How I got to Jamaica...too.

[Shaggy]

what a wonderful story, thanks for sharing

[Accompong]

what a wonderful story, thanks for sharing

Thanks Shaggy. "It wasn't me"

Respect.

[Maralunatic]

Loved loved loved your story! Thank you for writing down your memories.

I do trip reports when I can, mostly because I can look back at them to jump start my memories..

[TuffGong]

Great story, loved reading all of it, fantastic contribution to the board.

Vacations are temporary, but the stories last a lifetime and you cannot put a value on that.

[Accompong]

Great story, loved reading all of it, fantastic contribution to the board.

Vacations are temporary, but the stories last a lifetime and you cannot put a value on that.

Thank you TuffGong.

This self-imposed quarantine has me doing a little introspection and longing for some better times. All these years of traveling and staying all around Jamaica left me with a wealth of memories and a deep well of experiences to draw upon.

Respect.

[Accompong]

Doing a little rummaging through old things and came across just a few more pictures. Hope you like them.
Here is the ticket stub from our Ferry Ride from Kingston to Port Royal.

Took this picture while walking through Trenchtown.

Visited Tuff Gong Record Plant and Store.

While touring the Record Pressing part of Tuff Gong, the operator gave me a freshly pressed 45 as a souvenir.

A few more later..

[Accompong]

Loved loved loved your story! Thank you for writing down your memories.

I do trip reports when I can, mostly because I can look back at them to jump start my memories..

Although I rarely react to the trip reports I read here on this site, I do enjoy most of them. Why not do a trip report? As you say, "they can jump start your memories" and we all can use a little boost right now.

Thank you for your words of appreciation. By writing my memories down, it has me looking at the calendar and checking fares again.

Respect.

[Accompong]

Just a few more photos....
Out on Lime Cay, this shelter over a picnic table has seen better days...

Spending the day with "Hunter" Wint.

The Kingston Skyline looking back from Lime Cay

A look down from the verandah of Firefly with Port Maria and Cabarita Island in the distance.

My good and now departed friend Jah Mike Higgins.


Thank you.

[Accompong]

Here are a few from my adopted Jamaican hometown of Accompong Town St. Elizabeth taken during the January 6th Celebration of Cudjoe's Birthday.

Maroons from all over the World come home to Accompong Town for the Celebration. After a solemn ceremony over the graves of their ancestors, they climb the hill to the Kindah Tree to begin the Celebration.


Drumming and dancing to traditional songs plus the eating of unsalted pork, roosters and male yams as the traditional homage to those that came before and those that will come after begins.


At the appointed time, the procession marches from the Kindah Tree though town and down the hill only to return to the Parade Ground to finish the Celebration through the night.


A short video of the drumming and dancing.

[Accompong]

On this first trip, I took a Super-8 movie camera which I still have transcribed on to a DVD which I consider personal. My wife did, however, take along a couple of small cameras which I have some pictures I can share. A couple of them are from subsequent trips when I re-traced our steps after her death. Hope you like them.
Here is a picture my wife took of me as we left Puerto Rico on our way to Kingston, Jamaica....Hawaiian Shirt and all.

The Texaco Gas Station in Barbican at the foot of Jack's Hill Road.

Maya Lodge on Peter's Rock Road behind Foxy's

The road behind Peter's House on the way to the Water Storage Tank.

The outdoor patio at Maya Lodge with Hunter, SweetP and the cook.

Port Royal view from Fort Charles to the spot where the earthquake on June 7, 1692 submerged half the city.


Have just a couple more I might share later.
Peace and Guidance