We found the ultimate Caribbean beach bar (It’s made of driftwood and a mile offshore)
By Less than a mile off Jamaica’s southwest shore (literally in the middle of the water—Google Map it!) sits the humble wooden bar of your beachside hangout dreams, Floyd’s Pelican Bar. The handcrafted structure, built from driftwood and palm fronds by local fisherman Floyd Forbes, rises about three feet above Parottee Bay’s turquoise waters on lean, tree trunk-turned posts. It’s like a jungle hut sent out to sea.
Once inside the round, surprisingly spacious one-room hut, order a Red Stripe, Jamaica’s renowned local brew, or a rum cocktail. While sipping your drink or digging into an order of freshly caught fish grilled onsite, take a closer look at the flags, license plates, and t-shirts tacked to rafters and support poles by Floyd’s veterans, not to mention the names, dates, and occasional heart carved into the weather planks that make up the floor.
