Kingston – Jamaica’s capital, my home
In the old days, Kingston and St. Andrew were separate parishes, but all that has now changed. In any event, since I was actually born in Kingston, and now live in St. Andrew, I qualify for both.   This parish is urban, mixed with some rural...

Asia meets Jamaica!
Jamaicans love to find interesting places to visit, especially one in which they can unwind and unravel in its soothing ambience and enjoy mouth-watering dishes. Well, if they wish to give their taste buds a tantalizing treat, they can embark on a...

Places to go in the Parish Capital - Uptown
 Kingston traffic  The uptown capital is bordered by Oxford Road, Old Hope Road, Trafalgar Road and Holborn Road and bisected by Knutsford Boulevard. A busy centre with tiers of concrete housing hotels, banks, embassies, offices,...

Places to go in Kingston - Downtown
PARADE at the top of King Street was subjected to a major facelift in the late 1980s with the addition of paved walkways, a fountain, baptismal pool and elaborate lights. Aesthetes bemoaned the preponderance of steel and concrete and...

Brief profile of Kingston and St. Andrew
Repeatedly devastated by fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, real estate developers and urban planners, Kingston is a city with very little visible history but its long and colourful past has been well documented...