[ripley]

Hello all. I'm writing this from Kingston Jamaica, where I am volunteering with a nonprofit this summer.

Being a vegefishetarian I was a bit worried about food options, but it's been food heaven - Escoveitch fish, roast fish, jerk fish, shrimp, conch soup.. Ital cooking (with veggie/gluten chunks, rice and peas, pumpkin and curry chick peas), roti.. I could eat all day here.

Wondering if anyone has specific recommendations for Jamaica - I'm definitely on a budget (volunteering grad student), but if there's something I should not miss I might save up. I'm mostly going to be in kingston, but will have weekends to travel and a little break at the end of my stay.

any suggestions welcome! my roommate eats all meats as well, so recommendations for her welcome as well

[Donna]

Oooh- we need David to answer this! I think he and Dick lived in Jamaica for some period of time.

Hope you are enjoying yourself!
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[David]

Close Donna! The Dickster and I lived in the Cayman Islands, which at one point was administered from Jamaica and is situated just west of Jamaica. It has it's good points---especially if one is in to snorkelling and scuba and stuff aquatic but is WAY too expensive for someone on a limited budget. And unfortunately when one is living on a small island when one gets to travel one tends to go anywhere but another island so we didn't travel around there at all. I have been to Jamaica on holidays before though but stayed in one of those tourist compounds so can't really offer any insights into things to do.

Love Jamaican cooking! Ripley get yourself out there and see if you can dredge up some ackee and saltfish or some callalloo soup!
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[ripley]