An excellent evening at the Jungle Monkey hostel...

 

When Ozell and I were in Port St. John's, we stayed at a hostel called The Jungle Monkey.  It lived up to it's name because one evening when we were sitting on the rooftop deck enjoying the views of the river and coast, we saw a troupe (if that is the right term for a monkey family) of monkeys walking from one tree canopy to another tree canopy on the power wire traversing over the roof of the hostel.  Each one paused and scoped us out as they went by.  The mainly waited for the monkey in front of them to get all of the way across before they started.  It was very cool and unexpected.  And it was the wild.  This hostel is in the middle of the coastal jungle.

 

But there was even a better experience on Friday night- our first night in the hostel.  The bar area is a pretty well designed space.  And since Jungle Monkey is in a town of just 1500 people, the hostel's bar draws a few locals also.  On Fridays there is a local band that sings and plays.  I don't know if they just play the xylophone or whether they use drums in other shows.  But this night was just xylophones and harmonic singing.  They had a 5 person vocal section with one female lead singer and four back up singers.  The lead singer was pretty damn good.  Besides the singers, there were guys playing the various sized xylophones.  All of the songs were African.  Some may have been old and others more modern, but they were all African.  Hearing African music was one of the things I was looking forward to most on this trip.  I have always enjoyed the sounds I have heard from African and Polynesian cultures.  This band and the show they put on were a very nice surprise.  Of course, having found the weed earlier in the evening made the show that much more enjoyable.  Hahahaha

 

Here is a pic of the band.  We also have a couple of videos that we can play for you when we return.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean