Turn up the bass, turn down the lights and grab ya gyal fa wine up…here are a few of the latest songs hottin up the dance hall right now: Popcaan. Dig the leopard-print cardigan! Di Genius. About…let’s see…a girl bouncing her butt! Original. Mavado. Says it’s her destiny. http://youtu.be/LUfdegol9ag Of course, Vybz Kartel. Official song [...]
The nightlife in Bluefields is one of the most interesting/dangerous/fun aspects of visiting the city. Interesting as you find yourself as a curious anthropologist studying the people, the dancing and the beer, dangerous because you feel like you are in the wrong part of town regardless of where you go and fun because the nights are [...]
…continued from part 1 YATAMA: Sons of Mother Earth The next day we went on a mission to find some cool souvenirs and decided on YATAMA shirts. YATAMA is the political party of the Miskito Indians and they hold a very strong presence in the area. We made our way to the house of the [...]
“Hey man, where is the party at tonight,” I ask him in Spanish. “Well, you can go to Lala’s, then to Cima Club, then to 4 Brothers,” he tells me while deftly weaving through traffic and pedestrians in his taxi. I asked him knowing the answer, but I had new friends in tow who were [...]
Test your dance knowledge! Can you place the popular dance move with the correct dancers? Rubba bounce Gansta rock Hoola hoop Dutty wine Holiday Signal da plane Wine an go down Back it up Thunderclap Tatty Bad man forward, bad man pull up Tek wit yuhself Hot wuk Clean sweep Nuh linguh Rasta dude watchin [...]
That’s what the woman in pink said to me at the bar this evening. “It was dat dem teef you, now dem teef you den kill you.” She was referring to the murder that happened last week. The owner of a small restaurant was found dead in her home. She had been raped and strangled [...]
Casey, that's who. I have been living on the Caribbean coast since 2008. I love introducing people to this little part of the world!
