Driving through Kingston
Through Kingston Town
Through the bus window in Kingston
kingston, jamaica
° Kingston ° Montego Bay ° Negril ° Ocho Rios° Jamaican Coffee and Rum ° Sports
° Real Estate
The capital Jamaica, Kingston on the southeastern coast of the island, is also the largest city in Jamaica and is considered the financial capital of the West Indies.
Kingston is one of the leading ports of the West Indies and one of the largest harbors in the world; it exports sugar, rum, molasses, and bananas. Other industries include tourism, oil refining, shoe and clothing manufacturing, and food processing. We do not recommend wandering Kingston on your own. It was less than comfortable 30-40 years ago and that hasn't changed much in the midst of their still-stressed economy.
That said, we have a long list of places in the United States that we won't wander alone either, especially at night.
The Blue Mountains, near Kingston, rise dramatically more than 7200 feet. Some of the finest coffee in the world is grown on these mountains, making it one of the highest grown coffees in the world. The island's size, varied terrain, rich soil, high rainfall and good drainage allow for a diversity of growing conditions and as a result an incredible variety of crops are grown on the island. Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee has been famous for more than two centuries. Coffee found its way to Jamaica in 1728 when Sir Nicholas Lawes, Governer of Jamaica, imported Arabica seedlings from the Island of Martinique. The new home was a natural and coffee production expanded. Government support and instruction in the art of cultivation allowed the industry to develop in reputation and quality.
A Scenic Tour of Kingston (from Montego Bay or Ocho Rios) includes Hills of Mount Diablo with panoramic views of the island's mountainous interior and the Devon House, a former slave plantation. Also, the campus of the University of the West Indies and the Bob Marley Museum which was actually Bob Marley's home. Some of the tours include Bob Marley's grave at Nine Mile.
Like many of the world's great cities, 
Kingston is a city of dramatic contrasts with considerable wealth alongside of painful living conditions.
Also, as in many cities, big business takes advantage of tax breaks while contributing little to local economy.
The tour from Montego Bay or Ocho Rios climbs narrow winding roads to the Hills of Mount Diablo with panoramic view of the island's mountainous interior and into Kingston with quick visits to the Devon House, a former slave plantation, the campus of the University of the West Indies and the Bob Marley Museum.
Bob Marley Museum
Bob Marley's music
Bob Marley, Rasta Man was born Robert Nesta Marley in February 1945 in St. Ann, Jamaica. Interesting to learn during this trip that Marley's father was a 55-year-old Englishman in Jamaica with the British military who got together with a 19-year-old Jamaican woman. Marley saw his father but once during his life. In the 1950s Bob and his family moved to the capital city of Jamaica, Kingston. It was in this city that his obsession with music as a profession began to take root.
For years, our favorites include the tracks on Legend and Exodus. Bob Marley
Visiting the Rasta Man's
In 1966 Bob Marley, Rasta Man returned to his native Jamaica, to coincide with the visit of the King of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie. A year later in 1967 Marley was introduced to the Rastafarian doctrine, and with The Wailers, including his two older friends, Bunny Livingston and Peter McIntosh, he expressed the moral values of Rasta through his reggae music. Rastafarian adherents then began to consider Bob Marley a prophet, spreading the Rasta values and inspiration through his music.
Bob Marley received the UN Peace Medal in recognition of his efforts to promote peace through his music. IN 1981, cancer ended his life in the city of Miami, Florida following an international concert in Germany.
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