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1 Lonely Planet Publications 311 Index A Abba Jahnehoy s Garden 224 accommodations 275-7, see also individual locations recommended 15 Accompong activities 53-8, 82, 277, see also individual activities recommended 15 Adelphi 211 African-Caribbean Heritage Centre 72 AIDS 299 air travel to/from Jamaica within Jamaica 292 Albert Town 215 Alligator Pond alligators, see crocodiles all-inclusive resorts animals 47 birds 48, 49, 212, 224, 250, 253 crocodiles 47, 224, 250, 253, 254 dolphins health risks , 302 Annotto Bay 143 Apple Valley Park Appleton Rum Estate 258 Arawak people 24, 25, 170 museums 106 area codes 283 art galleries, see museums & galleries arts dancehall 40, 61, 62-3, 64-5, 92 literature 17, 39 music 39-40, reggae 39, 61, 62, 64 Athenry Gardens ATMs 281 Auchtembeddie 258 B B&Bs 276 Baker, Lorenzo Dow 124 Balaclava 258 Bamboo Avenue 254 bananas 31, 124, 126 Barnett Estate 185 Bath bathrooms 283 baths, see mineral springs beaches Black Sand Beach 143 Bloody Bay Beach 224 Cocktail Beach 134 Dead End Beach 188 Doctor s Cave Beach Ennises Bay Beach 139 Fisherman s Beach 103 Fort Clarence Beach Park 103 Frenchman s Beach 268 Half Moon Beach 241 Jack Spratt Beach 268 James Bond Beach Long Bay Beach 224 Mammee Bay 167 Puerto Seco Beach 174 Reggae Beach 160 Rose Hall Beach Park 202 Seven Mile Beach 224 Tower Isle 160 Treasure Beach Turtle Beach 149 Winnifred Beach 134 World Beach 205 Bear Cay 205 bedbugs Beenie Man 62, 63 Bellfield Great House 185 Belmont 247 Bethany Moravian Church 267 bicycle rental 295 bicycle travel, see cycling birds 48, 49, 212, 224, 250, 253 bird-watching 48, 49, 57, 209, 250, 54-5 National Park 116 books 48 Cockpit Country 213 Maggotty Mandeville 263 Mavis Bank 118 Port Royal 101 black market Black River Black River Great Morass tours 252 Black Sand Beach 143 Black Sovereign Ethiopian Embassy 97 Blenheim 241 Bloody Bay Beach 224 Bloomfield Great House 262 Blue Hole (Northeast Coast 133-4) Blue Hole (West Coast) 244 Blue Lagoon Blue Mountain coffee 43, 117, 6 estates 116, 118 Blue Mountain Peak Blue Mountains , 112, 113 National Park 50, , 141 hiking 54-5 Bluefields boat travel Bob Marley Museum 79 Bog Walk Gorge 107 Bogle, Paul 29, 30 Bogue Lagoon Bond, James 39, 162 Booby Cay 226 books bird-watching 48 caving 47, 213 food 42, 45 history 26, 29 language 15 music 39, 60, 62 painting 40 plants 49 Rastafarianism 37 women in Jamaica 38 Boston Bay 137, 134 surfing 56 Brimmer Hall 165 British colonization 26 Brown s Town 175 buccaneers 26-7, 98-9, 220 Buff Bay Buff Bay River Valley 143 Bull Bay 95-8 surfing 97 Burchell Memorial Baptist Church 184 bus travel 292-3, 295 business hours 277 Bustamante, Alexander 29, 31-2, 75, 241, 243 residence 76 butterflies 48, 212

2 312 Index (C-F) C Cable Hut Beach 97 camping 276 Cane River Falls 95, 97 Canoe Valley Wetland 109 car travel carbon offset schemes 286 carnival 17, 83-4, 154 Cashoo Ostrich Park 255 Castleton Gardens 95 Catadupa 210 cathedrals, see churches Cave Valley 176 caves Christiana 259 Coffee River Cave 258 Fox Caves 140 Green Grotto Caves 174 Ipswich Caves 257 Mountain River Cave 107 Nonsuch Caves Oxford Caves 266 Roaring River 244 Throne, the 227 Windsor Caves 214 caving 56, 54-5 books 47, 213 Christiana 259 Cockpit Country 213 Windsor 214 Caymanas Golf & Country Club cell phones 283 charter flights 287 children, travel with 277 health 302 Christiana Christianity 36 Christmas Rebellion 188 churches Bethany Moravian Church 267 Burchell Memorial Baptist Church 184 Kingston Parish Church 72 St Andrew s Scots Kirk 76 St Jago de la Vega Cathedral 106 St James Parish Church 185 St Simon s Anglican Church 267 Trinity Cathedral 76 