The patty is probably the best known fast food in Jamaica. This meat- or sometimes vegetable-filled meat pie is favored by rich and poor, young and old – for lunch, or a snack or sandwiched between a coco bread, a soft buttery roll, a meal. Said to be a direct descendant of the Cornish pasty, the Jamaican patty is made most often with beef, which is enclosed in a flaky...

Born June Carol Lodge in London, England in 1958 to a Jamaican father and British mother, JC Lodge was taken to Jamaica as a child. She’s probably best known for her international hit, Telephone Love. An accomplished artist and actress, Lodge recorded more than 12 albums. She returned to live in the UK in 2001.    

I love the word journey. It suggest so much more than a trip, tour, travel or visit. Each place I visit is a new journey, a new opportunity to explore and learn something about the people who live there, their language, culture and way of life, etc. Because journey is such a strong word, I knew that it had to be part of my blog name, InsideJourneys. And when I saw...

Famous internationally since the 18th century, Jamaica’s Blue Mountain Coffee, which gets its name from the location where it is grown, is one of the most expensive coffees in the world. The rich soil and cool climate of the mountain, make it the ideal location for coffee growing. It is strictly regulated. Only coffees grown in the higher elevations — between 3,000-5,500 feet — can bear the Blue Mountain label. Between 1,500-3,000...

I don’t know about you, but I’ve never seen a carrot like this one. When I looked at it, I saw a woman dressed  in a bathing suit lying on her side on the beach. She wore dark sun glasses and a broad floppy hat and had her legs crossed seductively as if waiting for that someone. Then I knew: it looked like one of those 1950s pinup girls, you...

It’s hard to think of down without thinking of its opposite: up. As a matter of fact, we use the expression up and down quite often. We anticipate that what goes up, must eventually, go down. Down can also describe our moods. No one wants to feel down, on the other hand, people who are down to earth put everyone else at ease. Here are my pick of photos that...

 

The highest mountain range in Southern Africa, the Drakensberg Mountains reaches 11,424 feet. This part of the mountain is the Sani Pass, a 5 1/2 mile unlit dirt road that connects KwaZulu Natal to the Kingdom of Lesotho. Sani Pass, from Lesotho The view of the Sani Pass from 9,400 feet, in Lesotho.

  Like a lot of people, I love color. Red’s my favorite. Color affects mood. For example, red energizes, blue and green soothe. This garbage can surprised me. Wonder if those colors encourage people to be more diligent in putting waste in it? One of the things I love about summer is the variety of colorful fruits available. These looked so beautiful, I had to take a photo. I took...

New York has a million faces. It just depends on where you are. Of course, the city looks very different when you’re not at ground level. I took this from the Time Warner Building. Before the sun set, I could see directly to New Jersey. A few hours later, these clouds came into view and washed the buildings with an inky tint. Those saucers are the light fixtures from inside...