Exploring Jamaica’s BLUE MOUNTAIN’S 🇯🇲(HOLYWELL)

[@barbaralundie8457]

Another great Vlog PJ. Love the Blue mountains. By the way Louise Bennette is well known as Jamaican Folklorist, Poet, Singer, theatre Actress and Mother of Jamaican Culture, particularly language and would speak the Kings English on the one hand and patois on the other so she is a Jamaican Icon of language & Culture. Glad you have your tour guide with you from the past, By the way John-crow (Jann-kro) is the same as vulture. It's the Jamaican name for vulture,

[@poshhbyshan]

Blue mountain is located in 4 parishes St. Andrew, St. Thomas, Portland and St. Mary 😊

[@cash6627]

Those parishes border's Portland .They are not apart of Portland 🤔🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you

[@Narcissist-d6g]

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[@portiamarriott5513]

RIP Ms Lou

[@Yahmantv]

The Blue Mountains and Holywell Park are the perfect spots for exploring and camping. Great to see you got some local insights and had a memorable experience. Jamaica does have some of the best places for a getaway! 🇯🇲⛰🏕"

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Man Jamaica is a true gem!

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thanks for watching brotha 🫡

[@DeeDale937]

Ms Lou is one of Jamaica’s biggest poet

[@marcusmarcus3190]

@@DeeDale937 she's international

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Yes she is!

[@colleenhenry-bs6ij]

Where I was l living in Elletson Flats near to Papine, growing up I had a beautiful view of the Blue Mountains from my old house

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Wow you’re lucky lol

[@donaldking4439]

Thanks for visiting the blue mountains pojo that was an epic video 📹 my friend keep up the great 👍 work sir indeed

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you very much. Next time i go I’m hiking the whole thing bottom to top!

[@LindaDawkins-ux1vp]

The name of that orange flowering tree is Royal poincianna or Flamboyant tree. My favorite tree. Enjoying this video as usual. Thanks for sharing

[@nayahr740]

Mine too! Always wondered what it was called 😅

[@christibrown]

I don't think that's Poinciana. Poinciana flowers kinda blanket the tree more if that makes sense. That's donkey peepee as the tour guy/driver said - African Tulip. I hear it's used as eye drops

[@kberry]

Po'Jo I think your reading and understanding of our patois is quite impressive. I love how you know a little of our historic facts and you try to be in the know with everything. Great job as usual.😀

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

I try to research history on a country before i visit or while I’m there. I also enjoy learning about some history so it’s very cool for me haha

[@lamindy]

I've heard that there is a company that does Bike and Lunch tours of the Blue Mountains. They pick you up in Kingston and take you to the site. It's an easy bike route and you stop at a water falls for a quick dip. If you look them up, try to ask about the lunch menu before you go.

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Oh really imma check them out

[@lamindy]

@@PoJoTheBackPacker the one my sister did picked up folks at the Sovereign mall and took everyone up way above Hollywell. Then you bike downhill making stops at a lunch spot, a coffee farm for a tour with tastings, and a waterfall for a swim. She said you should find it if you Google ‘Blue Mountain Bicycle Tour’

[@DeeDale937]

Pojo great video 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I enjoyed it all

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@tywilliams3291]

Yayyyy a new video 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲watching 🥳

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Woowhoooo

[@JamaicanTribe]

@@PoJoTheBackPacker Good Job my friend. I usually tell my friends not to assume about Jamaica. Do your own research. Even ppl in Jamaica aren't very aware of Jamaica.

[@elturko1128]

Dude we don’t have that in USA. A charging station middle of nowhere. That’s awesome. That really is nuts

[@AlwaysJolly880]

I'm getting a journalism vibes Pojo🇯🇲 . Lovely panaromic views of the mountains it was a good tour. ❤yes the fireworks at night amazing your gonna miss it.

