Tag: Caribbean
Cuba Lifts Travel Ban Come January 14, 2013, the Cuban government will no longer require exit visas and invitation letters...
Devon House, Kingston Jamaica
Devon House is a Georgian style mansion that was built in 1881 for George Stiebel, Jamaica’s first black millionaire. Though having...
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Hanover is Jamaica’s second smallest parish after Kingston & St. Andrew. It was created out of the neighboring parishes of...
Oakton House
The Oakton House, a stately wooden structure caught my eye. Located in Half Way Tree, Kingston, it’s a stone’s throw...
Jamaica was voted the Caribbean’s Leading Destination at the 2012 World Travel Awards Ceremony for the Caribbean and the Americas...
Royal Palms Nature Reserve
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Just beyond the hustle and bustle of Negril‘s Hip Strip, that stretch of road that marks off the beach and...
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Jamaica’s nearly 300 year old great houses provide a peek into a byegone era. Some have been turned into museums,...
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Jamaica, the third largest island in the Caribbean, was ‘discovered’ in 1494 on Christopher Columbus’ second voyage to the New...
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Way down on the southwestern coast of Jamaica, just over the Manchester border from St. Elizabeth is a seaside restaurant...
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Until I purchased my apartment several years ago, home, for me, meant the place where I grew up in Jamaica;...