| ca Beaches are a great place for contemplation, if | | | | winter Olympics and ended up on the silver screen. |
| you can factor in the weather, the gorgeous local | | | | These guys started from very humble beginnings but |
| bikini clad population that cover the sand and the | | | | they had a dream, a great desire and with a great |
| head bobbing Reggae music that seems to follow | | | | deal of hard work, they were successful. |
| you wherever you go: and did I mention the rum | | | | But possibly the most famous Jamaican of them all |
| punch! | | | | has to be Robert Nesta Marley, the impoverished |
| When your laying on your favorite Jamaican beach, | | | | boy of mixed parentage who rose to become not |
| surveying your surroundings, you would not be | | | | only a reggae musician of world renown but, with the |
| surprised to learn that this small island has produced | | | | added dreadlocks, a symbol of the Rastafarian faith. |
| not one but three, yes three, Miss World winners. | | | | You can't escape the music of this famous Jamaican, |
| Of course, those of us, lucky enough to have spent | | | | it seems to be everywhere, it seems to be the soul |
| some time on these awesome beaches are more | | | | of the island. You can visit the Bob Marley museum |
| than surprised that it has only been three: I counted | | | | and his mausoleum in Nine-Miles, and the head bobbing |
| dozens of possibles, the last time I visited Negril. | | | | rhythms will follow you. |
| Ocho Rios produced another dozen candidates and | | | | Yes, as you lay back and catch the rays, with your |
| the local ladies playing in the water at Bluefields, well | | | | Rum and Ginger in your hand, think about the many |
| you get the idea. | | | | famous Jamaicans that this small tropical island in the |
| This is not so amazing, of course, when you consider | | | | Caribbean has produced and what a strong influence |
| that such personalities as Naomi Campbell and Grace | | | | these characters have had on their world |
| Jones hail from Jamaican backgrounds. This island | | | | surroundings. Don Quarrie, Patrick Ewing, Asafa Powell |
| produces some beautiful, and some, eventually | | | | and Jimmy Cliff to name but a few more. The list is |
| famous, people. | | | | very long, too long for one beach, your going to |
| Harry Belafonte and Desmond Dekker for example, | | | | have to visit another! |
| didn't do so badly in the music and entertainment | | | | Jamaica beaches are famous around the world, just |
| industry. Linford Christie and Donovan Bailey certainly | | | | like many of the people that this amazing little island |
| made their marks in the world of sport: especially at | | | | has produced, and while you spend the days dreamily |
| the Olympics. In fact Jamaica is quite well known for | | | | contemplating your navel, you have the time and |
| it's track and field performers, as well as it's | | | | relaxed mood to examine these finer points of |
| cricketers and boxers. | | | | Jamaican culture: well, before the evening beach |
| Which reminds me not to forget to add in the | | | | festival starts anyway! |
| famous (or is that infamous?) Jamaican Bobsled team: | | | | Your missing out on a famous experience. You need |
| a real team that captured the hearts of many at the | | | | to go see for yourself mon! |