At the end of Hummingbird Highway there's a Garifuna village called Dangriga. Its population have mixed ancestry, but their origin is mainly black African. Many of them are Rastafarians. We haven't had the chance to visit Jamaica but we believe that this is the closest we'll get. Compared to the quiet mestizos Rastafari people are noticeably communicative, talkative and friendly. Sometimes it's hard to understand their creole-English. We haven't seen so many Bob Marley T-shirts, haven't heard Bob Marley singing from so many houses while walking down the main street.
So we decided to take here a haircut. A Garifuna barber, loud reggae music, Bob Marley posters, a perfect way to lose your hair. In ten minutes the breeze caressed our bald heads. It's easier to stand the heat this way.
And about weed, since it seems to be closely related to the Rastafari movement: as we understood there's an unspoken agreement between the state and the Rasta people, you won't be disturbed if you smoke pot at home, but don't you ever dare smoke marijuana at a public place...
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