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As you drive northeast from Black River, you'll reach an intersection directing you north for Montego Bay or east towards Santa Cruz and Mandeville. Head east and you'll soon pass Middle Quarters , a small crossroads where groups of women sell spicy, salty and delicious pepper shrimp from the Black River - perfect to add to your picnic if you're heading to the YS waterfall. Feel free to sample from the proffered bags before you buy, and reckon on around J$100 for a small bag (you're likely to get fresher fare from the roadside bar just beyond the crossroads). Shortly after Middle Quarters, a left turn takes you two and a half miles north to YS , an area dominated by the YS farm , home of the magnificent YS Falls. The name is thought to derive from the farm's original owners in 1684, John Yates and Richard Scott, whose initials were stamped on their cattle and the hogsheads of sugar that they exported. Today the 2300-acre farm raises pedigree red poll cattle - a Jamaican breed that you'll see all over the country - and grows papaya for export. The YS Falls , a series of ten greater and lesser waterfalls, are great fun (Tues-Sun 9.50am-3.30pm; US$12). A jitney transports you across the farm's land and alongside the YS river to a grassy area at the base of the falls, where there's a changing room. You can climb up the lower falls or take the wooden stairway that leads to a platform beside the uppermost and most spectacular waterfall. There are ropes for aspiring Tarzans and pools for bathing at the foot of each fall. If water levels are low, you can also swim under the main falls and climb up into a cave behind them. Early morning is a good time to go, before the afternoon clouds set in and the tour buses arrive. Take a picnic and a book and you can comfortably spend a few hours loafing around on the grass and in the water. Cold beers and soft drinks are available nearby. A car is extremely handy if you're heading for the falls, as they're a little off the beaten track, but if you're relying on public transport, buses run along the main A2 highway south of YS between Black River and Santa Cruz. Ask the driver to drop you at the junction, and you can usually find taxis waiting to run passengers up to the YS farm - make sure you negotiate a price before you get in (around J$150 is standard).
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