Floyd's Pelican Bar

Floyd's Pelican Bar is situated off the southern coast of Jamaica on a....

....cay, an area of coral which may or may not poke its head above sea level, so it can only be reached by boat or, I suppose, by helicopter.

The structure is built up from mangrove poles hammered into the coral platform, with planks which probably washed up on local beaches as a floor and a palm-thatch roof. It's probably wrecked each time there's a tropical storm and simply rebuilt when the winds have died.

It's a harmless tourist attraction, boasting a couple of marijuana plants in tubs round the back and....

....the most comfortless bar area I have ever seen. On the day we visited we were the only drinkers, and the place had an air of damp neglect.

It's the sort of place one drops in on, has a couple of Red Stripes, uses a felt-tip to sign one of the flags to prove one has passed by, and then one promises oneself never to return.