I found another place that doesn't seem to have much of a wikipedia entry! Manzanilla Beach is on the east coast of Trinidad, facing the Atlantic Ocean. This one is a bit of a drive to get to, and we drove through some pretty horrible weather to get there. At some points it didn't seem like we would make it out of the endless construction stops and insane detours, but I was determined to get to this place that existed vaguely in my memory. It's pretty grey and gloomy each time I've been there, which I think now brings the total of times to 2 over a span of 19 or 21ish years. Nothing seems to have changed save a very odd looking resort, but it's in relative isolation.

Most of the land on the east coast of Trinidad seems to have been spared from the rampant growth of the country, which appears to be centered around urban areas. If the roads to the east coast of the country were a bit more, lets say - direct, I could see this area taking off in the sunny season. However, we were there in the storm season, and the place looked it.

We saw a total of about 9 people there while we had a picnic and went out on the beach. This total includes 2 security guards in the washroom, where you have to pay a buck to go in. How's that for making jobs? Egads.

If you google this place, you'll find a bunch of resort stuff. I'm not sure where they got the photos from, however I'm sure it's possible that it looks like that sometimes. However, each time I've been there, the water is very muddy from the local river - that might just be a seasonal thing. I'm not sure. Regardless, the area is a rather raw and unspoiled part of Trinidad definitely worth checking out.

Las Cuevas has no wikipedia entry and as such qualifies for some sort of dedicated and detailed entry here. It's a bit beyond Maracas Beach on the road, maybe 20 minutes or so of driving. It's not a tourist beach like Maracas, this beach is mostly Trinis (locals.) There's one shop to buy drinks - but it's weird - you can buy beer, but not juice or water. So the locals like to "lime" here, which means to to "hang out," or to "chill," in Canadian.

This edition of Sunset Sessions was mixed in the settings of two planes, three countries, two hemispheres, and varying times of day and night. I started on it on a midnight flight to Houston, flying over lightning storms, clouds flashing silently, and otherwise illuminated by the moon. I picked it back up in Trinidad for a couple evenings, and then spent an evening in Toronto refining it. Finally I returned to Victoria and reworked it until I came up with this mix, which I think you'll find is a pretty special one now.

The photograph was taken a few weeks ago in San Juan, Trinidad. I ought to mention that my latest remix - of Kenneth Thomas - is a third of the way into the session. This mix went through many iterations and contains a lot of hard work by a lot of very talented artists. If you enjoy this, I encourage you to find and follow them. As always, I have provided the means to do so below.

Tracklisting:

1. Spooky - What Are We Waiting For (Dub mix) [Stella Polaris Music]
2. Tone Depth - Rumblefish (Ambient mix) [Bedrock Records]
3. The Emissary - Synapse (Fretwell remix) [Digital Sensation UK]
4. Kenneth Thomas - Gunnin' (AFK remix) [Morphosis Recordings]
5. Faskil - Blow Up (Original mix) [Silk Digital Records]
6. Solarity - Essence (Claes Rosen remix) [Silk Digital Records]
7. Way Out West - Surrender (Eelke Kleijn remix) [Hope Recordings]
8. Ivan Nikusev and Wave-E - One Day Before (Dynamic Illusion remix) [Mistiquemusic]
9. Que and Alex Monakhov - Hola (Proff remix) [Anjunadeep]
10. Max Graham - Dusky 2010 (Does She Know Yet) [Armada Music]
11. Oceanlab - I Am What I Am (Lange remix) [Ultra]