3 Things to know about Kingston Jamaica
When you think about Jamaica, you can be forgiven for thinking about sand, sea, and sun. After all, that is the dominant image of Jamaica that big tourism businesses want you to see. However, if you want to go beyond the coastal natural beauty to exploring the culture and life of Jamaica, your first stop should be our capital city, Kingston. For the intellectually inquisitive, I present in this post this list of 3 things to know about Kingston city. 1: Pirates "Ahoy, mate" If you are crazy about pirates, then you may want to know that Jamaica served as one of the homes of the notorious seventeenth-century buccaneers, otherwise known in pop culture as the pirates. And if you watched the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean", you may want to learn about the real history of the people and the setting that is fictionalized and glorified in film. If so, Kingston is your destination of choice. The city is next to Port Royal, the home of buccaneers or pirates like the...