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[BC BUDDA]

Heading to the yam farms



We are use to flat land farming. Yam's are grown in the mountains. It is so steep that the yam's are packed out by mules.


Local transportation for the yam's


Worker in the yam plantation. Yams go on forever, as far as you can see.

Checking out the farming tool. The blade is curved so as to protect the hand from striking the ground.

We loaded up the car with some yam's for the local's back in Negril. Ended up having them at a local cook out the following day, along with lobster. Mouth is still drooling just thinking about it.

[juls]

These pics are so cool....I didn't know any of this!!

[rocknrollfarmer]

Yam it up! BC BUDDA! So, what do YOU farm dude?

[BC BUDDA]

We are so happy that we hooked up with Leon on our first reach. Back in 2010. His knowledge of Jamaican has really opened up so much more of the country for us. Here are a few more pics from the farm land and surrounding area's.
School boy (on the left) our driver, and Leon's uncle.

Yam's and more yam's

Cant remember the name of this plant, but it is used to soothe the eye's.

The pod's hold a lot of liquid that you squeeze out and use as drops. It fixes red eye's, itchy eye's etc. Good for those late nights in Negril.

This view is from a roof top bar/food stop that is on the final decent coming into Manchester. The jerk chicken and pork was D-bomb. We thought what we ate around Negril was good, but theirs was second to none.

The view looking down into Manchester. There was a huge rain storm coming in.

Way back in the background hiding behind the rain clouds is where we need to get back to.

Apparently all the real spice's for Jamaica come out of this factory.

This is the Bauxite plant coming down the steep hill from the roof top bar. It definitely was an interesting drive down, as the brake's on the car were smoking away as all the steep descents coming out of the hills took a toll on the car. Had to pull over a few times to cool them down. Bauxite use to be a major contributor to the economy.

[ackee]

dis is a real authentic tour! Beautiful pictures... what is the name and number of your driver?

[poolguywindsor]

The driver in that picture is my friend Oneil real nice kid and now has a red plate.381-7795

[68Stang]

Love the pics. Something new I haven't seen before.