. When you reach Long Bay after a 20min ride from Port Antonio further East, you can’t deny to be a little baffled in the first place. Wide beaches, palms & the blue sea nesteled within green hills with little houses scattered all around – but on the other hand the ever present decay (almost …
Schlagwort: Jamaica
Welcome to Jamrock – Breakneck rafting on Rio Grande in Port Antonio
. When you move further north from Kingston, your next stop will -most likely- be the ancient banana trade terminal Port Antonio. The town itself is nothing special, but there are plenty of attractions around to invest time & money –> . One possibility, for example, would be to get yourself a captain in town, …
One hidden Rasta Settlement up Blue Mountains
. When you spend some time in Jamaica’s capital, the moment will come, that you will demand for a refuge of peacefulness… And in fact, there are two major possibilities to leave the city within decent time: UP (to the Mountains) & DOWN (to the Sea) When you catch a taxi from Papine Square, it …
Welcome to Jamrock – A walk trough Kingston, Bob Marley Museum & Tuff Gong
. The german author and revolutionary Peter Paul Zahl wrote in his Travel Book on Jamaica, that in Kingston, hell and heaven meet so close together, like in no other major capital on the globe… The city itself in fact is seriously separated: Downtown is where the „sufferahs“ are sweating, in the neglected, poorer seaside …
Welcome to Jamrock – Public transport in Jamaica
When you look at the pure facts, Jamaica is one of the most deadliest countries in world… But contrary to all superficial statistics, the majority of these incidents is gang related and sadly too often caused by the law itself. What you as a tourist should truly fear in first place, is the Jamaican public …

