Alligator Pond

Alligator Pond

Alligator Pond is a fishing village on the southwestern coast of Jamaica in the parish of St. Elizabeth. Unlike the tourist-oriented coasts in the northern part of the country, Alligator Pond's shoreline is as much about work as play, where fishermen launch their boats to catch some of the island's best-regarded fish while women conduct the wholesale business of the catch. Weather-worn cookshops and bars line the sand's edge, supplying food staples such as curried goat and Red Stripe beer.Alligator Pond lies at the foot of the Don Figero Mountains to the North East, some 35 km from Mandeville, the parish capital. The name is said by locals to derive from the shape of the mountain range, which viewed from the beach, has bumps which suggest an alligator's back. The Alligator Pond River is a bathing spot about 2 miles west of the village off the road leading to Port Kaiser.

The Little Ochie

A renowned [The Guardian, 21 January 2006 http://travel.guardian.co.uk/activities/food/story/0,,1691212,00.html] [See List of more reviews at http://www.littleochie.com/reviews.htm ] fish restaurant, The Little Ochie, is located in several huts on the beach, some made from the hulls of fishing boats with thatched roofs. It has expanded to seat several hundred and attracts a clientele from far and wide, including some tourist tours.

References

External links

* [http://www.outofbalance.org/days/2004/day040322.html Photo essay] on life in Alligator Pond, Jamaica


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