Interesting facts of places in my host country: The Flat Bridge is a beam bridge across the Rio Cobre on the A1 road connecting the Jamaican capital Kingston, with the north coast tourist areas of Dunn’s River and Ocho Rios. It is one of the oldest bridges in Jamaica
Fern Gully, St. Ann
St. Catherine
This bridge, erected in 1801, at a cost of four thousand pounds is the oldest bridge of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. It spans the Rio Cobre river at the eastern end of Spanish Town, St Catherine and can be seen from the bridge that is currently being used. The abutment of the bridge is constructed with cut stone while the bridge is cast iron. It is about 81ft long and 15ft wide. The bridge was declared a National Monument by the JNHT and was at one time placed on the UNESCO list of endangered world sites. It was designed by British Engineer Thomas Wilson, cast in 1801 and shipped to Jamaica in prefabricated parts which were assembled and mounted on its stone abutments in 1802.
Ricks Cafe, Negril, Westmoreland
Celebrating one of my local Let Girls Learn counterparts, Mrs. Wellington, at Ricks Cafe. Not the blazing skies of a sunset in the travel magazines, and I had to stand in the rain to capture it, but gosh the skies in these pics were worth it. Thanks Ns. Willie, #mygirlWellie