Tales & Trails: Jamaica’s Misty Blue Mountains

By: Lynda Lee Burks

SKU: 0113 Category: Cultural Studies

Description

‘As Jamaican as the Blue Mountains’ is an apt description of this iconic region whose natural beauty and unique cultural heritage has earned it the distinction of being named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

From hiking to birding, to discovering a world of rare butterflies and endemic plants, to experience the awe and majesty of the mist covered mountains and their cascading waterfalls; to see, smell, and taste the best coffee in the world and to savour the cuisine of talented mountain cooks, this book beckons the reader to ‘go otherwise you will never know.’

Lynda Lee Burks’s vivid descriptions, written in a relaxed and easy going style, seamlessly blend the cultural and historical record of the indigenous Tainos, Maroons, and iterant visitors from the days of old with the everyday lives and struggles of today’s small farmers, artists, artisans, and entrepreneurs in an engaging narrative.

The book is copiously illustrated with stunning photographs of misty mountain vistas, peaceful streams, waterfalls, and quaint dwellings, supplemented by sketches of rare birds and butterflies not easily caught by the camera’s eye.

This is a gem of a book, one to be visited and read repeatedly and kept both as a memento and as a constant companion on return visits to Jamaica’s Misty Blue Mountains.

Additional information

Dimensions	8.5 × 5.5 in
ISBN	9789768339508
Binding	Paperback
Page Count	164

From the Publisher

Preface

Acknowledgements

Down The Garden Path

The Gordon Town Trail

Craighton Coffee Estate (in Red Light)

Strawberry Hill Hotel, Restaurant, Garden & Spa

Red Shed, the Artist’s Coffee Farm

Climbing Higher – Newcastle and Clifton Mount

Clifton Mount Coffee Estate*

Copper Gully Trail to Greenwich

Heritage Gardens of Cold Spring

Chi Chi Bud Oh

Birding Adventurers in the Blue Mountains (2014)

Woodside

Walking and Hiking*

Holywell National Recreation Park: A Park within a Park

Moving Forward and Looking Back

The Blue Mountain Forest Reserve

The Windward Maroons

Epic Long-distance Treks

Cunha Cunha Pass

Cascade Waterfall aka One Drop

Cinchona Botanic Garden and Clydesdale

Catherine’s Peak

Jamaica’s Blue Mountain Peak

De only ting fa me is mi bowl a bwiling caffi in de mawning*

Let Us Have Coffee

The Story of Jamaican Coffee

The Old Tavern Blue Mountain Estate
Proprietor’s Choice – Medium Roast

Wallenford

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival

The Small Coffee Farmer

Food and Eating Well

The Cookshop

Winsome’s Crystal Edge

Cafe Blue

Red Light

Bubbles: The Quintessential Rum Bar

EITS: Europe In The Summertime Cafe

Middleton Coffee Cafe

Culinary Pioneers in the Mighty Blue Mountains

Epilogue

Resources

Accommodations

Nature Based Tour Operators

Coffee Tours

Birdwatching and Bespoke Tours

Bird Guides

References

About the Author

Lynda Lee Burks has been living in Jamaica for the past thirty-seven years, during which she has acquired an intimate knowledge of the island, including the Blue Mountains where she has designed tours and mapped trails of the area. A creative at heart, Lynda Lee’s talents and experiences range from theatre in New York City to organising community pageants in Falmouth, creating hand crafts, and decorating homes and hotels across Jamaica. This book is a testament of her love for Jamaica and her care for the protection of its environment.