JAMAICA
The Caribbean island of Jamaica has had a far greater impact on the rest of the world than one would expect from a country with a population of under three million.

In the seventeenth century, for example, Jamaica was the world centre of piracy.Port Royal, buccaneers led by Captain Henry Morgan plundered the Spanish Main, bringing such riches to the island that it became as wealthy as any of Europe's leading trading centres. In 1692, four years after Morgan's death, Port Royal disappeared into the Caribbean in an earthquake. Such a karmic sense of poetry is Jamaica.

TRENCHTOWN
Trenchtown was a housing scheme, built after the 1951 hurricane had destroyed the area's squatter camps. These camps, which had gradually grown up around west Kingston, had been built around the former Kingston refuse dump, where the country folk and displaced city dwellers would scavenge for whatever they could find.

(In the days of the 'plantocracy business', the area had been a sugar plantation, owned by the Lindos, one of the twenty-one families that are said to rule Jamaica).
 

NINE MILE
Nine Mile, situated high in the mountains on the beautiful island of Jamaica, is a small friendly village tucked away in the parish of St. Ann. This quaint hamlet is known as the birthplace of Bob Marley. And it is in this very same place that he was later laid to rest.

As many have found, a trip to Nine Mile renews faith in some of the important elements of life. Elements that constantly influenced Bob Marley and are reflected in the lyrics of his songs. If you are ever in Jamaica, we would like to personally invite you to come see, come be... with Bob Marley and his family at Nine Mile.
 

56 HOPE ROAD
56 Hope Road was about the only uptown place that a ghetto youth could hang in without experiencing the wrath of the police. During the time of the Peace Concert even Michael Manley passed by to idle away an hour or so.

Bob was also extremely welcoming to the 'mad' people - a feature of Jamaican life - who would peer through the white fence, pouring out their stream-of-consciousness rants. "It a mad man," Bob would say, always eager to hear an extreme point of view, "send him in for a reasoning."