Beaches of Jamaica

 Boston bay Beach Jamaica

Your beach vacation to Jamaica could be spent in the all inclusive hotel however exploring beaches across the island is one of the things to do in Jamaica. While your stay may be Ocho Rios just over an hour east is Portland with some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, the first beach is Somerset Falls and beach at Hope bay.

There is also Frenchman's cove Beach a more private upscale beach on the property of the Frenchman's Cove Hotel, San San beach near the Blue Lagoon a fee for entry Beach serving the Villas of Port Antonio with a Grill and Bar quiet with white and is surrounded by rich shrubbery, vines and tropical palms.

About 1 mile from Blue Lagoon beach is winnifred beach jamaica one of the premier public beaches in the caribbean with its white sand rustic entrance road, tropical rain forest surrounding, 40ft hanging vines, fruit trees migrating birds and a sanctuary for Turtles winnifred beach at Fairy Hill is rated 4* of the best Public beaches of Jamaica.

Mysterious Blue Lagoon Port Antonio

 There have been folktales, stories of beautiful mermaids swimming the shores of the Blue Lagoon.

A mystery The Blue Lagoon

Since the Blue Lagoon in near Port Antonio became famous when Errol Flynn first tried to dive to its bottom  this Portland wonder remain a mystery. Its solid teal color is not really colored with die, the continued bubbles at one end is not the breathing of Manatees or giant Crocodiles or the warm waters to the northern  end of the pool is not from mermaids cooking under the water.

 There have been folktales, stories of beautiful mermaids swimming the shores of the Blue Lagoon or mermaids climbing into yachts and on Rafts kissing its occupants and disappearing  into its waters the mysteries of the Blue Lagoon near san san beach continues, visit Jamaica's blue Lagoon mesmerize yourself. 

All inclusive Beach Vacation

White Sand Beach in Jamaica

All inclusive beach vacation is one of the most sought after opportunities, for the affluent these vacations can run in thousands of dollars which does not matter but for people with limited resources and a vacation is a necessity. There's always cheap family vacation packages available in Jamaica during the off season however for the long term vacation plan always book early for your cheap summer vacations in an all inclusive resort. 

Some of Jamaica's most well known all inclusive beach resorts are Sandals beach resorts with Sandals plantation Ocho Rios, Sandals Montego Bay, Sandals Negril and Sandals and Sandals Whitehouse. These all inclusive vacation family vacation beachfront properties offer affordable vacations with the caribbean sea at your doorsteps with white sand beaches where you can watch the sunrise and sunset each day.

Scenic Jamaican Coastline

Other all inclusive caribbean resorts in Jamaica include Riu in Montego Bay in Mahoe Bay an all inclusive family beach resort just 3 scenic miles along the coastline from the Montego Bay International Airport to this attractive resort from landing and customs you could at your resort in 20 mins. This family friendly resort has something for everyone with kids entertainment couples and singles enjoy the resorts nightclubs pools and spa and during the day the resorts golf course and various excursions is available to everyone.

Port Antonio Beaches

Boston Beach near Port Antonio

In the North Eastern end of Jamaica are some of the island's most beautiful beaches, Port Antonio Beaches offer visitors and array of different beaches catering each visitors comfort.

The rare black sand beach of Somerset Falls beach makes the curious and inquisitive mind wonder along the beach for its 1 mile stretch along the Hope Bay coast, then walk across the main road to Somerset Falls and explore its Gorges caves and dive in one of its magnificent Pools.

Brayan's Bay Shan Shy Beach at Boundbrook just outside Port Antonio is one of the best kept secrets as a beach restaurant and entertainment center. Inside Port Antonio at the Errol Flynn Marina is Bikini Beach a waterfront restaurant Bar and Grill on the main harbor of Port Antonio. Bikini beach with its adult all night entertainment great music exotoc dancers, beach basket ball and volley ball can keep even an uninterested guest entertained.

Jamaica Palace Hotel, Port Antonio

Jamaica Palace Hotel

The Jamaica Palace Hotel sits on a ridge just pass Drapers and 4 miles from Port Antonio, the 80 suite and rooms hotel is another of Portland's quiet vacation for kids resort. Its location gives guests access to some of the other exotic coves and beach getaways including Frenchman's Cove beach, San San Beach and the magnificent Blue Lagoon all within 1 1/2 miles if your are willing to take a long walk.

While this Jamaican resort is not a beach front is setting and location offer a clear view of the Caribbean sea Bryan's Bay cove with a clear view of sunrise and sunset later over the Blue Mountains.