[@DeeDale937]

Oh yes

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Haha I’m trying.. might have to come back for those fireworks haha

[@AlwaysJolly880]

@PoJoTheBackPacker Your more then welcome . Return with the good 👍 vibration

[@nadiabrown9897]

POJO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SINCERE INTEREST AND VIDEOS IN AND OF MY 🇯🇲 YOU HAVE BEEN TO SO MANY PLACES THAT I HAVE ONLY SEEN ON TV OR IN DOCUMENTARIES. I KNOW OF THEM BUT NEVER EVER GOT THE CHANCE TO VISIT OR SEE THEM SO I AM HAPPY YOU GOT THE CHANCE HOPEFULLY ONE DAY WHEN I GO HOME I WILL VISIT A FEW OF THEM. YOUR PERSONALITY AND YOUR VIDEOS OF MY BEAUTIFUL JAMAICA IS VERY HUMBLING AND THERE IS ONLY ONE THING YOU NEED TO DO TO PUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE “SPEND CHRISTMAS THERE” THATS AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BE FOREVER IN YOUR HEART🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you for this comment

[@portiamarriott5513]

Glad you are doing this.

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you

[@elturko1128]

Sick view from that spot on mountain and a picturesque day

[@gloriathompson4010]

Another way of accessing the Blue Mountains is from Portland from Buff Bay up the valley past lovely coffee plantation to the old British military post. This was used by the British as a strategic post.

[@tywilliams3291]

Those views are amazing 🇯🇲🇯🇲💛you were made to do this 🙌🏾

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you I’m still learning 😂

[@EdA-ij3me]

Military graduation is held at Up Park Camp, the military headauarters, in Kingston.

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Ahhh see this is an answer i was looking for thank you for this

[@elturko1128]

Thank you for the Jamaica series bro. This video was very informative on a variety of things I didn’t know about Jamaica. I thought I knew the country and love dancehall and reggae, the food, and even lived in Caribbean. But you showed me in this series how little I know and just how special the country is. A must visit for sure 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@dwaynemillwood7133]

I have done cookouts with friends at Holywell and hiked to the waterfalls. It gets very cold in the mornings and late evening and gets very foggy.

[@hutchinsonjohnson2909]

Yes brother my Jamaica is freedom brother

[@Rnja4410]

You must do the sunrise in Blue Mountain.

[@onestopculturaltoursja]

Yes, I gave camped out at Holywell and walked to the falls the next day. An awesome experience ❤

[@pb8576]

The Poinciana tree has the reddish/orangish flowers. Love the vid.

[@elturko1128]

U were smiling the whole time on that mountain and said amazing at least 28 times :))) I can see why was so sick that spot that’s closed for now in Hollywell

[@pippiesroom4822]

We definitely need a part 2!!! You are not done my friend lol

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

U know I’m not done

[@brendabrown7803]

Pine trees are also the Manchester

[@mnqolivia]

Yes and in Clarendon. Bullhead Mountain in particular.

[@Shaedye]

Jamaica has one of the largest Irish diasporas in the world. Several people from Ireland came as indentured servants and many of them intermarried

[@gloriathompson4010]

Quite right. That's why most of us have Irish names

[@elturko1128]

I also saw video where the patois accent is meshed with the Irish. And I do hear the similarities. I never knew this about Jamaican history but makes sense with ties to the UK

[@NativeNomad10]

​@@gloriathompson4010 We have Irish name because they were the slave masters.

[@vonnie6390]

@@gloriathompson4010No, Jamaica doesn't have the largest Irish population as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, France, Spain, Chile, Germany, Barbados, Guyana, and then it's Jamaica

[@kaydenpat]

@@vonnie6390He said one of the largest - not the largest.

[@triniempress902]

I was too scared to go up those mountains after traversing the regular roads in Jamaica. Thanks for taking us up the Mountain it is absolutely beautiful.

[@onestopculturaltoursja]

Thankfully, there are a number of organisations offering a variety of tours up to the blue mountain. For me Eljay is the best as he resides up their and knows the terrain.

[@triniempress902]

@@onestopculturaltoursja thanks, I'll be sure to check them out on my next trip 👍🏾

[@MamaDukes4684]

Jamaica has a little bit of everything for everyone. ❤ Beautiful views.

