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The Rough Guide to Jamaica 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

a good choice 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

A good all around Jamaica travel guide. Add to it the following: 1] DO NOT rent a car and drive in Jamaica. 2] The locals drive like banshees, death or dismemberment on the highways is common. 3] there are numerous drivers willing to take you around cheaper than you can hire a car with insurance and they give out great tips and advice 4] There are no roadsigns you will get lost, then try to find gas stations and the Jamaician Police write lots of tickets--especially to tourists who are expected to pay in cash roadside.

Editorial Review:

The Rough Guide to Jamaica is the complete guide to the Caribbean''s liveliest island. The full-colour introduction includes the ''Things Not To Miss'' section with photographs of the island''s highlights from the Bob Marley Museum in bustling Kingston to rafting the Rio Grande. The guide contains detailed and discriminating reviews of the best accommodation, restaurants, bars and cafes - and the latest spots to catch the hottest reggae and dancehall. There is informed coverage of Kingston and the major resorts of Montego Bay, Ocho Rios and Negril, as well as the lesser-known beaches in Portland and the south. Expert advice and practical tips are given on everything from where to watch the cliff divers at Negril to finding secluded waterfalls and mineral baths. The Contexts section provides detailed coverage of Jamaica''s history and fabulous music scene from Marcus Garvey to Beenie Man.

Jamaica (Country Guide)

Richard Koss

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The updated edition includes an additional 20 pages with a strong focus on sustainable travel, and an activities chapter highlights the island's varied outdoor options.

Frommer's Jamaica (Frommer's Complete)

Danforth Prince

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America’s #1 bestselling travel series

Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer’s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.

• More annually updated guides than any other series
• 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides
• Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries
• Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design

You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go--they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and sightseeing. You'd be lost without us!

Frommer's Jamaica is the premier guide to the island, with complete coverage of Montego Bay and the Northern Coast; Negril; Mandeville and the South Coast; Ocho Rios and Runaway Bay; Port Antonio; Kingston; and more. You'll get candid reviews of the best hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife, as well as the author's picks for the best travel experiences, including: relaxing at Doctor's Cave Beach; surfing Boston Bay Beach; golfing at White Witch of Rose Hall Golf Course; enjoying a romantic picnic at YS Falls; downing a daiquiri at Time 'n' Place in Falmouth; and more.

Moon Jamaica (Moon Handbooks)

Oliver Hill

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Former Jamaica resident Oliver Hill knows the best way to experience Jamaica, from exploring its rich roots and culture to making the most of romantic escapes. Hill includes unique trip ideas like Best of Jamaica and Ecotouring Jamaica. Packed with information on dining, transportation, and accommodations, Moon Jamaica has lots of options for a range of travel budgets. Every Moon guidebook includes recommendations for must-see sights and many regional, area, and city-centered maps. Complete with details on the best beaches and great day trips off the beaten tourist path, Moon Jamaica gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience. With expert writers, first-rate strategic advice, and an essential dose of humor, Moon guidebooks are the cure for the common trip.

Fodor's In Focus Jamaica, 1st Edition (In Focus)

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Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Jamaica!

• Fodor’s In Focus Jamaica features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

• If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Jamaica.

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Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya (National Geographic Directions)

Jamaica Kincaid

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In this delightful hybrid of a book—part memoir and part travel journal—the bestselling author takes us deep into the mountains of Nepal with a trio of botanist friends in search of native Himalayan plants that will grow in her Vermont garden. Alighting from a plane in the dramatic Annapurna Valley, the ominous signs of Nepal's Maoist guerrillas are all around—an alarming presence that accompanies the travelers throughout their trek. Undaunted, the group sets off into the mountains with Sherpas and bearers, entering an exotic world of spectacular landscapes, vertiginous slopes, isolated villages, herds of yaks, and giant rhododendron, thirty feet tall. The landscape and flora and so much else of what Kincaid finds in the Himalaya—including fruit bats, colorful Buddhist prayer flags, and the hated leeches that plague much of the trip—are new to her, and she approaches it all with an acute sense of wonder and a deft eye for detail. In beautiful, introspective prose, Kincaid intertwines the harrowing Maoist encounters with exciting botanical discoveries, fascinating daily details, and lyrical musings on gardens, nature, home, and family.

Lonely Planet Jamaica

Christopher P. Baker

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For those who want to see and do everything 5 out of 5 stars.
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I have used four different guidebooks in two trips to Jamaica in the past two years. This Lonely Planet guide is clearly the most thorough and comprehensive (although the others are more than adequate). I can't think of anything of significance that was left out, and I've been studying the island for 30 years now. That said, it's probably far more than most tourists to Jamaica will need or want. The vast majority go to major resorts for fun in the sun. If that is your intent, then this book will be very helpful to you in planning your trip--choosing a place to go, places to eat and stay, and things to do-but so will the other guides. This is, however, the guide par excellence for those who want to know as much as possible about Jamaica, its people and culture, and who will be traveling around the island, perhaps to areas remote from the tourist industry, for an extended period of time. It will be invaluable for anyone who is moving to Jamaica and working there-such as missionaries, teachers, embassy staff, and Peace Corps volunteers.

