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Holland Bamboo Avenue commonly called Bamboo Walk is one of the most photographed places in jamaica. The 2 ½ miles long lush green Bamboo Avenue forms a tunnel over the road therefore providing it shades and cool breeze. They are known to grow up to a hhight of forty to fortyfive feet in length.

The Blue Mountain Peak is the highest point on the island of Jamaica and stands at 7402 feet high. Coffee trees from Ethiopia were introduced to Jamaica in 1728 by Governor Sir Nicholas Lawes, and they flourished on the cool slopes of the Blue Mountains, and today the Blue Mountain Peak Coffee is rated as the world finest coffee.

Born Robert Nesta Marley on february 6, 1945 in a little village called Nine Mile in the parish of St Ann, and died on May 11, 1981 at age 36 in Miami Florida USA.
Bob Marley's mother Cedella, at the age of 17 years met Bob's father Norval Manley at the age of 51. Norval Manley was a white English born ex army captain acting as an overseer of Crown Lands in the Dry Harbour Mountains, he left while bob was still a youngster so Cedella had to raise bob on her own.
Bob had a unique talent for music and this was no ordinary music it was Reggae when divided we have categories like Mento, Ska, Rock-Steady, Reggae.
His passion for reggae landed him a number of spots on the British Bill Board Charts also in Europe and the United States.

"The Coat of Arms, based on those granted to Jamaica on 3 February 1663, is among the oldest granted to a British colony." No image is shown. Smith [smi76c] seems to be the source of Corel Clipart, and says: "The arms are those originally granted in 1661; the pattern was modified in 1957 by having the motto and artistic rendition altered."
the supporters of the coat of arms are Arawaks.
Note that elements of the coat of arms (the four pineapples and red cross) are diaplyed on the banner of the Queen Elizabeth II in Jamaica and the flag of the Prime Minister.

The Jamaican Motto, "Out of Many, One People" was a common unity theme, which had traditionally existed in Jamaica, despite colonial pompousness and assumed privilege. The authors of the Jamaican motto did not care (or perhaps did not even know) that the motto of the United States "E Pluribus Unum" translated to "Out of Many, One"; it just fitted well with the spirit that existed in Jamaica at the time of independence

There is good evidence that the French navigator Sonnerat in 1772 obtained the seeded breadfruit in the Philippines and brought it to the French West Indies. It seems also that some seedless and seeded breadfruit plants reached Jamaica from a French ship bound for Martinique but captured by the British in 1782. There were at least two plants of the seeded breadfruit in Jamaica in 1784 and distributions were quickly made to the other islands. There is a record of a plant having been sent from Martinique to the St. Vincent Botanical Garden before 1793. The story of Captain Bligh's first voyage to Tahiti, in 1787, and the loss of his cargo of 1,015 potted breadfruit plants on his disastrous return voyage is well known. He set out again in 1791 and delivered 5 different kinds totalling 2,126 plants to Jamaica in February 1793. On that island, the seedless breadfruit flourished and it came to be commonly planted in other islands of the West Indies, in the lowlands of Central America and northern South America. In some areas, only the seedless type is grown, in others, particularly Haiti, the seeded is more common. Jamaica is by far the leading producer of the seedless type, followed by St. Lucia. In New Guinea, only the seeded type is grown for food.

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Eternal Father bless our land,
Guard us with Thy Mighty Hand,
Keep us free from evil powers,
Be our light through countless hours.
To our Leaders, Great Defender,
Grant true wisdom from above.
Justice, Truth be ours forever,
Jamaica, Land we love.
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love.

Teach us true respect for all,
Stir response to duty’s call, strengthen us the weak to cherish,
Give us vision lest we perish.
Knowledge send us Heavenly Father,
Grant true wisdom from above.
Justice, Truth be ours forever,
Jamaica, land we love.
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love.

Jamaica a destination like no other enjoy a bundle of activities suited for singles,couples and families, like Deep Sea Diving, Shopping, Site Seeing, Horseback Trail Riding, Mountain-bike Tour and watching the sun go down are just some of the few things that might make your vacation an exceptional one. Jamaica is mainly about its people, culture and its history. The people back then and the ones now are no different, they are hard workers to achieve

what they have today. Reggae the musical culture of the island is said to be the a major attraction of Jamaica. Highlighted across the Globe our own Robert Nesta Marley (stage name: Bob Marley) a cultural icon of the island chanting sweet songs of love, joy and peace to everyone. The history in this country goes way back in time. Christopher Columbus came to Jamaica on May 6, 1494 on his second mission by the KIng & Queen of Spain (King Ferdinan & Queen Isabella) to seek out a western sea route to Asia.

Negril Point Lighthouse view seen at the western side of the island known as Westend Negril.
Negril Point Lighthouse stands 100 feet above sea level. The 66 foot tower, 103 flights of steps was constructed in
1894. The lighthouse flashes a beam out to sea at a range of 10 miles. Still powered by its acetylene gas canisters. The Lighthouse still contains original hand-wound pendulum that once regulated the beam.

Breadfruit is believed to be native to a vast area extending from New Guinea through the Indo-Malayan Archipelago to Western Micronesia. It is said to have been widely spread in the Pacific area by migrating Polynesians, and Hawaiians believed that it was brought from the Samoan island of Upalu to Oahu in the 12th Century A.D. It is said to have been first seen by Europeans in the Marquesas in 1595, then in Tahiti in 1606. At the beginning of the 18th Century, the early English explorers were loud in its praises, and its fame, together with several periods of famine in Jamaica between 1780 and 1786, inspired plantation owners in the British West Indies to petition King George III to import seedless breadfruit trees to provide food for their slaves.