The palace hotel one of Port Antonio's bed and breakfast offer a wide range of Jamaican and Caribbean cuisine with continental dishes is great stop on your trip to Jamaica.

Your trip from the Jamaica palace to Port Antonio is four miles with public transportation available 24 hours per day assisted by the front desk on your holiday to Jamaica.

Places to visit Jamaica vacations includes Reach Falls near Manchioneal, Boston beach and Boston Jerk Pork Center in Boston Bay, winnifred beach a public beach at Fairy hill, the Blue Lagoon near San San, Bikini Beach a beach and entertainment center in Port Antonio. Go Rafting on the Rio Grande and visit Somerset Falls just outside hope Bay west of Port Antonio those are just a few of the places to visit in Jamaica.

If your vacation is one for relaxation Portland and Port Antonio in Jamaica should be your first choice, Errol Flynn visited Port Antonio in the 1950s and deemed it heaven on earth lots have changed since then the natural beauty of Portland remain visit Errol Flynn Jamaica.  

Somerset Falls Port Antonio a Jamaica Secret

Somerset Falls Port Antonio Jamaica

Along the North Coast 15 miles from Port Antonio between St Margaret's Bay and Hope is Somerset Falls like Reach Falls another of Jamaica's popular Jamaica destinations and opportunity for cheap holiday in Jamaica. Somerset Falls is lush with tropical vegetation its hanging vines coconut palms and Ginger Lilly with their bright colors welcome visitors every day spring summer or fall.

In the falls area, there is a shelter with some picnic tables situated above the lower cascades just downstream of a large and colorful pool into which the main Somerset Falls flow is a platform. A short boat tour past the main falls into a narrow gorge that turned before revealing Hidden Falls. Prior to boarding a boat tour you may leave your personal belonging in a locker by the dock. If you would like you may take s swim in the large pool area at the start of the boat tour as well as beneath the Hidden Falls.

Luxury Villas in Jamaica

All inclusive Villas along the Blue Lagoon

There’s plenty to see and little you have to do on an all inclusive vacation in Jamaica, we will not fault you if you just want to relax and take in the Jamaican scenery or spend your time on the beach. Enjoy an on-site spa service to help you relax each day or course your all inclusive vacation give you the choice of not being bothered by guest service managers to plan your day. 

Luxury Hotels in Jamaica

Trident Hotel and Villas

Quietly on the Cliffs just outside of Port Antonio is the Trident Villas and Hotel one of the most Luxurious Hotel in Jamaica. The Main building at Trident house 19 luxurious rooms a restaurant bar and lounge with almost 24 hr room service with several of Jamaica villas with outstanding 5 star reviews. A full Spa and fitness center all at the edge of the Caribbean sea are two of the many opportunities toward health and fitness. This is one of the premier places to stay in Jamaica with in house childcare affording a family the vacation of a lifetime this is not a cheap holiday in Jamaica its a luxurious one.

Places around the community to visit includes the blue lagoon and while there the San San and Winnifred beaches. There is also Rafting on the Rio Grande a 2 1/2 hour ride along the Rio Grande river on a Bamboo raft if done at the right time of day take you into the sunset at Rafters rest. 

San San Beach Jamaica.

San San Beach Portland in Jamaica.

About 5 miles west of Port Antonio lie one of the premier beaches in Jamaica San San Beach it is nestled in Eco-tourism heaven near the villas of the blue Lagoon, The organically trees and vines, quiet European feeling makes San San bay a Jamaican secret and a great beach vacation experience, just, "one of things to do in Jamaica". 

The beach is 15 steps from the main road that plies between the Blue Lagoon,Trident Villas and the Trident Palace. A restaurant is operated on the Beach daily making it unnecessary to pack a lunch when you spend the day of you life at one of the places to visit in Jamaica a good vacation spot.   

Winnifred Beach Jamaica's Public Beach

After a Long Protracted bitter fight for the people of Jamaica by the  Free Winnifred Beach Benevolent Society and the residents of Fairy Hill and the surrounding communities the court decided Winnifred Beach belong to the people of Jamaica and declared Winnifreds beach Jamaica's Public beach.

Restaurant at winnifred Beach

The ruling, which was handed down in the Port Antonio Resident Magistrate's Court in the parish last month by Resident Magistrate Marjorie Moyston, said UDC has 90 days to create on a new title an easement for the right of the public to access the beach for bathing and recreation purposes.

Four members of the Free Winnifred Beach Benevolent Society took the matter to court five years ago, seeking a declaration of the public's absolute and indefeasible right to access the beach.

