KOREPTA+Claudia

JAMAICA​ Few, if any, original things can be said about a Jamaica vacation. Easily the most popular destination in all of the [|Caribbean]  with a wide variety of [|Jamaica hotels] , the vibrant and unique culture makes the island a wondrous place, a location of great [|history]  and a collection of contradictions - both stereotypically laid-back and bustling with activity, white sand [|beaches]  littered amongst urban sprawl, a population both wildly enthusiastic and tempered by widespread poverty, exacerbated by the numerous all-inclusive resorts that both celebrate and divorce themselves from Jamaican culture in equal measures.
 * KOREPTA Claudia ||

Few, if any, original things can be said about a Jamaica vacation. Easily the most popular destination in all of the [|Caribbean]  with a wide variety of [|Jamaica hotels] , the vibrant and unique culture makes the island a wondrous place, a location of great [|history] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> and a collection of contradictions - both stereotypically laid-back and bustling with activity, white sand <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|beaches] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> littered amongst urban sprawl, a population both wildly enthusiastic and tempered by widespread poverty, exacerbated by the numerous all-inclusive resorts that both celebrate and divorce themselves from Jamaican culture in equal measures.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Nowhere else in the Caribbean is the connection to <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Africa] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> as keenly felt as it is in Jamaica. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Kingston] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> was the major nexus in the New World for the barbaric triangular trade that brought slaves from <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Africa] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> and carried sugar and rum to <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Europe] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">, and the Maroons (runaways who took to the hills of Cockpit Country and the <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Blue Mountains] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">) safeguarded many of the African traditions – and introduced jerk seasoning to Jamaica’s singular cuisine. St Ann’s Bay’s Marcus Garvey founded the back-to- <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Africa] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> movement of the 1910s and ’20s; Rastafarianism took up the call a decade later, and reggae furnished the beat in the 1960s and ’70s. Little wonder many Jamaicans claim a stronger affinity for <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Africa] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> than for neighboring Caribbean islands The third largest and most populated island in the Caribbean, a Jamaica vacation is significantly different depending on which part of the island you decide to stay on. The ubiquities of reggae music, jerk chicken and excellent resort beaches follow you wherever you go. But despite the massive development that is found on most stretches of the island, transportation is almost invariably a headache. Not to mention that some local drivers seem as mentally deranged as those found in the busiest cities in <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|France] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> or <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Italy] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">. But, in the end, it's the popularity of all-inclusive Jamaica resorts that plays the largest part in segmenting the country - since so many of them have everything you could possibly want on hand, what incentive is there to leave? Each resort has it"s own stretch of Jamaica beach attached, and many of the resorts are catered to specific types of people: couples, families, singles - those looking to party, those looking to relax, those looking for adventure and those looking to fit in.