Jamaica Alive! (Hunter Travel Guides)

303 Pages·2000·2.78 MB·English

by  Paris Permenter

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About the Authors v
About the Authors
J
ohn Bigley and Paris Permenter fell in love
withtheCaribbeanoveradozenyearsagoand
have turned their extensive knowledge of the re-
gion into an occupation. As professional travel
writers and photographers, the pair contribute
travelarticlesandphotographsontheUSandthe
Caribbean to many national consumer and trade
publications. The husband and wife team have
alsowrittennumerousguidebooks.
Paris and John are authors of several other
Hunter guidebooks: Adventure Guide to the
CaymanIslands,AdventureGuidetotheLeeward
Islands, The Bahamas: A Taste of the Islands,
Cayman Islands Alive! and Jamaica: A Taste of
the Island. Currently they’re at work on Adven-
ture Guide to Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda, St.
Kitts&NevisAlive!andNassau&TheBestofThe
BahamasAlive!
Paris and John are also frequent television and
radio talk show guests on the subject of travel.
Both are members of the prestigious Society of
AmericanTravelWriters(SATW)andtheAmeri-
canSocietyofJournalistsandAuthors(ASJA).
Whenthey’renotontheroad,the teamresidesin
theTexasHillCountrynearAustin.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
(cid:2) TheMajorTowns&ResortAreas ..........2
MontegoBay ...........................2
OchoRios..............................3
RunawayBay ..........................4
Negril.................................4
SouthCoast............................6
Kingston...............................6
PortAntonio ...........................6
(cid:2) TheAttractions.........................7
GolfGalore.............................8
Day-Tripping...........................8
(cid:2) PlacestoStay&Eat.....................9
Accommodations ........................9
TheAlivePriceScale ...................9
Dining ...............................10
TraditionalDishes ....................11
TheAlivePriceScale ..................13
(cid:2) ACapsuleHistory......................14
FromIndianstoEuropeans ..............14
TheIslandToday.......................15
(cid:2) ThePeople,TheCulture.................16
Religion ..............................16
Rastafarianism.......................17
TheMaroons ..........................17
Culture&Customs.....................18
Language.............................19
(cid:2) Environment ..........................20
Animals&Reptiles.....................21
Birds.................................21
LifeUndersea .........................22
(cid:2) Climate&Weather.....................23