Mabotolo ndi Mabungwe a Holetown, Barbados

Njira yoyamba ndi yachiwiri ku St. James ndi malo ochitira phwando

Ngati mukufuna kufufuza pang'ono - kapena zambiri-za usiku wa Barbados , malo oti ukhalepo ali pa Njira Yoyamba ndi Yachiwiri ku Holetown, kasinthidwe ka misewu ya akavalo yomwe ili yochepa koma yaikulu pa malo okwera kuti amwe madzi mverani nyimbo.

Tinayamba (ndipo tinatsiriza) usiku wina pa Lexy's Piano Bar kumapeto kwa Second Avenue, malo amdima akugwedeza, monga dzina limatanthawuzira, nyimbo ya piyano, ndikuyamikira usiku uno wa Frankie Golden, yemwe amadziwika ngati "choyambirira" "wosewera, mmodzi-amodzi" osewera piyano.

Golden imasewera padziko lonse, kuphatikizapo ku Spinnaker Beach Club ku Panama City, Florida ndi ku Ulaya konse. Mnyamatayo ndi chisokonezo, akutseketsa nyimbo zakale ndi zatsopano, ndikutsogolera gululo ndikuimba ndi kuvina.

Si malo akulu kwambiri kotero kuti anthu ndi nyimbo zimadzaza danga, ndi barani kumbali imodzi ndi kukhala pansi. Kupambana kwabwino, ngati mukufuna kumvetsera zokambirana za anthu omwe muli nawo, ndi kukhala panja pa tchalitchi chaching'ono. Koma izi sizinaimitse mzere wa conga womwe unapanga mkati kuchoka kunja, kumbali ya patio ndi kumbuyo, nyimbo za golide zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta. Ndi malo osangalatsa kwambiri ndipo malo amodzi mwa chigawo chokhala ndi mapepala angapo.

Tidakumananso ndi malo otsetsereka a Oasis pafupi ndi pangodya, malo ena amdima, okongoletsedwa bwino omwe ali ndi bar, wakuda, mitengo ya kanjedza ndi zomera zina zomwe zimakula mumphepete mwa dothi mkati mwake, pamwamba pa denga, (ndi mthunzi wotsalira, ngati muli wokonzeka kuigwiritsa ntchito), bedi lamtundu wokhala pamtunda akukhala ponseponse, kumverera kwathunthu kwa malo kumadzulo kwa Middle East, kuphatikizapo ma hookahs angapo pa alumali kumbuyo kwa bar.



Nyimboyi imaperekedwa ndi DJ, ndikumveka mokondweretsa ndipo ndi malo abwino kumene anthu am'mudzi ndi alendo akuphatikiza. Ndi mdima, mwinamwake mogunda komanso mogometsa, mwa njira yake. Anthu amasonkhana kutsogolo kuti amasute pamsewu wokhotakhota pomvera lamulo lopanda fodya, koma utsi umangodumphira kupyolera pamagolo kutsogolo kwa bar.

Ziribe kanthu, zonsezi zimawonjezera ku chithumwa. Onani pa http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Oasis-Bar-Barbados/147390205284502

Lachisanu Usiku ndi Nthawi Yoyamba ku Holetown

Mgwirizano wanga wokondedwa wa Holetown uyenera kukhala Coco Bongo ku First Avenue, wotsegulidwa mu November 2010 ndi Jim Dunne, wogwira ntchito ku Britain yemwe anaona malowa kukhala mwayi watsopano. Amatchulidwa pambuyo pa bwalo la filimu ya Jim Carrey ya 1994 "Mask," ndi malo okongola kwambiri okhala ndi slate yofiira komanso green-trim bar, makoma okongola, okhala ndi mipando yambiri, ndi Keisha, yemwe akutsogolera omwe amakupatsani zakumwa ngati Mabotolo a mabenki, a brew ammudzi, ndikuuzeni za chilumba chake. Amapereka nyimbo patsiku Loweruka, Karaoke pa Lachitatu ndipo amatumikira chakudya ndithu mwachilengedwe, monga pies wodzazidwa ndi tchizi, steak ndi impso, ndi ng'ombe ndi anyezi.

Zina mwazidzidzidzi zozembera zikhomo zikanakhala The Mews, zomwe akundiuza kuti ndi malo odyera okongola kwambiri, komanso ndi masewera olimbitsa thupi a continental komanso kumene, patatha maola ambiri, galimoto yokondweretsa imatentha usiku. Ditto kwa Spago, yotchedwa chakudya cha ku Italiya ndi zosangalatsa zamkatikati sabata, ndi velanda lalikulu pamsewu pamtunda wovomerezeka kwa anthu. Fufuzani pa www.spagobarbados.com

Ngakhale kuti sindinalipange mkati, ndimakonda kunja kwa One Love Bar, malo opangidwa ndi buluu ndi a chikasu omwe anthu amasonkhana mkati ndi kunja, ndipo Angry Annie, wotchuka ndi nthiti zake, kapena akunena chizindikirocho kunja.



Ngati mupita ku mipiringidzo pano, kumbukirani kuti Lachisanu usiku ndilo lovuta kwambiri, mipiringidzo yambiri, nyimbo ikulira. Ndinapita Lachisanu ndi Loweruka usiku (hey, kafukufuku, mukudziwa) ndipo kusiyana kunali usiku ndi usana, ndi Loweruka usiku pokhala wozizwitsa wakufa usiku watha. Ingoyenda ndi kuthamanga kwanuko, ine ndikuwoneka, ndipo ngati mukufuna kuthamanga, pitani Lachisanu, ngati mukufuna kugona pansi ndi osasamala, Loweruka ndibetu yabwino kwambiri, ngakhale kuti mipiringidzo yambiri imayandikira msanga. Ndipo kutsekedwa pano kumatanthawuza kwambiri nthawi iliyonse, koma pali kanyumba kanyumba kunja kwa malo omwe akudikira kukubwezerani ku hotelo yanu, ma cabs makamaka magalimoto oyendetsa galimoto, osungidwa ndi oyera.

Holetown anali tawuni yoyamba ku Barbados, ndipo anapeza ndi kunja kwa 1625 ndi Chingerezi Henry Powell, amene adawombera ndipo anapeza chilumbacho mwangozi.

Anabweranso zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake ndi anthu okhala m'deralo ndipo adatcha dera la Jamestown, pambuyo pake, King James I. Dzinali linatenga zaka ziwiri mpaka anthu ena obwera kwawo atabwera, ndipo chifukwa cha chidole chochokera kunyanja, adatcha dera la Holetown lomwe lidali lero . Ndilo tauni yaikulu kwambiri pazilumbazi.

Chinthu chofunika kuzikumbukira: Chikondwerero cha Barbados Holetown chikuchitika mu February chaka chilichonse kuyambira mu 1977 (mu 2011, chomwecho chidzakhala Feb. 13-20), ndikukondwerera mbiri yake, sabata la sabata komanso nyimbo, nyimbo, kuvina, zokamba za calypso, zikumbutso za chikumbutso, chiwonetsero ku malo odyera a Holetown, maulendo a basi, maulendo a mumsewu ndi anthu ogulitsa maluso, zamisiri, chakudya ndi zakumwa. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani ku http://www.holetownfestivalbarbados.com/

Chilumba chilichonse cha ku Caribbean chimakhala chosangalatsa, usana ndi usiku, ndipo dzuwa litapita ku Barbados, Holetown ndi imodzi mwa malo otentha kwambiri.