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Recipe for Making Millions:
Take a naturally beautiful series of waterfalls leading to the ocean,
Add entrepreneurial spirit, carved footholds and wooden walkways,
Sprinkle liberally with tourists and their ever-welcome dollars,
Bake in the Jamaican sun until profits rise.
Welcome to Jamaica's Dunn River Falls, where nature's beauty has been transformed into an international tourist attraction. Long ago I'd fallen in love with the serene pictures I'd seen of this place. When I finally had opportunity to visit, I found a very different scene beyond the frame.
The falls are amazing, but far from serene. Hundreds of people are climbing them, holding hands in guided groups or ignoring the signage to venture off on their own. Folks pay a fair chunk of ca$h for the opportunity and rent water shoes to help stick to the rocks. It's Jamaica's answer to the North American waterpark: great, wet, summer fun... with a somewhat higher risk factor.
This slow exposure shows a father helping his kid up the rocks and only the vague ghosts of all the others passing through.
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