A Weekend in the Village of UKI, and Breakfast with John Hurt

Two weekends ago, Susan and I spent the weekend staying with two friends (Sara and Karin) in the Village of UKI.   The main draw was the reggae band playing at the Uki Hall and an opportunity to let our hair down and go dancing.  The event was called the "Glo Dance".  The music was good, but got much better after a few glasses of wine. The dance was open to all ages, as no alcohol is sold/served - it is fairly common to BYOB to most restaurants and events here.  I would say this dance reminded me of a dance that would take place at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA., but I think there were far more dreadlocks per capita in Uki!  I imagine about 25% of the dancers were on "E" as well.  It made dancing with everyone really fun to say the least.  

The next morning we went out to breakfast at the local Uki Cafe.  Both the food and coffee where excellent.   OK, I exaggerated about having breakfast with John Hurt, but he was eating at the cafe that morning also (along with about 10 other diners) and looked a little rough, like perhaps he was at the dance as well.

Uki is a great little community and Susan and I will look for a house to rent or buy there.  I think the population is around 800 and they have a community dance about once a month to which half of the community shows up for it. They also have "trivia night" every thursday evening -  we still need to give this a try.  The people in the village seem to be very organized with planning a "sustainable community" as well.  Planning on growing enough food to support the population, alternative power, water conservation, etc.  There is even an organic brewery on the docket for consideration!