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Yes it does

[@elturko1128]

Smart move to put that basketball hoop in front of the tree in case balls go over 😅 that’s a long way down to retrieve balls :)))

[@antoniaPrince]

Blue Brews Bistro is one of my fav spots. Definitely recommend you revisiting.

[@giniolamy]

Wow. what an adventure

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

It was a good day

[@Kofi.86]

Big up one stop culture Jamaica tours🔥 luv her energy

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Yessuhhh

[@Kofi.86]

Pojo the military also train in a place call Moneague in the hills parish St Ann same place where u find Ochi Rios

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Very interesting. I saw soldiers one day patrolling the roads but i forgot where i was at maybe Portland.. but yea its cool for me to see this type of stuff

[@Narcissist-d6g]

Near the teachers collage

[@Sandramundy]

Very delightful vlog! Worth the wait mate! 🇯🇲 Jamaica Nice!

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

I appreciate you Sandra 🫡

[@vonnie6390]

Jamaica🇯🇲 is beautiful ❤️when are you going to come to South America and visit the Amazon rainforest 🥰

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Which place ?

[@anthonystewart7675]

Hey pojo i have to correct ur guide...theres also pine trees in the hills of clarendon and manchester...in the center of the island.....two of the parishes that u didnt get to visit

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

I will visit them next time

[@Kofi.86]

Hey Pojo Ms lou carry our Jamaica language right around the globe

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

So I’ve been told

[@marciaservice6396]

Awesome video Pojo, love it❤

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you so much 😄

[@tywilliams3291]

Black coffee is the best lol.yes Bustelo is popular here in NYC ☕️Great video 🎥

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Yea i know New York got the bustelo 😂 that’s my moms favorite yo

[@fahreid3085]

👍🇯🇲

[@chickiepup]

Beautiful and informative Po’Jo.. thank you for your excellent videos of 🇯🇲

[@anthonystewart7675]

You said bring your own food ..not only that...bring a jacket and a blanket because it gets cooooolllld at nights...

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

lol that’s true

[@elgranjero2284]

Another quality video. Thank you Pojo. I took drink my coffee black but maybe that's because I only started drinking coffee when I migrated to the USA. One Love Pojo.

[@Tisma_Zelner]

Absolutely loved this one! Thanks for finally going and giving us insight on Blue Mountain Love coffee with French vanilla creamer and sweet n low

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Yes i need to do a full hike next time

[@carolfarquharson-smith3650]

Awesome stuff

[@clairehall8518]

So glad you went to Blue Mountain Peak, just watched the video. Regarding the blue mountain coffee the coffee is creamy rich and delicious. You can drink it any way, drink it strong and black, which means no milk, cream or sugar like you had it, cream and two sugar or coffee and condensed milk ( sweet milk) yummy my fav with the condensed milk, hot or cold. The condensed milk is fattening though. yes expensive to go there for one the roads are extremely bad to drive on, it's like a mini tourist resort as back in the day people who were writers or very rich went there as a mini short relaxing break they had second homes there. Very quiet cool calm area hence expensive. Yes cafe blue is extremely popular but food coffee and cakes are good. They have a cafe blue in Liganea souverign plaza. It's a branch of it. Been there two years ago. You can go through the army camp and you can camp out and also see them training. Loads of land slides etc. so soldiers help clear the roads. See you are passing the military. When you go over the next parish you will see loads of little rivers you have to pay use to be free but they put locks on because people drink eat and throw the rubbish there. We pay for water in Jamaica we have serious droughts there hence water lock offs etc. You have to be extremely fit and have plenty of time to walk the actual peak.

[@viviennecampbell2084]

Black coffee ☕️ ♥️ is the best way to try coffee. You get the whole array of flavours PoJo, your videos are top tier, im Jamaican and proud to be a subscriber to your channel ❤❤❤❤ Thanks

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Yes i only drink coffee black

[@marcusmarcus3190]

Folklore has it that in 1723, King Louis XV of France sent three coffee plants to his colony in Martinique. En route, two of the plants died. The third plant was brought to Jamaica in 1728 by former Governor, Sir Nicholas Lawes,it was a gift to jamaica

[@christibrown]

The tree at the end is African Tulip, locally called Donkey PeePee. Not to be confused with the Flamboyant/Poinciana

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Very interesting

[@JamaicanTribe]

Manchester has pine trees too. Jamaica has a lot of mountain ranges in Jamaica. The highest alt) city is probably Mandeville..