Cinchona Gardens Map pages 000 Photograph pages Circle B Farm 171 climate 13, climate change 286 Cockpit Country (north) Cockpit Country (south) Cocktail Beach 134 coelenterates 300 coffee 43 Blue Mountain 117, 6 environmental issues 51 festivals 18 High Mountain Coffee Factory 266 Mavis Bank Coffee Factory 118 Old Tavern Coffee Estate 116 Coffee River Cave 258 Coleburns Gully 107 Columbus, Christopher 25-6, 170 Columbus Park 174 coneys 47 consulates 280 cooking courses 263 Cooperage, the 114 coral 48, 53, 300 care of 228 Cornwall Beach 187 costs 14 courses cooking 263 Coward, Noel 163, 164 Cranbrook Flower Forest 171 credit cards 282 cricket 38 Sabina Park 91-2 crime 33, crocodiles 47, 224, 250, 253, 254 Croydon in the Mountains Plantation 210 cruising Montego Bay 188 cults 36 culture internet resources 41 customs regulations 278 cycling 57, 292, 295, 54-5 Blue Mountains 113 Ironshore 199 Maggotty 256 Negril Hills 226 Ocho Rios 154 Priory 170 tours 113 D dancehall 40, 61, 62-3, 64-5, 92, 7 albums 64 internet resources 64 dangers , Dead End Beach 188 debt-for-nature 49, 212 deep vein thrombosis (DVT ) 297 deforestation 51 DeLisser, HG 201 dengue fever 298 departure tax 286 Depression, the 31 Devon House 78-9 diarrhea 299 disabilities, travelers with 280 Discovery Bay diseases diving 53, 54-5 Ironshore 198 Long Bay 274 Montego Bay 189 Port Antonio 134 Runaway Bay 172 Doctor s Cave Beach Dolphin Cove Dolphin Head Mountains 242 dolphins Drapers 133-7, 134 drinks 43-4, see also coffee driver s license 293 driving driving hazards 279, 294 drugs 43-4, 49, 221, 279 Dry Harbour Mountains dub 61 Dunkley, John 40 Dunn s River Falls 152, 7 E economy 32, 35 ecotourism 50, 51, 103, 263 electricity 275 Emancipation Park 77-8 embassies 280 emergencies, see inside front cover English colonization 26 Ennises Bay Beach 139 environmental issues 49, 51-2, 126, 212, 286 organizations 52 Ethiopia, importance of 37 ethnicity 36

3 Index (F-H) 313 etiquette 35 events, see festivals exchange rates, see inside front cover F Fairy Hill 134, 135-7, 134 Faith s Pen 167 Falmouth Farquhar Beach 108 Fern Gully Ferris Cross 244 festivals carnival 17, 83-4, 154 Fi Wi Sinting 142 Ocho Rios Jazz Festival 17 Reggae Sumfest 18 Fi Wi Sinting 142 film 39, 64 Firefly 163 fish 49, 53, 164 Fishdone Waterfalls 142 Fisherman s Beach 103 fishing 56 Glistening Waters 206 Goshen Wilderness Resort 166 Maggotty Montego Bay 189 Port Royal 100 Treasure Beach 269 Fleming, Ian 39, 162 Flynn, Errol 127, 130 Font Hill Beach Park & Wildlife Sanctuary 250 food 42-6, 280 books 42, 45 courses 263 festivals 11, 17, 18, 228 glossary 46 internet resources 42, 43 I-tal 45, 46 jerk 45, 8 nouvelle cuisine 46 safety 300 vegetarian 45 football 38 Fort Clarence Beach Park 103 Fox Caves 140 freighter ships Frenchman s Beach 268 Frenchman s Cove 133 frogs 48 Frome 243 fruit 43 G Galina Point galleries, see museums & galleries ganja 49, 221, 279 gardens & parks, see also plantations Abba Jahnehoy s Garden 224 Castleton Gardens 95 Cinchona Gardens Cranbrook Flower Forest 171 Emancipation Park 77-8 Hope Gardens 82 Maima Seville Great House & Heritage Park 168 Mrs Stephenson s Garden 264 Ocho Rios 149 Ripon Nature Park 266 Garvey, Marcus 29, 32, 37, 75 books 31 gasoline 293 gay travelers homophobia 35, 62, geography 47 geology 47 German settlement Glistening Waters Golden Grove 122 golden swallow 212 Golding, Bruce 33 golf 57-8, 54-5 Drapers Ironshore 199 Mandeville 264 Negril 226 Rose Hall 202 Runaway Bay 172 Spanish Town Tryall Estate 208 Good Hope Estate Gordon, George William 29, 30 Gordon Town 118 Goshen Wilderness Resort 166 Gourie Forest Reserve 259 great houses 29, see also plantations Great Morass Great Morass, Black