Alligator Pond is a fishing village on the southwestern coast of Jamaica in the parish of Saint Elizabeth.
Unlike the tourist-oriented coasts in the northern part of the country, Alligator Pond's shoreline is as much about work as play; here fishermen launch their boats to catch some of the island's best-regarded fish while women conduct the wholesale business of the catch. Weather-worn cookshops and bars line the sand's edge, supplying food staples such as curried goat and Red Stripe beer.
Read more about Alligator Pond: Geography, The Little Ochie
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