[@garfieldtaylor5250]

You would have to book long in advance for a cabin especially if it's for a weekend , you'll have a better luck for during the week because they are mostly occupied during weekends

[@davidh6894]

Black Blue Mountain Coffee is the best

[@honeyjbaybay]

Catching the replay 💯❤

[@Kofi.86]

Pojo that tree with the pretty flowers that the guy told u he's right in Jamaica we call it donkey pee pee the blossoms on it carries a liquid that his good for any eye sickness glaucoma and many more u can look it up

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

So much to learn about this country i love that!

[@florencechin6509]

Great Vlog! I love the way you love Jamaica! Just wait until you visit the Rivers and Waterfalls❗️ You will have weeks and weeks of Vlogs Until next time❗️.............................

[@patriciamartin7166]

Cup of blue mountains coffee in London is £50 P0 j0

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Jesus here in the states it’s expensive as well

[@marcusmarcus3190]

Yes there more base St mary my place Big up i see them omce im a while walking upthen you have Mandeville, montego bay,

[@a-bd1216]

Irish Town and the Cooperage in the hills of St. Andrew, was named after the Irish settlers who were coopers and lived in Irish town settlement. In the mid-17th century, after the English took Jamaica in 1655, the Irish population temporarily outnumbered the African population due to the large number of Irish indentured servants brought in by the British, before the transatlantic slave trade expanded overtime. KFC is manmade processed food, coffee comes from the earth can't compare the two. I have spent most of my Summers in Miami and i know how Cubans take their coffee, this is alien to many Jamaicans it's almost as if the coffee is incomplete without sugar and milk.

[@christibrown]

Love how you love my island. Big up yuh self PoJo! 🇯🇲❤

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you very much i appreciate u

[@PatDCMr]

Didn’t know you were Marine. Semper Fi Devil. Anyway I’ve been trying to make my way to Dub Club for years, I’ve the vibe is nice. Also, Cafe Blue has some of the best oxtails I’ve ever had.

[@tmoore7049]

Another great adventure PoJo. The views are amazing!❤

[@wiltonmcdonald2399]

What are you ego me PoJo!! I am going to Jamaica the land of my birth in October cannot wait to be there. Enjoy!!

[@iriemarley]

I watched your entire Jamaica series. You define fake it till ya make it. Best way to learn. Keep chasing the adventure. Great job!

[@anthonystewart7675]

Out houses are still located in jamaica now pojo..way less than before but still exists in the deep rural areas

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Yea back home rural areas use them too

[@janicegrizzle2478]

Second🎉

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you

[@marcusmarcus3190]

yes this is not finish i want you to go to the peek you would be in the clouds and its very very windy up there just dont go to the edge of the cliff

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Sorry to let you down 😂

[@marcusmarcus3190]

@@PoJoTheBackPacker 😂🤣

[@cjairo]

I think LJ was my driver up the same route! Awesome views.

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

@@cjairo big up

[@kaj-kaj-3345]

Im 420 @ 820am on the flats 😅🔥 only tu find this perfect vid of my fav highest ✈️ peak tu hike up...thanks PJ & LJ for da tour 🥶🙏🏾

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

I’m 420 rn while replying to ur comment enjoy 🫡

[@firstnamelastname4890]

3rd🎉

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you firstnamelastname4890

[@ClaesClarke]

Jamaica as tons of places with pine trees tons

[@marvafrancis8524]

Next time, try get to the top of the mountain..its mind blowing.

[@B_876]

Black coffee ☕️

[@ClaesClarke]

Sir po. Jo. You cannot drive to the blue mountain peak it's close to 8000 feet above sea level and always cold .

