This is Jamaica, but not as the high-volume tourist business usually markets it. Jakes is a collection of suites, cottages and villas in the village of Treasure Beach, part of the out-of-the-way and still-unspoiled south-coast parish of St Elizabeth.
Gallery: the quieter side of Jamaica
TO GO WITH STORY SLUGGED: TRAVEL JAMAICA TREASURE--A boy dives into a swimming pool at Jake\'s Place hotel on Treasure Beach, Jamaica, March 31, 2000. A ramshackle fishing area on Jamaica\'s southeast coast, Treasure Beach attracts an array of visitors from fashion models to penniless backpackers, who out of preference or poverty avoid more upscale alternatives. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Published Aug 13, 2012
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