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10 Things About Jamaica That You May Not Know
So you love Jamaica: we love you, too. You don’t? Well, we love you anyway!
- Most people think that “Ackee and Salt-fish” is the National Dish of Jamaica: it is not. It is the most popular “folk dish.” Jamaica has no National Dish.
- Jamaica’s “Blue Mountain Peak” coffee is reputed as “the best coffee in the world.”
- Rita Marley (Bob Marley’s widow) was born in Cuba, not Jamaica.
- Jamaican Ginger is considered to be the best in the world and is exemplified in the famous “Stone’s Ginger Wine.”
- The alluring “Blue Lagoon” is found in Portland, Jamaica.
- The famous “James Bond” series was invented in Jamaica.
- You have to go “up” to get to the Southern-most part of Jamaica: “Lovers’- Leap” is in Southfield, St. Elizabeth.
- “Lovers’ Leap” comes from the tragic legend of the two lovers who jumped to their deaths in order to remain together.
- Jamaica is affectionately known as “The Jewel” in the British Crown.
- Jamaica has no known wild-animals except for the “wild-pig” which lives in remote rocky areas; they are hunted and used in the traditional “Jerk” recipe.
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