Travel to Jamaica

The Rough Guide to Jamaica 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

Format: Paperback
Author: ROUGH GUIDES
ReleaseDate: 27 November, 2003
Publisher: Rough Guides
Rating:

Helped build the excitement!
This book both helped us feel prepared and helped build our excitement. We ordered this book about 2 months before our trip to Jamaica, our first trip out of the USA. Knowledge aleviated any fears we were having about being fish out of water. This book is a must have for any "first-timer".

excellent guidebook
I took 3 guidebooks with me, Rough Guide, Lonely Planet and Frommers. I just returned from Jamaica. Rough Guide blew the others out of the water, and according to the locals was the only decent guide. Lonely Planet was so poor on Jamaica, that we surmised the writer probably got hung up smoking ganja in Montego Bay and never made it to the other cities, using promotional brochures and faxed promotional blurbs to write the text. Meanwhile, Rough Guide presented a picture that fit with what the locals knew and recommended. We had a great trip, virtually skipping Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, and seeing a number of towns including Port Antonio, Treasure Beach and Runaway Bay. Rough Guide had excellent food, accommodation, and siteseeing recommendations throughout.

Everything you need to know
I picked up this book shortly before my most recent trip, hoping to get some hints on places to stay as it's been awhile since I've been back. I have been to Jamaica many times since 1972, doing research as an anthropologist, which includes reading everything I can about its people and culture as well as traveling about and living in various communities. I read it thoroughly as I traveled extensively around the island for 18 days. And I'm quite impressed. It is an extremely informative and accurate guide to the history, culture, things to see and do, places to eat and stay. The hotel reviews are brief but to the point. The advice is sound. The maps are very helpful. The only criticism I can make is that in at least two cases I found the directions to be wrong. I am most impressed with the fact that the book can really get you out of the tourist areas and into the real Jamaica. It is a great guide for those who want to EXPLORE the island and come to know it well. This takes time, a car, and money, though. Finally, I'd like to add that the book is just the right size, easy to carry, and has a very sturdy cover and binding, so it'll survive more than one trip. I suppose the greatest compliment is that a Jamaican friend wanted me to give it to her after she discovered it had information on her own town that she didn't know.

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