Some tropical beauty Jamaican style .
These pictures are from the White river which divides the St Mary and St Ann parishes in Ocho Rios.
Ocho Rios means eight rivers named by the Spanish in the 1600's.
This cool clear water runs from a mountain down to the sea.
Its called the White River because it flows over a limestone bed and appears white. Makes sense to me.
The river is surrounded by lush tropical plants on both banks.
It has lots of fountain displays of giant Bamboo shooting up perhaps 50-60 feet as in this picture.
Arch bridge over the river built by the Spanish in the 1600's. It is still standing after 300 years.The arch construction is an amazingly strong way to build a structure as the Spanish demonstrate.
Bet I couldn't get a permit here in South Florida to build this today.
And lastly Bromeliads growing wild in the tree branches.The Bromeliads attach themselves with their roots. They get moisture and nourishment through the air.
This was the last picture before I explored "Flipping Rapids". Appropriately named as my raft proceeded to flip depositing my camera and I in the White River. The camera didn't recover from being submerged but the memory card survived.
Great adventure.
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