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North of the Blue Mountains, Portland is rightfully touted as the most beautiful of Jamaica's parishes - a rain-drenched land of luscious foliage, sparkling rivers and pounding waterfalls. Small-scale Port Antonio is the largest settlement, a relaxed country town with some inexpensive accommodation options. East of town lie a string of fabulous beaches and swimming spots, including the lovely Blue Lagoon. If you head into the interior, you can be poled down the Rio Grande on a bamboo raft or hike through the rainforest along the centuries-old trails of the Windward Maroons. An increasing number of visitors are venturing east of Port Antonio for the even more laid-back pleasures of Long Bay - with a growing young travellers' scene and the best surf in Jamaica - while the roadside vendors in Boston Bay offer some of the best jerk pork in the country in a lovely oceanside setting.
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