On Cat Island, you can walk a beach for hours without passing another person. You can spend all day on the sand and nary see another soul. Sometimes for a whole week. In other words, the beaches aren’t just uncrowded. They’re empty. The sand runs long and white, uninterrupted by chairs or structures, and the […]
The Hemingway Daiquiri – a twist on the classic cocktail of rum, lime juice and sugar – is the subject of some debate among the drink’s enthusiasts. The recipe commonly associated with the order of the “Hemingway Daiquiri” is actually that of “Daiquiri #3,” the long-time house Daiquiri of Havana’s El Floridita Bar, where Hemingway first ordered […]
By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor Bwoy, I hear seh Jamaica slowly a fret again! No sooner than dem get hit with the mosquito-borne disease Chik-V, which according to the song, “mek a bag a young people walk ole” is as quick as the powers that be identified another new strain passing through the Caribbean – […]
By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor There was great excitement in Jamaica last week as President Barack Obama paid a visit to our island paradise. He was the first sitting US President in over 30 years to have made an official visit to our Nation — the last one being President Ronald Reagan. Here in the […]
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