The main route east out of Kingston, Windward Road, follows the coastline. It scythes through an industrial zone of oil tanks and a cement works that towers over the ruined defensive bastion of Fort Rock - now the Rockfort Mineral Baths, where you can take a therapeutic soak for J$700.

A mile or so further on, turning right at the roundabout takes you on to the Palisadoes, a narrow ten-mile spit of land that leads out past the international airport to the ancient city of Port Royal, from where it's a short hop to the tiny island of Lime Cay.

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