Marley Zion Bus Tour
Join us on the Marley Zion Bus Tour!
As we travel by bus through the Blue Mountains, you’ll see the natural beauty of a country and some of its people. You’ll see Nine Mile and Mount Zion, childhood home and final resting place of Bob Marley. You’ll see a man in a hole offering everyone who passes by a variety of items. You’ll also see the baby goat Dave Vann appropriately deemed, “so friggin’ cute.” “Thanks, Dave!”
As we wound up and down the mountain roads, the constant air horn our driver would employ to let the rest of the island know we were coming around the bend was both reassuring and, at times, scary as hell. But it could not distract from the fact that, as we headed into the heart of the real Jamaica, the disparity between rich and poor in this country was becoming more and more obvious.
Once we arrived at Nine Mile, we split up into two groups and, interestingly, both tour guides were named “Captain Crazy.” Go figure. I’m pretty sure the one you’ll see here has perfected the “crazy.”
Video isn’t exactly allowed on Mount Zion. I did my best to bring you a few key moments, but there was no way I was messing with the karma of filming Bob’s mausoleum - which seemed even more off limits than the rest, as this was the one area to also forbid still photography. Though you will see the building’s exterior.
As the video pans across the top of Mount Zion, you’ll see the three buildings we toured. The Bob Marley mausoleum is the second, taller, white building with a few folks waiting to go inside. Bob’s childhood home, who’s interior you do see in the video, is the smaller, stone house. The final resting place of Bob’s mother, Cedella Marley Booker, is the third building you’ll see off to the left of the shot. If you have the chance to visit Jamaica, you’ve got to go to Nine Mile for yourself. It’s truly spiritual.
There’s another stop you can make while up in the mountains of Jamaica, and Marc Brownstein was kind enough to bargain, and pay for, passage to “the fields” for our entire group. You’ll see everyone begin to ascend the hills that would take us there, and that’s where we leave you.
The various Bob Marley songs you’ll hear were coming through the stereo on the bus and were recorded along with the video. Our guide would point out scenery that served as inspiration for a given song, or tell us the stories behind the tunes as he DJ’d. And, at times, he seemed almost compelled to provide a little vocal support (though Bob Marley may be the last one who needs it).
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