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Japanese Women clinch World Cup title

The Women’s football team from Japan won their first ever World Cup after they beat the United States of America in the final held in Frankfurt Germany in a stadium full to it’s 50,000 capacity. I had been following highlights from each match throughout the tournament and must say I...
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Easter Sunday Photographic Adventures

So on Easter Sunday (April 24, 2011) the coolest Flickr group based in Jamaica had our monthly photography trip. Our main stops where Cool blue Hole – a spot you may remember from the pics last July, A really old Spanish bridge – another spot I have been before but didn’t share pictures...
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Blue Mountain Peak Hike a Success

Last weekend I went on a 2 day trip to one of the most rural parts of Jamaica to see if I could do something I have always wanted to do, hike to the top of Blue Mountain Peak, the highest point in Jamaica. I tried it once, many years ago as a teenager but failed due to a few reasons, the main ones being...
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I’m going to climb the Blue Mountains!

That blog title seems a little exaggerated but what can I say I am excited! At the end of this month I’ll be joining up with friends to go on an “expedition” well, maybe not an expedition, but I have an active imagination. We’ll be hiking to the highest peak on the Blue Mountain...
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2011 Asian Cup – Japan will win it!

The football fan in me doesn’t only get excited every four years when the FIFA World Cup of rolls around. I keep up to date with most major regional tournaments like the Africa Cup of Nations, European Championships and my region’s own CONCACAF Gold Cup – which should start later this...
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Photos from Cool Blue Hole, St Ann Jamaica

Last Sunday (June 27th) was the date of the monthly photo trip I go on with an active local photography group that meets via photo sharing site Flickr. The One Love Jamaica Flickr Group went to Cool Blue Hole in St Ann -  a quite spot in the hills just outside Ocho Rios that is a nature lover’s...
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Jamaican Coffee is King in Japan

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the most expensive brands of coffee in the world. Coffee is grown all over Jamaica but only a select batch of the product grown in a 12 mile area of the Blue Mountains to the east of Kingston can be marketed as true Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee. Japan has bought...
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