This is the coolest story. One of my long time blog readers whom I’d never spoken to before July, contacted me because she knew she’d be in Jamaica at the same time as me. We decided to make arrangements to link up and meet for the first time. Turns out her birthday was during our trip and it also turns out that I was already planning a party at a friend’s bar in Ocho Rios, and had a Canadian sound crew coming to Jamaica with me. Some very good friends of mine from Canada, known...
This post is promoting a great show I’ll be attending and covering on July 24. If you’ll be in the Kingston area you should definitely come up the mountain and check it out! Click on the flyer below for the full size and see all the great entertainment who will be playing and dancing there. And the show is featuring my personal friends from Ontario, Canada – URBAN DK sound. CLICK TO SEE FULL SIZE FLYER The event is in Irish Town, St Andrew. I’ve never been up there but...
Singing Jamaicans If there’s one thing I know about Jamaicans, they are NOT shy! They’re all up for performing any time, whether it be dancing, singing or any other form of putting themselves out there. I love this about them. What I’ve also learned is that even though 99% of them can dance like there’s no tomorrow, they can’t all sing LOL!! Still doesn’t stop them from trying. A couple of friends I stayed with in Negril are perfect examples of the fact that even...
Jerk Festivals I stumbled upon the Hanover Jerk Festival by accident after meeting a couple locals in Negril. These guys I met at a nightclub one night invited me to the town of Lucea for the festival the next night. Of course I say YES! I would have never known about it otherwise, and after seeing that I was the only white person there, apparently not many tourists know about it. Lucea is about a 40 minute drive from Negril and we arrived at the festival around 11pm. It was already packed?unusual...
Reggae Sumfest Review I have two words to say about Reggae Sumfest – JUST GO!!!!!!! I’ve attended Sumfest twice so far, in 2006 and 2008. They both had one major thing (and a lot of minor things) in common. The major thing – WEAR ORTHOPEDIC SHOES! Or if you don’t have any, just wear flip flops but be prepared to endure! Or bring a chair to sit on during breaks. Okay now onto all the great stuff! Reggae Sumfest is the best entertainment I’ve ever seen, next to Busta...
Karaoke in Jamaica By far one of the most entertaining venues I’ve ever experienced in Jamaica! I’ll tell you how we ended up there and things you’ll want to know about being there. On a Tuesday night in Ocho Rios, my friend and I wanted to find something to do. It was after 10pm and we decided to start walking down the dark, winding road from our guest house to a main street. (Not advisable alone). We know from experience that when you have nothing to do all you need is a...