River Green Grotto Caves 174 Green Island Harbour Greenwood Great House Guava Ridge 118 guesthouses 276 Gut River 274 Gutters 266 H Hagley Gap 119 Half Moon Beach 241 Halse Hall 108 Hardwar Gap 57, 115 Harmony Hall 153 Hawksbill sea turtle 205 health food 300 infectious diseases insurance 296 internet resources 297 medical checklist 297 services 298 vaccinations water women 302 helicopter travel Hellshire Beach 103, 102 hepatitis 298 heroes, national 75 High Mountain Coffee Factory 266 hiking 54-6, 54-5 Bath 122 Blue Mountains , National Park 116 Christiana 259 Cockpit Country (north) Cockpit Country (south) 258 Maggotty 255 Mavis Bank 118 Newcastle 115 Penlyne Castle safety 55 Hilton 210 history books 26, 29 internet resources 25, 27, 33 hitchhiking 295 HIV/AIDS 299 holidays 281 Holywell 116 Holywell Recreation Area 116 Homers Cove 243 homestays 276 homophobia 35, 62, Hope Bay 141 Hope Gardens 82 Hopewell 208 horse riding Goshen Wilderness Resort 166 Ironshore 198

4 314 Index (H-M) horse riding continued Negril Priory 170 Rio Bueno 207 hotels houses 29, see also plantations Huie, Albert 40 hummingbirds 48 Huntington Summit 262 Hurricane Dean 138 hustlers hutias 47 I immigration 36, 285 independence, Jamaican 32 infectious diseases insects 48, 300 Institute of Jamaica 75 insurance 281 car 294 health 296 travel 281 International Driver s License 293 internet access 281 internet resources culture 41, 64 entertainment 65 food 42, 43 health 297 history 25, 27, 33 Ipswich Caves 257 Irish Town Ironshore I-tal food 45, 46 itineraries 4, J Jack Spratt Beach 268 Jamaica Labour Party 31-2 James Bond Beach jellyfish 300 jerk 45, 8 books 42 festivals 18 Jones Town 77 K Kensington Map pages 000 Photograph pages Kingston 66-94, 69, 74-5, 80-1 accommodations 85-7 activities 77-8 attractions 70, beaches 82 emergency services 70 entertainment 90-2 festivals 83-5 food history 67-8 internet access 70 internet resources 68 itineraries 70 medical services 71 parks 82 safe travel 71-6 shopping 92-3 tourist information 71 tours 83 travel to/from 93-4 travel within 94 walking tour 82-3 Knockalva 211 Kool Runnings Water Park 224 Kwaaman Waterfall 143 L Lacovia 255 language 37, books 15 food glossary 46 Laughing Waters 167 legal matters 281 lesbian travelers homophobia 35, 62, Lethe 209 lice lighthouses Morant Point 122 Negril 226 Lime Cay 101 literature 17, 39, see also books Little Bay (North Coast) Little Bay (West Coast) 243 Long Bay (Northeast Coast) Long Bay (South Coast) 274 Long Bay Beach 224 Lover s Leap 273 lovers rock 61 Lucea Luminous Lagoon M Maggotty magic mushrooms 43-4, 221 Maima Seville Great House & Heritage Park 168 Majesty Pen 77 Malvern 273 Mammee Bay 167 manatees 49 Manchioneal 139 Mandeville 260-6, 261 accommodations attractions entertainment 265 food 265 medical services 262 travel to/from 266 travel within 266 Manley, Edna 40, 41 Manley, Michael 32-3 Manley, Norman 29, 31, 40 maps 281 marijuana 49, 221, 279 marine parks Montego Bay Marine Park 50, Negril Environmental Protection Area 226 Port Antonio Marine Park 50 Portland Bight Protection Area 103 Marley, Bob 40, 60, 78, 175-6, 243 books 62 itineraries 23 museums 76, 79, 175-6, 6 Tuff Gong Recording Studios 77 Marley, Ziggy 77 Maroon Town 211 Maroons 28, 141 Marshall s Pen Martha Brae 205 Mavis Bank 118 May Pen Mayfield Falls 242 measures 275, see also inside front cover medical services, see health mento 61 metric conversions, see inside front cover Middle Quarters 254 Mile Gully Milk River Bath Millbank 116, 141 mineral springs Bubbling Spring 254 Mayfield Falls 242 Milk River Bath Roaring River 244 Rockfort Mineral Baths 95

