Discovery Bay is thought to be the first landing point of Christopher Columbus in Jamaica. In 1494, the famous explorer landed here and named it Puerto Seco (Dry Harbor), because he couldn’t find any potable water nearby. Although the town has been renamed, Puerto Seco Beach still bears tribute to this history. In Discovery Bay, visitors can explore Columbus Park, an open-air museum where they will find artifacts like a water wheel, cannons, a tally used for counting bananas (just like in the song…), and a canoe used by the Arawak people, who were indigenous to South America and the Caribbean. Movie fans will also enjoy the Kaiser Bauxite Plant, where scenes from the movie Cool Runnings were filmed.

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