I've always wanted to visit Jamaica! I think the Caribbean Sea is gorgeous!
I've never been either but would love to! What is there to do in Jamaica?
Montego Bay is a very popular beach for tourists. Jamaica is south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola so the water is a beautiful crystal-clear blue!
The water sounds beautiful! I think Hispaniola would be great to visit too!
Yes, I love to see the Dominican Republic! I never realized it but Jamaica was under United Kingdom ruling until 1962! I thought they achieved independence way before then.
I didn't know that either! I know both the DR and Jamaica are very popular vacation spots. I bet tourism is a big part of their economy.
arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people were either killed or died of diseases to which they had no immunity, and the Spanish thus forcibly transplanted large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it Jamaica. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their descendants. The British fully emancipated all slaves in 1838,
Outline of Jamaica
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jamaica:
Jamaica – sovereign island nation located on the Island of Jamaica of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. It is long and at its widest. It lies about south of Cuba and west of the Hispaniola. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island "Xaymaca", meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs". Formerly a Spanish possession known as "