5 Index (M-P) 315 minibuses 293 mining 51 MoBay, see Montego Bay mobile phones 283 Moneague money 14, 281-2, see also inside front cover mongooses 47 Montego Bay , 182-3, 184, accommodations attractions entertainment festivals food history medical services 181 safe travel 181 shopping tours 189 tourist information 181 travel to/from travel within 198 Montego Bay Marine Park 50, Montpelier 210 Moore Town 141 Morant Bay 121 Morant Bay Rebellion 30 Morant Point 122 mosquitoes 300 motorcycle travel Mt Pleasant Heights 143 Mountain River Cave 107 museums & galleries African-Caribbean Heritage Centre 72 Bloomfield Great House 262 Bob Marley Museum 79 Columbus Park 174 Institute of Jamaica 75 Maritime Museum 99 National Gallery of Jamaica 72 Nine Mile Museum Reggae Xplosion 149 Trench Town Museum 76 mushrooms, magic 43-4, 221 music 39-40, 59-65, see also dancehall, Bob Marley books 60 internet resources 60, 62 festivals 17-18, 84 record stores 93 Mutabaruka 38 N Nanny 29 Nanny Town 140 Nassau Mountains National Gallery of Jamaica 72 national heroes 75 national parks & reserves 50, 50 National Park 50, , 141 Canoe Valley Wetland 109 Font Hill Beach Park & Wildlife Sanctuary 250 Gourie Forest Reserve 259 Montego Bay Marine Park 50, Negril Environmental Protection Area 226 Port Antonio Marine Park 50 Portland Bight Protected Area 103 Navy Island 127 Negril , 222-3, 225, 5 accommodations activities attractions entertainment food festivals 228 medical services shopping tours 228 travel to/from 240 travel within 240 Negril Environmental Protection Area 226 Negril Hills 224 Newcastle 115 newspapers 38, 275 Nine Mile Nonsuch Caves O Ochi, see Ocho Rios Ocho Rios , accommodations activities 153 attractions entertainment 158 food medical services 148 shopping tours travel to/from 159 travel within 159 Ocho Rios Jazz Festival 17 Old Harbour 107 Old Harbour Bay 107 Old Tavern Coffee Estate 116 opening hours 277 Oracabessa Orange Bay 142 Oxford Caves 266 P PADI certification 53 painting 40-1 books 40 Palisadoes 95 Palmer, Anne 39, 201 Paradise Park 244 parks, see gardens passports 285 patois Patterson, Anne May, see Palmer, Anne Patterson, Percival James 33 Paul, Sean 62 peeny-wallies 48 Penlyne Castle 119 hiking People s National Party 31, 32, 33 Perry, Lee Scratch 63 petrol 293 pirates 26-7, 98-9, 220 planning plantations & great houses Barnett Estate 185 Bellfield Great House 185 Bloomfield Great House 262 Brimmer Hall 165 Circle B Farm 171 Croydon in the Mountains Plantation 210 Devon House 78-9 Good Hope Estate Greenwood Great House Halse Hall 108 Harmony Hall 153 Maima Seville Great House & Heritage Park 168 Marshall s Pen Prospect Plantation 153 Rhodes Hall Plantation 241 Rose Hall Great House 201 Sun Valley Plantation 162 Whitehall Great House 224 plants books 49 Pocomania 36 population 36

6 316 Index (P-T ) Port Antonio , 128-9, 8 accommodations attractions 127 entertainment 132 food history medical services 126 shopping 132 tourist information 127 travel to/from travel within 133 Port Antonio Marine Park 50 Port Maria 165 Port Royal , 98 Portland Bight Protected Area 103 Portland Gap 116 Portmore 102-3, 102 postal services 282 Pottinger, David 40 Powell, Asafa 38 Priory Prospect Plantation 153 public holidays 281 public transportation 292-3, 295 Puerto Seco Beach 174 Q Queen of Spains Valley 211 Quick Step 258 R Rackham, Calico Jack 27, 220 radio 38, 275 rafting 53-4, 54-5 Lethe 209 Martha Brae 205 Montpelier 210 Ocho Rios 154 Priory 171 ragga, see dancehall Ranks, Shabba 62 Rastafarianism 37-8, 97 books 37 Reach Falls 139 reggae 39, 61, 62, 64 books 39, 60 festivals 18, 84 museums 149 Reggae Beach Map pages 000 Photograph pages Reggae Sumfest 18 Reggae Xplosion 149 religion 36-8 reserves, see national parks & reserves resorts, all-inclusive