KINGSTON doesn't have a beach. Instead we drive to Hellshire or take the boat out to Lime Cay, which was shut down temporarily since the 'infrastructure' – one restaurant and a broken down toilet – couldn't handle the litter problem patrons left behind. Still it's a beautiful place to be early weekend mornings, before the boats blaring bad dance music.
Stepping off one of the regular 'Con Air' flights from the United States, deportees come to this church in downtown Kingston to be processed. On this day they still hadn't arrived. You can see the immigration officials inside the church. The notice on the door was a bizarre welcome, all things considered.
Sadly Alex Twyman has passed away. Originally from the East End of London his was the name behind Alex Twyman's Old Tavern Blue Mountain coffee. The business remains very much open and you visit the premises, the Twyman family cottage, shrouded in mist, perched high up in the mountains overlooking the coffee bush-lined slopes. Make sure to call in advance. Water is from a stream, sweetener is from honey bees on the farm and the coffee is something else.
For those who don't understand art, some art criticism we can relate to. One of many murals that brighten the urban environment in Kingston and St Andrew. However, this portrait of Bob Marley, nearby Edna Manley arts college has sadly remained 'unfunish', as the critic daubed at the top left of the work. Makes me smile anyway.
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