MORANT BAY, St. Thomas:
PROBABLY ONE of the parishes with the most compelling historical legacy is St. Thomas with its glamour, beauty and potential for development.
Neighbour to Jamaica's capital, Kingston, its newly-paved roads from Harbour View into Morant Bay, the parish capital, will only take a comfortable one-hour drive.
Along the routes into St. Thomas, history begins at 13 miles where the famous Three Finger Jack Monument stands. Down the winding slope, into the community of Yallahs where you can get mouth-watering jerk pork, chicken and fish.
If you are in for entertainment, there's the elevated Boganvilla Night Club. Or perhaps a dip in warm, clean coastal water of the Caribbean sea at beaches along the coastline, with tiny shops, restaurants and resting places, may just be ideal.
And you can take a splash at the Roselle Water Falls. This waterfall pumps thousands of gallons of water into the sea on a consistent basis; tumbling water off the rocks, provides a nerve-calming, soothing bath.
Travelling further east, the Bath Botanical Garden, the oldest of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean, is lush with ancient vegetation.
St. Thomas is a coastal parish and has stretches of white sand beaches littered along the way. At Rocky Point Beach, for example, the clean water, free of pollution associated with the more developed lifestyle, is complemented, especially on Sundays, with delicious, highly-flavoured roast fish.
