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Remember to include a tour of Jamaica south coast in your visit
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The southern coast of Jamaica is very different from the north coast. It is more restful and relaxed because it is in its more natural state which makes it awesome to discover.
Though under developed it is a treasure and beauty. Here you can see indigenous animals such as the butterflies and crocodiles integrated with the natural resources, rivers , vegetation, and the rhythm waves of the sea as they crash on the white and grey sandy beaches.
The south coast provides most of the salt water fish consumed on the island. The :”Pedro
Keys” is where south coast fishermen spend most of their time.
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Visit Little Ochi to choose your fish and watch it prepared or simple relax with and icy cold beer and let the water caress your feet while you wait.
South coast, St. Elizabeth to be exact is called the bread basket of Jamaica. Most of the island’s food is grown there. Come and visit the farms have a walk through melons, pumpkins, carrots, tomatoes beds , or just revel in the pungent smell of thyme ,onion, garlic and country peppers.
You can have some right in the field fresh as water lilies. South coast is where you will find the best Jerk pork, very flavorful, no holding back on the seasoning.
It is this ST. Elizabeth region that the yearly Calabash festival is held
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Did you know that every year Jamaica host a big literary festival where internationally acclaimed writers meet for three days on May 26-27 to introduce, read and share their work. They also have writers’ seminars and workshops to sharpen and develop the skills of young and new would be writers.
The venue is on the southern part of the island where there is tranquility and beauty that inspires. The location they have selected and keep returning to is Jake’s Hotel and Restaurant. This spot is so beautiful and serene that people have to literally tear themselves away at the end of the festival each year but vowed to return the next year .
The stage for reading is but a few yards from the sea which, along with the rising variegated green St. Elizabeth hills form a picturesque backdrop ,together with all this is the musical crashing of waves as they splatter onto the sandy beach
.Each year as the time draws near spirits are heightened and many start dreaming of the array of the different kinds food not to mentioned wide selection of sea foods which will be presented for the taking
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However the hunger for the feast of the word is greater and by Thursday all available rooms in all south coast hotels are booked solid. If one wishes to attend this festival and want to stay in this area s/he has to book a room sometimes months before .
Community tourism is practiced in the area and residents gladly share their rooms for a small fee. To them this is a welcome respite and helps to enhance their economy which is slow at this time of the year .
There is such richness to this festival that none who is literary inclined wants to miss it. The beauty about it is, all young and new writers who have talents hidden are given the opportunity to show off on the open mike sessions available each of the three days.
Many young writers have been discovered and will be discovered at this international literary festival.
The festival is not one of only mere reading of word, but there is always live musical entertainment. Many of the poetry pieces especially the “Dub” pieces are presented accompanied by skilled drummers who evoke the ancestral spirit of mother Africa as the sounds their drums roll on the waters and echo in the rising hills.
Calabash Literary Festival is the brain child of the acclaimed Jamaica author Colin Channer.
Author of the novel ‘Waiting to Exhale’ a good read. .
Well ,I hope one of these days you will plan your vacation around this literary festival because May 26-28, the Calabash Literary Festival, Jakes, St. Elizabeth , Jamaica, is the place to be .You can say you ready it on Travelocity Jamaica.
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Christiana and Mandeville are two south coast communities which provides much interest to tourist who visit the southern parts of the island.
Christiana is in the hills pretty close and above .Manchester is very cool or very chilly. It produces a smell that is always spicy. The residents are the producers of the best herbs on the island. These along with the scotch bonnet peppers and tomatoes are used to make sauces. This is a way of life, to be always producing for the sauce factory. Just as how wine makers in France has wine in cast always aging so is the sauce factory in Christian.
Mandeville is not very far and is a small very sophisticated town, and is where most returning residents prefer to settle when they come back home. It is cool and is scattered with blooms through the year.
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It is considered to be
the most English town in Jamaica. If your are a flower lover then visit this town there is always a flower show to see. If you like golf visit their country club have tea while your friend play golf if you are not a golf player.
This town boasts Scottish and English Influences from way back. These may be observed in the Parish church and the court house. The Manchester Golf club is said to have been constructed very soon after the game was originally introduced in Scotland.
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Although Mandeville has its European history it is still a charming little town and demonstrates a cohesiveness which is hard to be broken more than any other town in Jamaica.
One organization which give proof to this is the Mandeville Horticulture Organization founded in1865 and is still going strong.
Mandeville is a thriving and a relaxed town maybe it’s the geography, the people or the weather but it is seen as a paradise by many
Mandeville and Christiana are part of the south coast attractions and daily tours leave from them. There is the tour that takes you to see the Manatees in Alligator Pond, the original caves of the First Jamaicans the Tinos, Gourie Caves and God well caves where it is said if you fall in you are never seen again, Lover’s Leap, Canoe River as it zigzag through swamps . The Cockpit Country to Accompong Town home of the last Maroons slaves. Black River rafting , Ys Falls to get a natural water massage . Fish feast at the Westmorland border or just to the Treasure beach for a leisurely swim.
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