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Hampden Estate Rum Tour

Marcia Mayne — Fri, 16 May 2025 08:42:52 +0000

Hampden Estate is among the oldest sugar estates that is still operating in Jamaica. The estate covers more than 3500 acres in Trelawny’s lush Queen of Spain Valley and is renowned, on the island and internationally, for its full flavored pot still rums. Pot still is a process of boiling the cane juice, molasses (wash) […]

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Wheel-Chair Accessible Hotels in Jamaica

Marcia Mayne — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 22:17:39 +0000

Jamaica is undoubtedly the jewel of the Caribbean for most visitors from around the world. It is a haven for delicious food, friendly people and relaxing hotels perched upon some of the most amazing white-sand beaches. If you’re a physically-challenged vacationer, it can be a bit challenging finding a hotel that accommodates your special needs. […]

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Turn Your Phone into a Personal Tour Guide with GPS-Guided Travel Articles

Marcia Mayne — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 02:20:00 +0000

Like most people, I make a list of places I want to visit when I travel and bookmark articles about interesting sites I’d like to see or restaurants I’d like to try. But the lists are just that and since my cell phone plan doesn’t include international travel, I can’t read the articles I’ve bookmarked […]

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Where Can You Try the Best Desserts in the World?

Marcia Mayne — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 02:15:07 +0000

Raise your hand if you love desserts! Yes, a truly great meal is punctuated with desserts. Bonus, if your dessert is an exclamation point to a course of appetizing dishes. Aside from satisfying your taste buds, desserts also share historical and cultural tidbits about the country where it is from. Listed below some countries where […]

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The Oculus, NYC’s 3rd Largest Transportation Hub

Marcia Mayne — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:54:32 +0000

The Oculus, the gleaming white World Trade Center Transportation Hub that is the centerpiece of the revitalization of Lower Manhattan, is striking for its futuristic design as well the contrast it draws to the structures that surround it. Designed by the Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava, at a cost of $4 million, the Oculus is approximately 800,000 square […]

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A Stroll on the High Bridge

Marcia Mayne — Mon, 30 May 2016 16:44:10 +0000

The High Bridge is one of fourteen bridges that cross the Harlem River and connect Manhattan (at Highbridge Park and 173rd Street) to the Bronx (at West 170th Street, in the Highbridge section). The bridge, for pedestrians only, reopened last July after several decades of closure and undergoing approximately $62 million worth of renovations. Known […]

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Flux Art Fair, Harlem

Marcia Mayne — Sat, 14 May 2016 12:41:41 +0000

I noticed them right away – two giant heads at one of the east side entrances to Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park. I stopped jogging to take a closer look. Neither figure resemblance Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican-born black nationalist after whom the park was renamed in 1973. Maybe, I thought, the likeness was of Pelham Fritz. Fritz, the […]

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The Red Telephone Booth

Marcia Mayne — Sun, 08 May 2016 19:40:12 +0000

The red telephone booth was ubiquitous in the Jamaica I grew up in. You’d find them outside post offices in districts and towns across the island. There was one outside our post office too. It stood like a sentinel at the intersection of the two main roads that dissected our district, looking square at the Anglican Church on the […]

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Van Gogh’s Ear at Rockefeller Center

Marcia Mayne — Sun, 01 May 2016 02:49:00 +0000

Van Gogh’s Ear (and art) have fascinated the public for years. As the story goes, in 1888, Vincent van Gogh moved to Arles in the south of France to create a space for artists to live and work. He found said place and convinced his friend and fellow painter, Paul Gaugin, to join him. The two […]

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Portobello Road Market

Marcia Mayne — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 01:45:41 +0000

If you like antique or flea markets, a trip to Portobello Road Market is a must if you’re visiting London. Portobello Road Market is a series of shops and stalls that run for almost two miles on Portobello Road in London’s fashionable Notting Hill area. At Portobello, you’ll find not just antiques and collectables but also vintage and new clothing, […]

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