Snapshot of Jamaica

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Few Caribbean islands can offer up the diversity of our island country -where there's so much more than "rum, sun & reggae"-especially in the often overlooked capital city of Kingston, the heartbeat of Jamaica and the second largest English-speaking city south of Miami, Florida. Kingston overlooks what is the seventh largest natural harbour in the world. Like a fan, the city spreads north from the...

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Jamaica Neighborhoods

Barbican

Largely residential, the centre of Barbican boasts two shopping centres. The more upscale LoShushan features a casino cum bar cum restaurant, Ambrosia, and Cannonball a cozy breakfast nook, as well... more neighborhoods

History

If there was a prize handed out for tenacity among the world's cities, Kingston would be up there with the winners. A real survivor, this hardy metropolis has risen like a phoenix from fires, floods, earthquakes...

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