Tips on Enjoying your Vacation in Jamaica
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LOVERS LEAP
Lovers Leap- St. Elizabeth 
I have seen the sun rising from this beautiful place in Jamaica.
The experience left me in awe as I couldn’t fathom just how the sun could just gently tilt its head over the glistening waters and sit on the horizon.
I wrote the following account at 6 am, on February 17, 2001 while at the Ocean View Bible Camp.
“The stillness of the night is no more. The freshness of the morning breeze is evident as I watch the sun come up over the horizon.
The morning air and atmosphere is hard to describe as I stand on the hill top watching the sun perching its head over the horizon.
The sun sits on the horizon and its reflection brightens the sea as the birds flutter their wings in the cool morning mist. Its amazing to see the stillness of the sea and to watch the sun rise above the horizon. ‘Its beautiful!”
The mountains are not far away and not many houses are in sight, no clusters, just freedom. This tranquility is only interrupted by the soothing sea breeze. No hustling , no bustling , no horns, it feels as though there is no pollution in the air. ”
Lovers Leap, St. Elizabeth.
Rio Grande – The Original Jamaican Rafting Experience
Rafting
wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafting states that
rafting is a recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other body of water.
This activity is quite popular in Jamaica and you can experience it too.
Ask about the Rio Grande experience in Port Antonio, Jamaica (1876-993-2778)
Jamaican Food
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Cod fish Fritters
Bread Fruit Chips / Fried Bread Fruit
Peppered Shrimp
Solomon Gundy
Fish Tea
Saturday Beef Soup
Red Peas Soup
Green Gungo Peas Soup
Mannish Water
Rice and Peas
Escoveitched Fish and Bammy
Mackerel Rundown / Dip and Fall Back& Boiled Dumpling and Green Bananas
Jerk Chicken
Fricasseed Chicken
Curried Chicken
Jerk Pork
Cow Foot
Good Old- Stew Peas, Served with white rice
Stew Tripe and Broad Beans
Curried Goat
Jamaica’s Botanical Gardens
– Castleton
– Cinchona botanical grdn.
– Hope Gardens
– Clydesdale Forest Park
– Hopewell Forest Park
– National Heroes Park
– St. William Grant Park
– Claude Stuart Park
– Seville Heritage Park
– Nelson Mandela Park
– Wynter’s Park
– Serenity Park
– Independence Park
EMANCIPATION PARK- freedom to hope, to excel and to be
Be sure to take your husband, wife or significant other to visit the Emancipation Park. This will ensure that you continue to light the sparks which engulfs a healthy relationship.
You can even choose to unwind after a hectic day at work while listening to the sound of the water gushing from the fountain.
See you there.
Jamaican Expressions
NEVER LOOK BACK
Lift your head beyond the clouds
Free the passions which float about.
Tell the stories of your life,
Unlock the secrets of your fights
Never look back!
Stretch your hope beyond the distant horizon,
Wipe the sweat and take a breath, then write as though there is no threat
Tease the dreams which lie within Release the potential that’s locked within
Gushing, gushing waters overflow,
Let the life of all you are quench our thirst
Use your gifts to release our souls
Let those sublime thoughts continue to flow
Over the mountains and into the sea of all living humanity.
Odette Baugh
June 15, 2005.
Gushing waters refers to the unlimited potential within us.
Poetry at Redbones Blues Cafe
Every last Wednesday evening, Redbones Cafe on Braemar Avenue hosts a poetry event, it is usually free and all the contestants have an opportunity to win the annual Writer’s Awards.
I had the chance to read there in October 2005 and was even nominated as a finalist for the Writer’s award. Its was a new experience and I enjoyed it tremendously even though I didn’t walk away with the award.
If you have a collection of poems that you would like to share, give them a call and send a sample of your work.
See you there.
THE FOURTEEN PARISHES OF JAMAICA
ST. ANDREW
ST. CATHERINE
CLARENDON
MANCHESTER
ST. MARY
TRELAWNY
HANOVER
ST. JAMES
ST. ANN
PORTLAND
ST.ELIZABETH
WESTMORELAND
KINGSTON
ST. THOMAS
Tips on Enjoying your Vacation in Jamaica 
