The Rough Guide to Jamaica, 2nd Edition

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-12-01
Publisher(s): DK Publishing, Inc.
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Summary

With complete coverage of Kingston as well as all the major resorts at Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and Negril, this "Rough Guide" is the perfect complement to both independent travel and all-inclusive package tours. Comprehensive listings reveal the best places to stay, dine, and catch the funkiest reggae. of color maps and photos.

Table of Contents

List of maps
viii
Introduction ix
Part One: Basics 1(59)
Getting there from North America
3(5)
Getting there from Britain and Ireland
8(3)
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand
11(3)
Insurance
14(1)
Information and maps
15(4)
Costs, money and banks
19(2)
Getting around
21(6)
Accommodation
27(2)
Health
29(4)
Food and drink
33(4)
Communications
37(2)
The media
39(1)
Opening hours, festivals and entertainment
40(7)
Sports and outdoor activities
47(5)
Shopping
52(1)
Drugs, trouble and harassment
53(3)
Women travellers
56(1)
Directory
57(3)
Part Two: The Guide 60(307)
Kingston and around
63(63)
Downtown
75(11)
Uptown
86(19)
Port Royal
105(8)
Hellshire
113(2)
Spanish Town
115(5)
Mountain River Cave and Guanaboa Vale
120(1)
Bog Walk Gorge
121(1)
West to Old Harbour
122(2)
North of Kingston
124(2)
The Blue Mountains and the east
126(58)
The Blue Mountains
128(7)
Hollywell Recreational Park
135(1)
Section and around
136(4)
Mavis Bank and Abbey Green
140(2)
Blue Mountain Peak
142(1)
St Thomas
143(3)
Morant Bay
146(1)
Hillside Dam and Stony Gut
147(4)
Bath
151(2)
The southeastern corner
153(1)
Portland
154(2)
Port Antonio
156(9)
East of Port Antonio
165(5)
Long Bay
170(4)
Rio Grande Valley
174(5)
West of Port Antonio
179(5)
Ocho Rios and the north coast
184(57)
Ocho Rios
185(8)
Dunn's River Falls
193(2)
Fern Gully and beyond
195(2)
East of Ocho Rios
197(1)
Inland to Wilderness
198(10)
Oracabessa
208(3)
Port Maria
211(5)
St Ann's Bay and around
216(5)
Runaway Bay and Discovery Bay
221(7)
Brown's Town
228(1)
Marley's mausoleum and the St Ann interior
229(3)
Rio Bueno to Duncans
232(2)
Falmouth
234(7)
Montego Bay and Cockpit Country
241(48)
Montego Bay
244(10)
Gloucester Avenue and the beaches
254(5)
Downtown
259(15)
Rose Hall
274(4)
Lethe and around
278(1)
Montpelier and Belvedere Estate
279(1)
Seaford Town
280(2)
Cockpit Country
282(2)
Windsor
284(1)
Albert Town
285(1)
Accompong
286(3)
Negril and the west
289(46)
Hopewell
291(1)
Tryall and Mayfield Falls
292(1)
Sandy Bay and Mosquito Cove
293(1)
Lucea
294(4)
Green Island, Orange Bay and Rhodes Hall
298(1)
Negril
299(28)
Little London and Frome
327(1)
Savanna-la-Mar
328(2)
Bluefields and Belmont
330(2)
Whitehouse and Scott's Cove
332(3)
The south
335(32)
Font Hill Beach Park
338(1)
Black River
339(3)
Treasure Beach and around
342(4)
Alligator Pond to Alligator Hole
346(2)
Milk River Spa
348(2)
Middle Quarters and YS Falls
350(1)
Maggoty and the Appleton Rum Estate
351(2)
Bamboo Avenue and Lacovia
353(1)
Santa Cruz, Malvern and Spur Tree Hill
354(1)
Mandeville and around
355(8)
Christiana and May Pen
363(4)
Part Three: Contexts 367(59)
The historical framework
369(13)
The environment
382(8)
Religion
390(8)
Music
398(12)
Jamaican art
410(2)
Language
412(6)
Jamaican film
418(3)
Books
421(5)
Index 426

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