The guide starts with an excellent 66 page overview of the island that you should read before you go. It also has a great 47 page history of popular music. And lots of beautiful color photographs. Followed by detailed information on where to go, where to stay, and what to do in every area of the country. Along with priceless sage advice on the local culture. The author really knows his way around the country and the people. It can be a tricky place to be, and most tourists don't venture far from the resort areas, so if you are going cross-country on your own then you should definitely read what he has to say.

Because it is so comprehensive and informative, I can also recommend this guide as a beginning reference on Jamaica. I don't know any other book where you can learn so much about the country between two covers.

You can rely on this guide totally. And, by the way, it's a tough book too, with a stitched spine to keep it together, so it won't fall apart before your next trip to Jamaica.

Editorial Review:

Indulge in Jamaica’s shimmering beaches, hidden waterfalls, ethereal sunsets and world-famous reggae scene. From the beach haven of Negril to the secrets of the Blue Mountains, this expert guide puts you on the inside track to the real Jamaica. No matter what your budget, it’ll be cool runnings, mon!

• the lowdown on hiking, diving, sport fishing, rafting and more
• food and lodging options to please all, from roadside jerk stands to beachside villas
• the hottest spots for live music and dancing under the stars
• easy guide to understanding patois
• 31 detailed city and regional maps

Roving with Lalah: Slices of Everyday Jamaican Life

Robert Lalah

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There is no place like Jamaica. Often described as an island paradise, the sights ans sounds, the flora and fauna, the sun, sand and sea, the mountains and the music, all entice visitors and entrall residents. But far beyond all of that, the most unique quality of Jamaica is its people. In Roving with Lalah, Roving reporter Robert Lalah takes us on a journey around the island, taking a unique look at typical Jamaican life. The stories simply describes what happens in a particular place at a particular time in an authentic and true Jamaican voice. Based on the popular weekly newspaper column in the Gleaner newspaer, Roving with Lalah is a snapshot of parts of Jamaican culture and heritage sometimes not recorded and often forgotten. The stories are humourous, yet informative, and give a true account of the day to day lives of Jamaicans of all walks of life.

The Rough Guide to Jamaica 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

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Everything you need to know 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful.

I have been to Jamaica many times since 1972, doing research as an anthropologist, which includes reading everything I can about its people and culture as well as traveling about and living in various communities. I picked up this book shortly before my most recent trip, hoping to get some hints on places to stay as it's been awhile since I've been back. I read it thoroughly as I traveled extensively around the island for 18 days. And I'm quite impressed. It is an extremely informative and accurate guide to the history, culture, things to see and do, places to eat and stay. The hotel reviews are brief but to the point. The advice is sound. The maps are very helpful. The only criticism I can make is that in at least two cases I found the directions to be wrong. I am most impressed with the fact that the book can really get you out of the tourist areas and into the real Jamaica. It is a great guide for those who want to EXPLORE the island and come to know it well. This takes time, a car, and money, though. Finally, I'd like to add that the book is just the right size, easy to carry, and has a very sturdy cover and binding, so it'll survive more than one trip. I suppose the greatest compliment is that a Jamaican friend wanted me to give it to her after she discovered it had information on her own town that she didn't know.

Editorial Review:

Jamaica is a small but complex island. Famous for her beaches and music, there is an abundance of stretches of white sand bedecked by palm trees and lapped by turquoise waters. Reggae, Jamaica's other celebrated quality, is alive and happening. It is necessary to have a good guide to find your way to the Blue Mountains and Back River, check out the wildlife, and understand the island's culture--as well as to navigate your way through Kingston to the best reggae haunts, drinking holes, and Jamaican food stands. Jamaica: The Rough Guide does justice to all the major resorts and beaches, and to Jamaica's lesser-known charms.

Jamaica (Country Guide)

Michael Read

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Ridiculously out of date 1 out of 5 stars.
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While one can expect a guidebook to be somewhat out of date, this one is so out of date it is ridiculous. Published in January 2006, one would expect the information to at least be accurate as of mid-2005. However, that is far from the case.

Here are few examples of errors:
- The Blue Mountain Inn near Kingston, which receives an excellent review in the book, has been closed since mid-2004.
- Portofino's Restaurant in Kingston closed in 2004, and is now Chez Maria.
- The Fairy Glades Trail in the Blue Mountains closed in 2000 because of thefts of orchids, and can no longer be hiked.
- Jade Garden restaurant in Kingston has not served dim sum since mid-2004.

While there are some decent maps in the book, such out of date information makes me wonder when the author actually visited Jamaica.

Editorial Review:

With jammin’ parties and smooth sounds, sun-drenched beaches and tumbling waterfalls, Jamaica is an island of beauty and rhythm. Whether you want to get down to dancehall beats, explore the towering Blue Mountains or laze on the sand in Negril, discover the roots of this one-of-a-kind reggae nation with our insightful and comprehensive guide.

Explore The Island – with our custom-tailored itineraries and more than 50 easy-to-use maps of cities and remote areas.

Dive Into Adventure – comprehensive information on snorkeling, windsurfing, hiking, biking and much more bring Jamaica’s natural treasures to you.

Find Your Rhythm – swing into Jamaica’s sultry reggae nights at fun beachside bars and bumping dance clubs with our updated entertainment listings.

Learn The Language – easy-to-use patois section gets you talkin’ Jamaican mon!