Mama Africa, Bang Bang and Euro Trash

After dinner at Cubana, I decided to go to Mama Africa with Sarah, Saiya and Laura. Mama Africa is the quintessential tourist experience. Located on Long Street you can see the American and European tourists from a mile away. Inside, the space is intimate and the house band is amazing. The house band plays a mix of afro-jazz, and contemporary songs and quite frankly they are some of the best live music I’ve ever seen. The bar itself had a nice ambiance, but I observed a lot of shady activities. Notably, the five 20 year women who were taking turns giving a 70 year man lap dances. Or the men at the bar who just had to buy me a drink and after they heard my accent damn near gave marriage proposals. Yeah, no thanks. But all in all Mama Africa is a good spot and if it weren’t for the drunk Americans in the front row the atmosphere would be perfect. After Mama Africa, we went on a wild goose chase to find the club “Bang Bang”. When we finally found the place, imagine my delight to find out that tonight was Trance night. Great. I JUST love trance music and being surrounded by drunken Euro Trash. Saiya and Laura headed to the bar, Sarah and I decided to “rock out”. After 15 minutes of mimicking a seizure to the beat, I had “rocked” out. So for the duration of my two hours at Bang Bang I decided to people watch. What better material is there other than drunk and high euro trash all painted in fluorescent body paint. After watching a girl "bang bang" her nose into the stage not once, but twice, I knew it was time to go.