21/07/2021
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๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ & ๐ผ๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ [๐๐๐ซ๐]
In Negril and looking for something unique to do?
A 30 minute drive through the prettiest country roads take you up almost 300 feet above sea level to Moreland Hill, where you will find yourself smack dab in the middle of a nature reserve. But what will surprise you is amount of local art hidden away up there, it's a ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐จ๐จ.
The property spans over 4,000 ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ with the most amazing views.
Over 40 sculptures, carved from stone found on Moreland Hill, are embeded in the the landscape and tell great stories. The artist, ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฎ "๐๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฎ" ๐๐ช๐จ๐จ๐๐ก๐ก comes from Orange Hill, Westmoreland.
Countless paintings, drawings and wood carvings. I was not expecting it, it blew me away! We learned that most of the paintings were done by ๐ฝ๐ง๐ช๐๐ ๐ผ๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ, a man originally from St. Elizabeth who grew up in Hanover.
The owner Ricky, also from Orange Hill, bought the historical rum and sugar estate over 30 years ago and began planting trees. He ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ 600,000 ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ณ, all varieties, you name it. It was Ricky's dream to own a rainforest!
Upon leaving, Jonas noticed a house perched up on a side road and in true fashion we went to explore.
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We bucked up on ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐ช๐๐ ๐ผ๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ. We chatted for a while, watching Bruce in action and learning all about the ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฎ'๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ & ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ.
Plantation owner, John Wetherburn, ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ & ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง 50,000 slaves he called "wild men". He brought them there to train (tame) them & then sold them for more $. This was also the ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ in Jamaica because they were so deep in the country no one knew until many, many years later.
What a history lesson!
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๐จTo see the ๐๐ง๐ฉ check ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ
๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐?
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๐ค๐ฝ for reminding me about this bucket list place.
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