Quote Originally Posted by rtitle View Post
I haven't been to Accompong, but I've run into the general theme of Jamaicans practically fighting one another for who gets to take the white mon's money (e.g. to be a guide, or whatever). If I go I will do like I do other places in Jamaica which is to go by myself and say "no thanks, I'll just explore on my own".
Quote Originally Posted by rtitle View Post
Oh, I thought Accompong was a town. You are saying it is a privately owned attraction, like Dunn's River Falls?
I'm going to assume you're identifying yourself as the "white mon" in your comment...otherwise it's not a "white mon" "theme", it's a visitor/tourist "theme".

And, as Accompong has pointed out...you're definitely not wandering around Accompong Town without permission & a guide. It's literally similar to visiting another country and going through an immigration process...you NEED permission to enter the said country.
There's many other places that you will find difficult to "just explore on your own" around Jamaica also...it's just not as simple as that.

Rob's first visit...they had to go in search of the Colonel for permission & found him deep in a field tending to his land. But, he still got permission & acceptance as that's what you do!! You do not take matters into your own hands and just choose to wander around!