I’m on a boat ride from Jakes Hotel to The Pelican Bar, a slapdash, ramshackle, barely held together joint that rests on a sandbar nearly a kilometre from Jamaica’s quiet south shore. The Caribbean is all silver-green and the surf is gently rolling three passengers and a guy who calls himself Captain Joseph. As he [...]
Five days. Eighteen resorts. One travel agent; now full of knowledge on the best Jamaican getaways. Taking “familiarization trips” is an important part of what Stacey Hachey does. The travel expert said experiencing far-off destinations firsthand allows her to help travellers make the most informed decisions before boarding a plane. via From resorts to the [...]
“Up, down and across” is probably the only way one can properly describe the aviation and travel sectors in the Caribbean for the year 2011. Fares were up and down; planes were up and down and politics played a subtle role across the archipelago In the middle of the second quarter, the region saw the [...]
In the fashion industry — today you’re in, tomorrow you’re out. With that in mind, Jamaican supermodel Jaunel McKenzie is taking no chances, and is making plans even before she hangs up her stilettos. The leggy starlet, who hails from St Catherine, is launching a travel guide application (app) at the end of January, with [...]
Dreadlock diaspora These days, the stoned ski towns of Colorado just might be more receptive venues for reggae rhythms than the genre’s ancestral shores of Jamaica. A case in point is Fort Collins’ own dub purveyors, DubSkin, who stay true to reggae’s roots, selling out strings of shows in places like Crested Butte, Breckenridge and [...]
Capleton raring to set Zim ablaze Jamaican dancehall star, Capleton, also known as King Shango has promised fireworks and urged Zimbabweans to gear up and prepare for his show which will be held on December 31 at Glamis Stadium in Harare. In a telephone interview with NewsDay, Capleton said he was raring to go and [...]
In Kingston, the real heart of Jamaica beats It’s June, and the Jamaica Tourist Board and Air Jamaica want to show expatriates and journalists the sights in Kingston and prove that the city is safe to visit. There’d been trouble in the slums of west Kingston in May. The police, backed by the army, went [...]
Ska! Ska! Ska! and other Jamaican classics Jamaica has touched the hearts and tickled the stomachs of many with its multi-genre music and tasty food. Ska music, the melding of mento, traditional rhythmic Jamaican music, and Caribbean music called Calypso. Ska was in its heyday in Jamaica in the mid-sixties, and its happy sound paved [...]
Jamaican beef patty is a ‘healthier’ fast food The Toronto resident wrote to the Dish to find out whether her favourite patty was helping or harming her waistline. With 336 calories, 15 grams of fat and 432 milligrams of sodium, the beef patty is not on the same health plane as, say, a crisp green [...]
Japanese Reggae? The Japanese have been making reggae almost as long as Jamaicans have been exporting it. This phenomenon could have started as early as the mid-’70s, when the film “The Harder They Come” grafted the crime drama to Kingston’s reggae scene and became an international cult classic. Or, more likely, it began sometime around [...]