The Court order include, "The beach park would feature, at minimum, the following amenities: a ticket office, guard post, business offices and family-oriented recreational facilities, as well as sanitary conveniences," noted the EIA report done by consultants Technological and Environmental Management Network.

Robin Moore Jamaican Holidays

Robin Moore 

Robert Lowell "Robin" Moore, Jr. (October 31, 1925 - February 21, 2008) was an American writer who is most known for his books The Green Berets, The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy and, with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy, The Happy Hooker: My Own Story.

Moore also co-authored the lyrics for the "Ballad of the Green Berets", which was one of the major hit songs of 1966. The song was also featured in the film based on Moore's book which starred John Wayne. A new edition of The Green Berets was published in April 2007 and his last book, Wars of the Green Berets, co-authored with Col. Mike 'Doc' Lennon, was released in June 2007.

At the time of his death, Moore was residing in Hopkinsville, Kentucky (home to Fort Campbell and the 5th Special Forces Group) where he was working on his memoirs as well as three other books.

Born in Boston, Moore was raised in Concord, Massachusetts, where he attended Middlesex School. He also attended Belmont Hill School.

During World War II he served as a nose gunner in the U.S. Army Air Corps, flying combat missions in the European Theater. For his outstanding service, he was awarded the Air Medal. Moore graduated from Harvard College in 1949, and one of his first jobs was working in television production and then at the Sheraton Hotel Company co-founded by his father. While working in the hotel business in the Caribbean, he recorded the early days of Castro in the non-fiction book The Devil To Pay.

Port Antonio is on the the island's north coast of Jamaica and is a charming blend of old and new. Port Antonio was Jamaica's first tourist resort, and is a favorite resort for writers and artists. like Errol Flynn, Johnny Cash, Robin Moore is said to have written the 'French Connection' while on one of his Jamaican Holidays sitting under a mango tree in his yard in Port Antonio. 

John Holt - Lonely This Christmas

The traditional Christmas is celebrated in most Countries  the Christmas music is sun in different languages. the most traditional element gifts, sadly so many especially children are unable to share the bounties of this Earth for reasons we refuse to talk about or take action making a difference.

Last week Friday at 9:30 am while some parents may have been out shopping for gifts for their 6 & 7 year old children in Sandy Hook Connecticut a Gunman armed with automatic weapons took the lives of 20 Babies and 6 adults in a school understood before today to be the safest place from home.

Christmas will be dedicated to finding a way to stop these senseless killings.

Hurricane Sandy! Eight Days in the Dark

Light was a big relief, at some point along the way as I come home to darkness every day, I wonder if I would have electricity ever again. On Sunday on my way from work I drive through communities that showed steady progress, light was on where there were none the day before. My feeling of anticipation grew tonight as I get closer home, will this be the night for me? will have electric light tonight?. The indication of weather I have light would come soon as I make the left on the main cross street to my house.

Power lines downed by branches

There are 2 traffic lights before my block after I make the left, the first one had lights all through the aftermath of the storm the second, if the second light continues to be out then I would remain without light for the eight straight day and night. The cold and frustration were now seeping into my consciousness and and deep in my bones. As I made the left at first I avoided looking immediately at the light, I did not want to let go of the good feeling for those communities I passed that now had light. I imagined the feeling of those parents no longer seem to be failures to their children and those who depend on them they were now heroes of course at some point I had to really look at the light and when I did, I suddenly felt cold, I felt every energy drain from my body, my anticipation was shattered and disappointment engulf me, another night in the cold and dark. In the darkness of my room I asked, will I ever see light again. Placed on the passenger seat beside me was the headlamp I have been using for the past days. 

Huge Tree uprooted by hurricane Sandy.

Eyes but cannot See and Ears but hear not

Hurricane Sandy

I truly believe Michele Bachmann was right the Hurricane was a message from God only that she read it wrong. The message was this, and it came to pass,"Ye Republicans you have won an extension of the Bush Tax cut for another 2 years for the richest in our country. In turn you approved 13 weeks unemployment benefits and $1000 Payroll cut for the most vulnerable in our Country.

And it came further to pass ye, Republicans fought  President Obama vociferously to cut all safety net created to Protect the most vulnerable while fighting for more tax break for the Job creators who even under President Bush refuse to create one new Job while shipping Jobs abroad and creating offshore accounts to protect their wealth, my Social conservative Brethren who Pray to me every day, remember I came to Protect the weak, feed the hungry, clothe the naked and heal the sick, aren't those the things I ask of you?.

