wilma so we rescheduled and went to jamacia. 5 days of all you can drink and eat fun and jamacian chicks dancing with their butts in the air... Beautiful island and lots of lovely ...
Kingston, Jamaica
Being a smart ass I am and having my friend from the BOAC cooperating, I have placed Kingston, Jamaica as a weekend stopover. It was a big shame that I got in during the worst of weather conditions out there, but I did have the time, the will and the ...
I will try and catch up with timings!
Monday 8th March Post Kingston blues…. I couldn't write anything yesterday. Having left Kingston in the warm dawn sunshine, I got a fit of the blues. We had a good day on Saturday (more later) but as we sailed slowly out of the harbour, I became ...
Ya, mon!
Got my hair braided. Got drunk. Talked about the first cloned sheep and the U.S. embargo of Cuba with a ...
Sex and Streets on Jamaica
Streets and Sex on Jamaica It is already 6.45 pm when the plane touches down in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. Reggae music fills the arrival hall of the airport. In the aisle next to me Jamaicans returning home stand waiting to show their passports. ...
So begins another year
... taking the children on more field trips this semester to educate them on the environment. A big trip that I am planning is to the Kingston Zoo. Money is a huge factor in anything that I plan, so I am hoping to get local merchants and other sponsors to ...
Travel becomes meaningful: Teaching in Jamaica
... was wrong. The world is messy, filled with people who think very differently than I, and yet we are all connected and I continue to grow in this....I continue to grow and find I am smaller than ever. It all started here in the Blue Mountains of ...
day six
... nothing. After our morning of prayer and song, we were boated to an island off the coast of Kingston. In the spirit of all our transportation down in Jamaica, our boat bumped and whizzed to the island. Paradise awaited us. Our food was boated to us ...
My Life in Pictures Part 1
Okay, so here is my life in pictures. My friends and collegaues. The places and the faces that are now a part of me. Hope you enjoy. Likl muor ...
Thinking outside the box
... learn about animal abuse, which animals make good pets and the proper upkeep of their pets hence the name Educational Zoo. I contacted Jamaica's SPCA and Serenity Park asking them to bring some of their animals to the school and talk to the students about ...