Saturday - August 7, 2010
As my time in Jamaica winds down, there aren’t too many places I haven’t visited but Saint Elizabeth was one of them. So I called my friend Nevil who hooked me up with a whirlwind tour around the south coast. First stop, Black River and the Great Morass Swamp. A great safari boat ride into the mysterious swamp awaited and we spotted a few endangered American Crocodile. The maze of mangroves stole the show though. Next stop, YS Falls – a less touristy version of Dunns River Falls with steeper waterfalls. It will never cease to amaze me how thick the jungle is here in Jamaica and how these trees grow right out of rugged limestone. The rainwater seeps out of the ground forming rivers that turn into spectacular falls feedings these forests. Beautiful…. A quick drive through Bamboo Avenue and we hit the grand finale of this trip, a tour of the Appleton’s Run Factory. Located in the middle of a lush valley of sugar cane, this dirty industrial factory billows out smoke and rum. The tour was a little anti-climatic, with the highlight being the free rum of course. Thanks Nevil for helping make all this happen, it was great to see Saint Elizabeth and the south coast of Jamaica!
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