Errol Flynn and Port Antonio Jamaica

Patrice Wymore Flynn (Right)

Errol Flynn's love affair with Port Antonio began in the 1940's while he was on a sailing trip destined for the Galapagos. Back then, a storm blew his boat the Zaca off course to Jamaica and soon he discovered the island's northeast treasure. Port Antonio became Flynn's home for many years and as he wrote in his memoir, "After thirty-seven years of wandering I had found my Grecian isle."

Now, the Marina at Port Antonio has been renamed the Errol Flynn Marina, in tribute to the town's most famous resident. "It's amazing that even today Flynn's presence remains an undercurrent in Port Antonio," said William Tatham, Vice President of Cruise and Marina Operations. "The renaming of the Marina is merely an affirmation of what residents and visitors have known for a long time, and that his mystique is still very much a part of the fabric of this part of Jamaica. The Jamaica Yacht Club Host the annual Port Antonio Blue Marlin fishing Tournament from the Errol Flynn Marina. The Tournament is held between September and October each year. The Tournament is  over 40 years old and attract Anglers from all over the world.

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2014

After his initial visit to the island, Flynn would return to Port Antonio and his 2000-acre Errol Flynn Estate at Castle Comfort on hiatus between films. While here he would go rafting on the Rio Grande,on shopping trips to the Port Antonio marketplace, picnicking at the nearby Navy Island, and swimming at Boston Beach. For a time he was the proprietor of the Titchfield Hotel, then Port Antonio's grandest hotel. Errol Flynn's mother and father would also join him in Jamaica.

"This endearing tribute to Errol is perfect in so many ways; he loved the sea, and he adored Port Antonio, so this is a wonderful union of his passions" said Flynn's widow Patrice Wymore Flynn, who continues to live at the Estate.

The Errol Flynn Marina is a 32-slip yacht complex that accommodates vessels up to 350 LOA with a maximum depth of 17 feet. It also boasts single and three-phase power and shore storage and is an official Port of Entry with 24-hour Jamaica Customs and Immigration. Boat repairs and maintenance are available at the full-service boat yard, which features a 100-ton boat lift, the only one of its kind in the Western Caribbean.

Some of Errol Flynn movies include Captain Blood (1935). Quickly typecast as a swashbuckler, he followed it with The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936). After his appearance as Miles Hendon in The Prince and the Pauper (1937), he was cast in his most celebrated role as Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), his first film in Technicolor. He went on to appear in The Dawn Patrol (1938) with David Niven,Dodge City (1939), The Sea Hawk (1940) and Adventures of Don Juan (1948).

Working throughout his career with a cross section of Hollywood's best fight arrangers, Flynn became noted for his fast-paced sword fights as seen in The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk and Captain Blood.

Flynn co-starred with Olivia de Havilland in eight films: Captain Blood (1935), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Adventures of Robin Hood(1938), Four's a Crowd (1938), Dodge City (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), Santa Fe Trail (1940), and They Died with Their Boots On (1941) these films are a part of the Errol Flynn Biography.

Glen Beck's Come To Jesus Moment

God's moment with Glen Beck

It is very refreshing to hear Glenn Beck amending his charge that President Obama is a racist.Those of us that follow Politics should be reminded of several COME TO JESUS MOMENTS and this is the beginning of Mr Becks turning point. For the first time Mr Beck has shown some sign of growing up and he should be commended.

On Saturday Mr Beck was able to influence an agenda that brought thousands of Americans together at the Lincoln monument for rally that turns out having no purpose than to bring people at a time when Americans are focused on their difficulties.

Mr Beck while primarily responsible for the scare and anger in our nation as espoused on the airwaves an TV side stepped the issues he used to bring the nation to anger and panic brought attention to more mundane issues like the need for God and tribute to the military.

The real winner in all this is the American People who now can go back to their communities and focus on which Party is working in their own interest and make good decisions in November. Mr Beck having admitted the President is not a racist is one concern taken away from his listeners and viewers. Next Mr Beck must address the Bert-hers and remove that as an issue, then he must look at the health care Law and address the good things about the Law and how in the future they will benefit his listeners, viewers and Business.

MY friends by now you must realize as Mr Beck continue to strip away all the wool that he drew over peoples eyes in the past months the only thing that's left is for Mr Beck to approach the Banking and Business community and tell them the war is over we have caused enough suffering on the American people this is not working lets get back to work.

Mr Beck can read Tea Leaves just as anyone else he knows now that he can bring healing to a vast section of the American community and with his brewing Political ambitions he need to get out in front of the crowd now and help this Nation.