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Day 1:

• Fly into Montego Bay
• Make sure you have your passport! You cannot board the plane without it!

Day 2:
(Montego Bay)

• Arrive at 12noon and check in to Wexford Hotel or similar
• Guided Walking Tour with Museum Visit of Sam Sharpe Square, Jail House, and Resistance Monument
• Analyzing the Images of Jamaica for the American tourist
• Welcome Dinner with guests speaking on “Montego Bay: behind the tourist image”

Day 3:
(Montego Bay)

• Breakfast – Sam Sharpe Square Report out: Images Report Out
• Visit to Rose Hall Great House slave plantation
• Tour of Green Grotto Caves, site of slave resistance and geographical wonder
• Lunch on the go: Patties!
• Tour of Marcus Garvey’s Birthplace, Printing Press, and Library Monument
• Dr. Green, UNIA St. Anne’s President: “Who is Marcus Garvey?”
• Dinner at local restaurant “Sweetie” in Montego Bay with Mutabaruka

Day 4:
(Drive to Charlestown Maroon Community)

• Reggae Beach

Day 5:
(Charlestown)

• Community Welcome
• Guided Maroon History Museum Tour
• Maroon Drum and Dance session
• “African Healing Wisdom: Maroon Plant and Herb Medicine Workshop”
• Afternoon Swim in the river with the community
• Traditional Maroon Cook out with the community

Day 6:
(Charlestown/Port Antonio)

• Day Trip
• Panel: “Life in Jamaica for African People”
• Neighborhood Walking Tour in Port Antonio. Lead by our friends of the local community. Meet neighbors, professionals, shop owners and more as they talk about local political issues and concerns
• Walking tour to Monkey Island

Day 7:
(Charlestown)

• Somerset Waterfalls
• Visit to Winefred Beach the last “free access public beach” in Jamaica to learn about the communities fight to keep the beach open and free for the people
• Swim and relax at Winefred Beach

Day 8:
(Maroon Heritage)

• Maroon Heritage Hike at Cuna Cuna Pass in the Blue Mountains lead by the Bowden Pen Association of Environmental and Heritage protection
• Maroon Lecture in the Blue Mountains: Current Issues facing the Maroon People