Blake’s is an outdoor restaurant / bar with many brightly colored blinking lights and live music. It happens to be relatively close to our hotel. We got there early and saw some of the opening acts. There was everything from a comedy skit to a Michael Jackson impersonator. It reminded me of a high school talent show. We originally thought that we were going to hear local Nigerian music, however the main act started with pop, hip hop, and rap…even playing Summer of ’69 by Bryan Adams. When the band started playing there were a couple of singers and a few guys playing instruments. As the songs continued, more and more people joined the stage. There were back-up dancers, more back-up dances, street performers, people from the audience….there came a point where I didn’t think anyone else could fit.
Drinks were sold by the bottle…so needless to say, no wine for me. However, Kate and Ke Xing shared their beer with me. While I am not normally a beer drinker, I thought the local Star beer wasn’t bad. We left early by Blake standards, but we have an early morning tomorrow. We are going to visit the cold storage unit outside of the city which houses the polio vaccines.
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| Live Music and Dancers at Blake's |
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