Sweet Jamaica

Clarendon – Rocky Point: A fisherman is back after a long day's work. Many of them sail for miles and miles, out in the middle of the ocean, hoping to bring back fish and earn a living.

Clarendon – Rocky Point: Oneson is a fisherman from Rocky Point. He spends most of his days scaling fish that can weigh up to 15 kilos. He makes just enough from it to survive.

Clarendon – Rocky Point: A fisherman shows off two colourful lobsters.

Clarendon – Rocky Point: A Jamaican classic: delicious fried fish! (Clarendon)

Kingston – Coronation Market: A man dances in front of the crowd at Coronation Market, downtown Kingston.

Kingston – Coronation Market: Two young boys pose in front of the Royal Crown stall at Coronation Market. Royal Crown is famous for its delicious food, notably Ital stew.

Kingston – Coronation Market: Noise, music, crowds and chaos: wandering through Kingston's markets is an excellent way to soak up authentic Jamaican culture.

Kingston – Raetown: Young people from Raetown take a dip in the afternoon heat.

Kingston – Denham Town: Kingston's garrisons are not only associated with armed violence. There is also a lively community that loves to have fun, as at the “Water Parties”. Welcome to Denham Town.

Kingston – Denham Town: “Water Parties” are the latest trend in Kingston, here in Denham Town.

Kingston: The remains of Channel One studio, on Maxfield Avenue in Kingston. The most famous artists passed through these walls during the 70s: The Mighty Diamonds, Horace Andy, Delroy Wilson and Jimmy Cliff. The studio officially closed in the early 1990s.

Kingston – Trenchtown: Murals at the Trenchtown Culture Yard, where Bob Marley grew up, now turned into a museum.

Kingston – Tivoli Gardens: Mural of the late Claude Massop, Lloyd Fraser and Trevor Tinson, in Tivoli Gardens. The three men were shot dead by the police on 4 February 1979. Claude Massop was the leader of the Shower Posse, the famous gang affiliated to the JLP. But after several years, he and Aston “Bucky Marshall” Thompson, leader of the PNP stronghold of Matthews Lane, called for an end to arms and to the gang war. Massop was thus involved in organising the One Love Peace Concert, where Bob Marley brought the two political adversaries Michael Manley (PNP) and Edward Seaga (JLP) up on stage.

Kingston – Tivoli Gardens: Tivoli Gardens is located in West Kingston. Built on the ruins of the Rasta camp Back O Wall, the Tivoli Gardens community is marked by decades of poverty, and of clashes between gangs and the police against a backdrop of international drug trafficking. The neighbourhood was stormed in May 2010 by police forces in search of the trafficker Christopher “Dudus” Coke, who was arrested and extradited to the USA..

Kingston – Cockburn Pen: Residents of the neighbourhood gather in the evening to play bingo.

Negril – Hanover / Westmoreland Away from Negril's tourist zone, you meet local Jamaicans such as Abu, a Maroon who specialises in holistic medicine, selling his herbs by the roadside.

Negril – Hanover / Westmoreland Whatever ails you, Abu is sure to have a plant to relieve it.

Negril – Hanover / Westmoreland Want a taste of delicious Ital cuisine? Drop in at Rasta's, in Negril. Not only do Jamaican restaurants offer some of the best food in the Caribbean, they are also covered in beautiful murals painted by artists from the community.

Portland – Blue Lagoon: Yes, the sea really is that colour. Take a boat trip with a local guide to hear the history and find out which Jamaican celebrities live here by the water.

Portland – Blue Lagoon: The wonders of nature…

Portland – Coconut Grove: On the road to the magnificent Somerset Falls, lose yourself in the coconut grove (Coconut Grove), amid hectares of coconut palms.

St-Ann Jerk, jerk and more jerk! On the border of St-Ann and St-Catherine, there is plenty of choice at the Faith Pen stall: chicken, fish or pork.

St-Ann – Winsor Spring: It is one of St-Ann's best-kept secrets. Winsor Spring, or rather the Firehole, as the locals nickname it, is a mineral water bath with such quantities of sulphur that the water catches fire when lit!

St-Ann – Cardiff Beach: There is more to the parish of St-Ann than Ocho Rios. Jamaicans have their own paradise there: Cardiff Beach, a public beach on Runaway Bay.

Ste Catherine – Bog Walk: In Bog Walk, a young man sells ackee fruit by the roadside.