My Travel Seven Super Shots – Jamaica
I am taking part in Hostelbookers 7 Super Shots photo post game that has been making its way around the blogosphere. The premise was to choose seven favorite photos fitting pre-defined categories. Then, nominate other bloggers. Hence, the game of tag ensues. Huge thanks to Mary from The World is a Book who tagged me a few weeks ago. A Photo that… takes my breath away Without question, Trident Castle took my breath away the first time I saw it, and…
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A Visit to the Bob Marley Museum
The Bob Marley Museum was not on my list of places to see on this visit to Kingston but when my other plans fell through, it sounded like the perfect backup. [caption id="attachment_8758" align="aligncenter" width="573"] Entrance to the museum[/caption] Located at 56 Hope Road in a 19th-century colonial house that was the home the Reggae superstar, Rastaman and activist was living in when he died in 1981, it was converted into a museum by his widow, Rita Marley, and opened to…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Together
When I saw this little boy walking with a bucket almost twice his size to the nearby river, I was puzzled. Why was he going to the river, I wondered. Isn't he too small to be going into the water by himself? These questions popped into my head as I watched. Other people were around - adults and children - some of them in the river bathing and playing around, but none of them his size. No one seemed to…
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Soulful Sundays: Derrick Harriott
Singer and producer, Derrick Harriott, has been in and around the music business in Jamaica for well over 50 years. I hadn't thought about him until a few days ago when I noticed his record shop in Kingston. I was surprised. [caption id="attachment_8872" align="aligncenter" width="456" caption="Derrick Harriott, photo from The Jamaica Gleaner"][/caption] Harriott is one of the pioneers of Jamaican music -- one of its movers and shakers. He had his own label, Crystal, and produced several well known artists.…
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Bacchanal 2012 – Jamaica Carnival
Approximately 30 minutes before Bacchanal 2012, Jamaica's Carnival, which had as its theme, Future Shock, made its way to where I was standing near Devon House, the skies opened up. Despite the fact that it had looked ominous all morning, I had left without an umbrella or rain slick. At first, I tried to stare it back -- how could there be rain on carnival day? But as the drops got fatter and began pelting my head and shoulders, with some insistence,…
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#TPT: A Tour of Jamaica’s King’s House
I'm not sure why it's called King's House as no king has lived there but the official residence of the governor-general, the Queen's representative in Jamaica, and the home of visiting royalties and heads of state, is known as King's House. [caption id="attachment_8792" align="aligncenter" width="516" caption="Jamaica's King's House"][/caption] The current King's House is the third governor's residence. Although Jamaica has had governors since at least 1661, there was never an official residence. They had to find their own accommodation. This changed…
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At the Premiere of the Marley Documentary
I like happy coincidences. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I had no plans to visit the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston but then there I was. So last Thursday evening when the new Marley documentary premiered at Emancipation Park, I knew I had to be there. As I walked to the park at around 6 pm, I could hear Bob's music, specifically the song I had heard at his Museum a few days before, the one I wish…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sun
I have lots of photos of sunsets and sunrises but I wasn't sure I had any that said sun for this week's Photo Challenge. Then I saw these. [caption id="attachment_8726" align="aligncenter" width="401" caption="Weekly Photo Challenge: Sun, Stonehenge"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8725" align="aligncenter" width="575" caption="Weekly Photo Challenge: Sun - Cape Town"][/caption]
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Soulful Sundays: Bob Marley
I thought I knew every song that Bob Marley released. But on a visit to the Bob Marley museum in Kingston, I heard a song I didn't recognize and heard it again at the premiere on Thursday of the latest documentary on the life of the Rastaman and reggae icon appropriately titled, Marley (more about that later). I kick myself now because I should have asked the name, now I can't even remember the melody. [caption id="attachment_8746" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Bob Marley,…
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Haile Selassie, Rastafari & Jamaica
Today marks the 46th anniversary of the visit of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia to Jamaica. Selassie was emperor of Ethiopia for 44 years. He was also his country's regent from 1916 - 1930, the year he was crowned emperor. [caption id="attachment_8737" align="aligncenter" width="578"] HIM, Haile Selassie I, Mural at Bob Marley Museum[/caption] Selassie, who could trace his line back to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, was born Lij Tafari Makonnen (Lij means child in Amharic) and became Ras…
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