One of the highlights of the annual event calendar is the Flynn Flim Festival (no, that’s not a typo, it’s a play on words) (contact the Errol Flynn marina, cell tel.
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Royal Mall is a surreal building with a mosaic of facades built by the late Sigi Fahmi, who’s also responsible for one of the area’s most atrocious buildings, the Jamaica Palace Hotel. Its construction evokes an assortment of European styles, with several shops inside, a few of them worth checking out.
Sportsman’s Toy Box (Shop #28, tel. 876/715-4542, 9 a.m.5 p.m Mon.Fri.) sells diving and fishing equipment.
Portland Jerk Festival Office offers fax and photocopy services when it is in operation, typically the six months prior to the festival.
Hamilton’s Bookstore (24 West St., contact co-owner Avarine Moore, tel. 876/993-9634, 9 a.m.7 p.m Mon.Sat.) has a small but decent selection of Jamaican folk books and cookbooks.
A&G Record Mart (4 Blake St., contact Janet cell tel. 876/488-1593 or 876/427-8766, 10 a.m.9 p.m Mon.Sat.) has a great selection of CDs, DVDs, LP singles and complete albums, 45s, and 33s. Gospel, R&B, dancehall, reggae, soul, soca, and calypso are well represented.
Carder Park is the community football field across the road from East Harbour that comes alive for several family-fun events throughout the year, like the dominos championship.
Folly Oval is the town’s cricket pitch and where the schools practice sports; it extends along the edge of East Harbour. The large field hosts the annual Portland Jerk Festival.
Island Massage Therapy & Yoga (US$90/per hour for massage) is led by Barbara Gingerich, who is both a certified massage therapist and yoga instructor. Barbara holds sessions in a studio at her house and on her large veranda, which has a stunning view of the sea and gardens.
Pellew Island is a private island, given, as the legend has it, by industrial magnate and famed art collector Baron Von Thyssen to supermodel Nina Dyer, one of his many brides, as a wedding gift in 1957. Nina Dyer committed suicide some five years later, and Von Thyssen himself died in 2002.
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