1. JAMAICA : KINGSTON & AROUND
Kingston (about inhabitants) is Jamaica’s cultural and economic heart. Downtown, centered around ‘Parade’, is home to historic buildings and has a shabby charm. Uptown (New Kingston) is more modern (and a bit safer). Ghettoes, plagued by gang violence and criminality, are numerous (Trench Town – birthplace of reggae music -, Tivoli, August Town …).
Nearby is Port Royal, the pirate capital of the Carribean destroyed by an earthquake in 1692 and Spanish Town which was Jamaica’s capital during 300 years.
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2. Kingston – Downtown : Ward Theatre (North side of Parade)

3. Kingston – Downtown : Parade (William Grant Park)

4. Kingston – Downtown :
Queen Victoria (Parade) Coke Memorial Hall (East side of Parade) Charles Metcalf (Parade)

5. Kingston – Downtown : Bramwell Booth Memorial Hall (North side of Parade)

6. Kingston – Downtown : around Parade

7. Kingston – Downtown : Simon Bolivar Cultural Center (North side of Parade)

8. Kingston – Downtown : Kingston Parish Church (King Street)

9. Kingston – Downtown : King Street

10. Kingston – Downtown : King Street

11. Kingston – Downtown : Negro Aroused statue & King Street

12. Kingston – Downtown : Ocean Boulevard

13. Kingston – Downtown : Former warehouses (near Church Street)

14. Kingston – Downtown : Spanish architecture (Harbour Street)

15. Kingston – Downtown : Children killed by violence Memorial (Duke Street)

16. Kingston – Downtown : Institute of Jamaica(3 museums, East Street)

17. Kingston – Downtown : Synagogue (Duke Street)

18. Kingston – Downtown : Liberty Hall (Upper King Street), dedicated to Marcus Garvey, a national hero

19. Kingston – Downtown : Coronation Market (watching out for pickpockets is highly recommended !)

20. Kingston – New Kingston : Redemption Song sculpture (Emancipation Park)

21. Kingston – New Kingston : Vale Royal (Prime Minister Residence)

22. Kingston – Crossroads : White Castle Lounge

23. Kingston – New Kingston : Bob Marley house (now a museum)

24. Kingston – New Kingston : Bob Marley statue and a fresco
(Haile Selassie’ s crowning is regarded as having fulfilled the prophecy – central in Rastafarianism, a belief followed by Bob Marley - of an African king who would lead Africans, believed to be one of the displaced 12 tribes of Israel, from exile to Zion)

25. Kingston – New Kingston : fresco (the Wailin’ Wailers led by Bob Marley)

26. Kingston – New Kingston : fresco (Zion : the black race’s spiritual home in Rastafarianism)

27. Kingston – New Kingston : fresco (smoking ‘ganja’ is a sacrament for many Rastas, allowing them to gain wisdom …)

28. Kingston – New Kingston : Devon House

29. Kingston – New Kingston : Devon House

30. Kingston – New Kingston : Devon House

31. Kingston – Allman Town : National Heroes Park (WWI Memorial)

32. Kingston – Allman Town : National Heroes Park (Bogle Memorial)

33. Kingston – Allman Town : National Heroes Park (Norman Manley Memorial)

34. Kingston – Allman Town : National Heroes Park (Alexander Bustamante Memorial)

35. Kingston – Allman Town : National Heroes Park (Burns Sangster Memorial)

36. Kingston – Half Way Tree : St Andrew Parish Church

37. Kingston – Half Way Tree : Bus terminal

38. Kingston – Papine : Hope Gardens & new Chinese Garden

39. Kingston – Papine : Sculpture Park (UTECH, University of Technology)

40. Kingston – August Town : UWI Mona, University of the West Indies

41. Kingston – August Town : fresco (UWI Mona, University of the West Indies)

42. Kingston – August Town : Aqueduc of the former plantation (UWI Mona, University of the West Indies)

43. Kingston – Eden Gardens : National Stadium

44. Kingston – Trench Town : fresco (Trench Town museum) Trench Town is the birthplace of reggae music. Crime rate in this neighbourhood is very high and this is one of the most dangerous district in Kingston.

45. Kingston – Trench Town : Bob & Rita Marley’s bedroom (Trench Town museum)

46. Kingston – Trench Town : Bob Marley’s first guitar & the famous Wailers’ VW (Trench Town museum)

47. Around Kingston. Port Royal : St Peter’s Church
Around Kingston Port Royal : St Peter’s Church & arch (in front of Fort Charles)
Port Royal was once the pirate capital of the Carribean and as such the wealthiest & ‘wickedest’ city in the New World. It was nearly completely destroyed by a powerful earthquake and a huge tsunami in June 1692.

48. Around Kingston – Port Royal : Fort Charles

49. Around Kingston – Port Royal : Fort Charles

50. Around Kingston – Port Royal : Fort Charles

51. Around Kingston – Port Royal : Giddy House (shaked by an earthquake in 1907)

52. Around Kingston – Port Royal : fishermen harbour

53. Around Kingston – Fort Rockfort (left) & Fort Rocky (bottom)

54. Around Kingston – panoramic view of Spanish Town (Emancipation Square)
Spanish Town (20 kms West of Kingston) was Jamaica’s capital for more than 300 years. It is regularly affected by gang violence (to be avoided at night and extreme care is advised)

55. Around Kingston – Spanish Town : Emancipation Square & Rodney Memorial

56. Around Kingston – Spanish Town : Rodney Memorial

57. Around Kingston – Spanish Town : King’s House

58. Around Kingston – Spanish Town : House of Assembly

59. Around Kingston – Spanish Town : Iron Bridge (only surviving bridge of its kind in the Americas)

60. Around Kingston – Spanish Town : St Jago de la Vega Cathedral
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