Port Royal

We spent a day in Kingston and Port Royal. Port Royal was a safe harbor for pirates and a shipping center back in the day. There was an earthquake in 1692 and half of the town was suddenly under water. Chris and I were hoping to dive here and see the sunken town but we couldn't ever figure out how. You had to have special permits and we couldn't find anyone who knew anything about it. Maybe next time.

This is what is left of the fort there.

Chris with a beloved cannon. (Not this cannon in particular, just cannons in general.)

Keenyn wandering.

Holding up the tree. It was huge and more than 100 years old.


Our group. It was really hot this day and there wasn't a lot of shade. Cool history though.

Keenyn with a drink doing more wandering.


The Giddy house. This house is left from the earthquake but it is obviously tipped.
The boys trying to get to the other side. As soon as you stepped into the house you automatically walked to the low side. It was hard to walk straight. It was pretty weird.

More pictures to show how tipped it was. It really was like a fun house mirror or something.



More cannons. There were a lot of them. Most of them aren't original, they have been borrowed from other forts in Jamaica.

Another reason why Chris loved Port Royal, no one could try to sell us anything.

A Navy cemetery outside of Port Royal.

This day really made me realize how much effort our country puts into restoring and honoring our history. We have much to be grateful for in this country.

There aren't any pirate artifacts left. I guess the English destroyed everything years ago that even resembled being from a pirate. They wanted to totally get rid of them. I guess I can't blame them but it's sad to not have anything from that part of history.