Retreat 121 Rhodes Hall Plantation 241 Rio Bueno 207 Rio Grande Valley Rio Nuevo 160 Ripon Nature Park 266 road rules Roaring River 167, 244 Robin s Bay Rockfort Mineral Baths 95 Rocklands Bird Feeding Station 209 rocksteady 61 Rose Hall 201 Rose Hall Beach Park 202 Rose Hall Great House 201 route taxis 293, 295 rum 44 Runaway Bay S Sabina Park 91-2 safe travel , driving 294 hiking 55 hitchhiking 295 road rules women sailing 292 Montego Bay 188 St Ann s Bay , 169 St Jago de la Vega Cathedral 106 St James Parish Church 185 St Simon s Anglican Church 267 San San Beach 133, Santa Cruz 255 Savanna-la-Mar scabies Scatter Falls 140 Scott s Cove 250 scuba diving, see diving sculpture 40-1, 82 books 40 sea urchins 300 Seaford Town Seaga, Edward 33 Sean Paul 62 Section Selassie, Haile 37 Seven Mile Beach 224 sex crimes 279, 284 sexuality 35 sexually transmitted diseases 299 Shabba Ranks 62 Shaggy 62 Sharpe, Samuel 29, 30, 188 Shooter s Hill 266 shopping 282 Silver Hill Coffee Factory 116 Simpson-Miller, Portia 33, 38 ska 59, 61 Skull Point 266 slavery 27-8, 30-1 itineraries 23 Sligoville 107 snakes 48 snorkeling 53, 54-5 Font Hill Beach Park & Wildlife Sanctuary 250 soccer 38 Somerset Falls 141 sound-system parties 62, 64-5, 92 Spaldings 260 Spanish colonization 25-6 Spanish Town 103-6, 104 spas, see mineral springs spelunking, see caving spiny sea urchins 300 sport fishing, see fishing sports 38 Spur Tree Hill 266 Strawberry Hill sugar 28-9, 243 Sun Valley Plantation 162 surfing 56-7, 54-5 Bull Bay 97 Cable Hut Beach 97 Christmas Bay 139 Long Bay 137 sustainable travel 50, 51, 103, 212, 263, 286 swallowtail butterfly 212 T Tacky Waterfall 143 Tainos, see Arawak people taxis 295 telephone services tetanus 299 theft time 283, 318 tipping 282

7 Lonely Planet Publications Index (T-Z) 317 Tivoli Gardens 77 toilets 283 Tosh, Peter 247 tourist information 283 tours cycling 113 hiking walking 82-3 Tower Isle 160 trains 295 travel to/from Jamaica travel within Jamaica traveler s checks 282 Treasure Beach , accommodations activities entertainment 272 food travel to/from trekking, see hiking Trench Town 76-7 Trident Castle 133 Trinity Cathedral 76 Troy 258 Tryall Estate 208 Tuff Gong Recording Studios 77 Turtle Beach 149 turtles 49, 205 TV 38, 275 U Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) 32 V vacations 281 vaccinations vegan travelers 45 vegetarian travelers 45 video systems 275 villa rentals 277 visas 283, see also passports W Walkerswood 166 walking, see hiking water, safety of waterfalls Cane River Falls 95, 97 Dunn s River Falls 152, 7 Fishdone Waterfalls 142 Kwaaman Waterfall 143 Mayfield Falls 242 Reach Falls 139 Scatter Falls 140 Somerset Falls 141 Tacky Waterfall 143 White River Falls 141 Ys Falls weather 13, weights 275 White River Falls 141 White Valley 140 White Witch of Rose Hall 39, 201 Whitehall Great House 224 Whitehouse wildlife, see animals wildlife reserves, see national parks & reserves, marine parks Williamsfield 266 Windsor Windsor Caves 214 Windsor Great House 214 Winnifred Beach 134 Wint, Arthur 38 women in Jamaica 38-9 women travelers women s health 302 work 284 World Beach 205 worms 302 X X-ray music 61 Y Yallahs yards, the 77 Ys Falls Lonely Planet Publications. To make it easier for you to use, access to this chapter is not digitally restricted. In return, we think it s fair to ask you to use it for personal, non-commercial purposes only. In other words, please don t upload this chapter to a peer-to-peer site, mass it to everyone you know, or resell it. See the terms and conditions on our site for a longer way of saying the above - Do the right thing with our content.

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