| Caribbean Jamaica travel doesn't just offer rum, sun | | | | temperate near the interior highlands. As one |
| and reggae. Few Caribbean islands can compare with | | | | Jamaican poem says: "We have neither summer nor |
| Jamaica for the wide variety of activities it offers. | | | | winter/Neither autumn nor spring...." |
| Jamaica's motto is, "Out of Many, One People." This is | | | | In Caribbean Jamaica, you'll need clothes for a tropical |
| really what Jamaica is all about. Good beaches and | | | | climate. Swimsuits are necessary for swimming or |
| great food can be the focus for the typical | | | | other water sports, as is a jacket or a light sweater |
| vacationer, but Caribbean Jamaica travel boasts | | | | for hiking. |
| sightseeing for those who want more, especially in | | | | Communications |
| Montego Bay ("MoBay" to the locals). Montego Bay | | | | When you're in Jamaica, you have easy access to |
| has many homes that used to belong to wealthy | | | | other parts of the world. So you can easily access |
| plantation owners back when sugarcane was king. | | | | direct international telephone service 24 hours a day. |
| Here are a few things you should know to get the | | | | Telephone operators are also available to help with |
| most out of that Caribbean Jamaica vacation: | | | | third party or credit card calls, too. |
| Banks/Currency | | | | Most hotels, resorts, and parish libraries have Internet |
| Money is easily handled when you travel in Caribbean | | | | and email access. They also have fax, telegram, and |
| Jamaica. Visit one of the many licensed cambios and | | | | cables available. Jamaica also has three daily national |
| bureaux de change available in resort areas. With | | | | newspapers and five weekend newspapers. Other |
| such easy access, there's no need to have Jamaican | | | | international editions of major newspapers and |
| money with you before you get there. In the rare | | | | magazines are also available, such as the New York |
| event that your resort doesn't have a money | | | | Times, TIME, The Economist, and the London Times. |
| exchange, banks in the area will be able to help you. | | | | Driving |
| The official rate of exchange changes daily, so shop | | | | If you drive while you're on your Caribbean Jamaica |
| around a bit before you do your exchange. Many | | | | travel, remember that you should drive on the LEFT |
| Jamaican ATMs also accept international bankcards | | | | side of the road. Fast reflexes are necessary unless |
| with Visa, Mastercard, Cirus, and Plus logos. Banks | | | | you want to collide with pedestrians, cows, goats, |
| also give credit card advances, cash traveler's checks, | | | | chickens, and other domestic animals, but the roads |
| and offer other financial services. | | | | themselves are pretty good, with more than 17,000 |
| Climate | | | | kilometers of road networks connecting all major |
| Jamaica's climate is tropical at sea level and | | | | towns and cities. |