Read more The post Mystic mountains: Jamaica's Blue Peaks and legendary coffee appeared ... One of the most popular routes is the hike to Blue Mountain Peak, the highest point in Jamaica at 7,402 ...

In the mountains of Jamaica with the Rastas. Published: Apr. 22, 2014, ... I've arranged to stay with Alex's family for a few days while they guide me up Blue Mountain, the highest peak in Jamaica.

Kissing the sky over the eastern half of Jamaica, the Blue Mountains throw the rest of the island into sharp relief. Barely an hour from Kingston, the region's slopes and fern forests seem light ...

When I set out to climb Blue Mountain, I was hoping to flesh out my mountaineering resume. I had scaled peaks in every increment of 1,000 from Mount Tom (1,201 feet) to Kilimanjaro (19,341), with ...

Jamaica produces many varieties of coffee but two mountain regions define the brew: high mountain and the Blue Mountains, the latter being the highest elevation on the island and the source of ...

However, once they become confined to the highest mountain ridges there will be nowhere else to go. ... Brunfelsia jamaicensis: one of the threatened trees found only in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains.

A portion of the Caribbean Sea washes ashore in Kingston, Jamaica Leah L. Jones Jamaica has over 600 miles of coastline. It has mountains, streams, woods, valleys, waterfalls and cliffs, and ...

The Blue Mountains of Jamaica are frequently covered in a dense blanket of cloud, but when it lifts the first thing you notice is the cloak of forest extending up their steep slopes to the top of the ...