[@gray-u6x]

Yo, Pojo the tree in this video is called a "Royal Poinciana"

[@anthonystewart7675]

Pojo the rastafari settlement ur seeing is not bobo hill that chrismuslist went to...thats a different one called school of vision rasta camp....bobo hill is actually on the other side of the hill with the marl pit...that white dug out area...way out in the distance....closer to the airport

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

@@anthonystewart7675 thank you for this

[@elturko1128]

Spoken like a true marine “I only drink black coffee” :)))

[@marcusmarcus3190]

Yes japanese are the main buyers if blue mountain coffey the main export,thats where the money is made,you can easily buy blue mountain coffey everywhere its even in Wal-Mart and west indian storea in North America and England even Dubai,

[@marvafrancis8524]

👏👏👏Thank you for sharing..❤❤this video do u ting pojo 10 outa 10

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Thank you very much!

[@marissabundy5294]

I’m with you, I drink my coffee black.. 😏

[@elturko1128]

What a beautiful place to train for military. Could think of worse spots for sure

[@cjairo]

I zoomed in on the cost of coffee. Not bad. I was charged around 6 USA dollars on some side coffee shop. I just paid it but felt ripped off. Starbucks cost of a fancy drink.

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Yea idn…. Number one coffee in the world for me is Vietnamese coffee and Cuban cafecito…. So normally i don’t drink anything else.. I’d like to get some official blue mountain coffee tho i think this was water down

[@cjairo]

@@PoJoTheBackPackeryeah I did not want to initially down the coffee there. But I don’t think they give tourists good coffee as a benefit of the doubt. But yeah I’ve had better coffee in Puerto Rico and Costa Rica and living in Florida I can get almost any coffee.

[@giniolamy]

You need a good Jeep 🚙 wrangler to go up that hill

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

No joke lol

[@cnote3295]

My guy.. what kind of camera 🎥 you filming with..?

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

I use a GoPro 12

[@Rnja4410]

Check out Diplo’s place

[@arleenbrown9039]

Those Jamaica mountain, country roads are not nice at night, no lights. Winding narrow roads with a sheer drop, can't see around the corner

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Oh I’ve been going down them at night it gets scary haha

[@bennettstephenson9090]

so what do expect of an country Road? it's just like all country roads in the world so please.

[@GabrielJoule-r4e]

Irwin Camp

[@iammcgaw-zi6vs]

why dont you buy a house and make jamaica your second home?

[@MamaDukes4684]

I have a strong feeling Jamaica is very much his vibe and wouldn't be surprised if he made a second home on the island. But it's about 🤑.

[@ClaesClarke]

I don't think you could have made it to the peak lol

[@pippiesroom4822]

Omg my comment deleted 😩

[@elturko1128]

YT hates us

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Oh no!

[@ClaesClarke]

Next time go to the peak maybe you scared lol

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Said scared lol clearly doesn’t know me

[@marcusmarcus3190]

A young souldiers was killed like 3 days ago he was not experienced he got set up,hes too friendly you cant be Friendly when you're a souldier thats a police work,he gave this girl he was talking to in the ghetto area they use her ti get to him he walked by the middle if the alley of the streets and got abush and shit in the face,he was 20 when you're in a area known to be danger you cant walk by your self you need someone thats experienced and older to walk with you,so now they are in trouble to leave him,and now the criminals have the souldiers number since they took his phone making threats to older souldiers on whatsapp,many of these souldiers joined for the wrong reason to get girls,not known the Danger of the streets if your nit from that area

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Wow that’s sad

[@BlackAfrikan]

Why’s Ms. Lou not a national heroine ⁉️🤔🤔🤔

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

What?

[@BackRoadStoneRevival]

No place like The Caribbean.

[@Kofi.86]

Pojo nextime u here try link up with Colaz Smith Tv and also Top lodge all You Tubers

[@DeeDale937]

Oh yes definitely with Colaz Smith

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Yes i will

[@PoJoTheBackPacker]

Okay I’ll reach out

[@marvafrancis8524]

Next time, try get to the top of the mountain..its mind blowing.