Spring has been great for cultural connections here at Jamaica Cultural Tours! In April, our team set up shop at the Grand Ballroom of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel for the highly anticipated Go Jamaica Travel Expo. It was an incredible opportunity to connect face-to-face with local ‘staycationers’ and international travel agents, where we proudly showcased […]
Trench Town Ceramic and Arts Centre is one of a number of interesting experiences in Trench Town. The centre was started in 2012 by Garfield Williams and trains youth who have an interest in art on how to sculpt clay. The clay comes right from the ground in Trench Town. Others can also participate in […]
This apparently was not well-known before and we’ve always been shocked by this. Well, actually, not really. The good news though is that now more and more people are waking up to this realisation. So, we’ve been doing tours since 2010 and over the years we’ve seen a complete transformation on how Kingston is viewed. […]
If you’re like me, you wake up every morning having to convince yourself all over again that this new state of affairs is not a bad dream. No hugging? Stay at home?! A wha really a gwan? It does not feel real. So now more than ever, I feel grateful that I live in Jamaica, […]
In the South Side community of Downtown Kingston, I recently witnessed this gentleman (see video above), who goes by the name Loyal, scraping the calabash fruit. After the insides have been removed, the next step is washing and drying and then ta da! you have nature’s most perfect eating vessel. Seeing him do this made […]