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The Exclusive Travel blogBlog with news, events and important info about Jamaica and travel in the Caribbean |
From the Zika virus to Bananas - some interesting news & facts about travel in Jamaica & CaribbeanWelcome to the Exclusive Travel blog Featuring interesting news and facts about Jamaica |
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Interesting Jamaican facts:- Coffee. When you think of Jamaica you think sand and beaches, but many may not think coffee. Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the most sort after and expensive coffees on the market. What Rastafarian? Think dreadlocks? Think Jamaica? When people think about Jamaica they think about the popular dreadlock style. But, only 2 percent of the Rastafarian population in the world live in Jamaica! Jamaicans are very religious people. Jamaica has the most churches per capita in the world. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Jamaica has over 1,600 “churches.” Jamaica’s indigenous people, the Arawaks cultivated corn and yams. The crops we know today like sugar cane, coconut, breadfruit, bamboo, bananas and mangoes and not native to Jamaica. The popular crops were imported at different times in Jamaica’s rich history. |