Surviving Jamaica's Lawless Blue Mountains 🇯🇲

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I linked up with my friend Kyle (Irie Moto Tours) to take a rip through Jamaica's Blue Mountain range by motorbike. I soon learned the lawless ways of this region!
I've risked my life too much
I want to live
It's lawless out here
Ok, keep on going. Nothing to see here
Maybe the police want to join in the wheelie party
This is how chill the people are in Jamaica
They just let police officers ride their bikes
So if he does that
We can go in your truck, right?
Ya man, I'll ask someone
but if you're going there, I'm going to shoot you
Aguam people
Today we're with my friend Kyle over here
Hell yeah
He's the motorbike guy of all Jamaica
and today we're taking these big bikes
into the Blue Mountains
to some remote areas
checking out some remote villages
I hear it's like one of the most beautiful parts of Jamaica
Kyle, what can you tell me about the Blue Mountains?
Ya man, Blue Mountains are magical
We're going to go up through some coffee plantations
check the local villagers
and see what they're doing today
Awesome, I'm excited
It's been a minute since I've been on a bike
These are some pretty nice bikes but
from what I've seen
traffic in Jamaica can be kind of crazy
but I reckon I'll get through it
So ya, let's go
Blue Mountains
Kyle just went
Remember left side of the road?
I would have forgot right away
Last time I was here I made that mistake
Look at this view of all of Kingston
The outside of the hills of Kingston
That's almost like the Beverly Hills
Ya, the Beverly Hills would be like this side here
Ya
What's the name of your channel?
Seal On Tour
Sea what?
Seal On Tour
Seal On Tour?
Ya man
And what's your name?
Markie
Markie?
Markie
Good to meet you bro
Ya man, big up
What's happening out here?
There's a little fishery going
there's a little cookout and things
Ok, excellent
You guys out here keeping the community safe?
Is this where you're usually out patrolling?
The whole Irish town
Ok, so Irish town must be mellow
compared to parts of Kingston
Ya, ya
You must have a nice job
You've got to come around here to cook out and all that
Not really nice
They have a lot of
stolen motor vehicles
You ever have to get involved with that?
Like chasing down a stolen vehicle?
Right, quite a few times
Wow
This is how chill the people are in Jamaica
They just let police officers ride their bikes
So if he does that
we can go in your
in your truck, right?
We can take that for a little spin?
Ya man, awesome man
but if you go in there I'm going to shoot you
Enjoy your cookout man
What's your name?
Maki
Maki? Big up Maki
Seal on tour
Ya, look me up
Oh, I appreciate you
Alright
Jamaica got cool cops
Not everywhere in the world you find cool
cool police officers
but Jamaica got them cool police officers
Do any cars come up here or is it only people's bikes?
No, like 4x4 will come up
4x4
Side by side ATVs will come up
Ya
but it's a coffee farm road so
like the coffee trucks go up and down it
Ya
Ok, ya
So would it be just
coffee farmers that live on roads like this?
Just coffee farmers
What's Jamaican coffee like?
I can't say I've ever tried it
Ya, we're going to try it in a few
Best coffee in the world
Ok
No bitter taste
Ya
I'm not like a huge coffee fan
that's the thing I don't like
I like the bitterness of it
That's what everybody says until they try this one
and they're hooked
Alright
Look how beautiful this is
just a nice coffee plantation
Outlooking
the whole of Kingston
And we're right in the clouds now
Ya, we're about 4,000 feet elevation
Really
Hot air
Sweet
So clumsy
Fully raining now
We're fully in the clouds
and it's fully raining
but
it's nice
It's kind of calming
What's that?
You want a picture?
Ya
What's that?
Put that
I'm not special?
Of course you are
Oh, really?
Ya
Oh, thank you
Excellent
Ok, thank you very much
You make me feel like a very special person
Where are you from?
I'm from Canada
So am I
Oh my gosh, good to meet you
Where in Canada are you from?
Ottawa
We're Toronto
Of course you're Toronto
All the Jamaicans go to Toronto
You're not even Jamaican?
I'm from Guyana
You're from Guyana
You're Guyana
Ya
All good, all beautiful places
Alright
Where are you guys staying?
Oh, we're on a little motorcycle trip
We came from Kingston
That's where we're going
And now we're going around
Where were you?
Where were you going?
Ocho Rios
And how was it?
It's good
You got a little spoiled by the weather, but
No, no, we didn't have any rain or anything
Nice sunny day
Beautiful
Well I'm glad you enjoyed
We came from Kingston, ya
Kingston side, I'm going Kingston side
Ok
How long is it?
Oh, I don't know, it might be different from you
Maybe, maybe an hour
Ya?
I'm not too sure
Wow
What a
Oh, sorry
Stalled out your bike
Counties all in American dollars
Oh really?
I said no, I thought I was in Jamaica
How come I have to pay American dollars?
Everyone here wants American dollars
We're in Jamaica
I go to the bank
And I get Jamaican dollars
I know
You're not even American
I know
No Americans here
We're from Canada, why not give us Canadian
Charge us in Canadian first
Exactly
Alright, have a good time
Exactly, you guys enjoy your trip, ok?
Alright
Ok, thank you
You two, watch it
Don't look over there
Over here? Should I take my bike off then?
Safe trip, guys
Alright
Take care
Bye bye
Bye
Cool tourists out here
Ok, I think we're at the coffee plantation now
So we're gonna take a little walk around
Wagwan, man
Nolan
Wagwan, Nolan
Good to meet you
You guys are the coffee roasters out here, Wagwan
Smells good out here
Nice wood burning and what not
I'm not a coffee drinker but I can drink
Ya, no, of course
Of course, I hear the Jamaican coffee is something special
Ya
How long have you been in the coffee industry?
From Burt, man
From Burt
You were born into the coffee industry
Cheers
That's the boy I told you to come call
Oh, ok. I see you
That's what I'm used to
Ya, it's mellow. It's mellow. I like that
I'm not into really heavy, bitter coffee
but ya, this is mellow
They know this is burning the rats
They like to eat the skins
Ya
It's very sweet
You grow any herbs here too?
As well. Ya, coffee and herbs
Ya
How's that?
Nice, man
Coffee and herb
It's a good life
You're offering me some rum here?
Ya, man. Wash this off
Oh, thank you, man
But you mix it with the water
Ya
Ok, so you do that just so it's not as strong
No, nothing
Should I try it straight?
Straight? No, it's not good for your experience
But I mean, if you drink enough of that
it's still not good for you. What's the difference?
Nothing at all good for you
What about the herb? The herb's good for you, right?
Too much, not good
Too much, not good?
Ya
Too much coffee, not good?
Too much herb, not good?
Not at all
Too much food, bang your belly
All in moderation, right?
Alright, cheers to that
Water
Water? Ok, if you insist
One or two more
Just a little bit. That's good there
Ok
Alright, cheers to good health, my man
Ya, brother
It is
Ya, even with the water
it's still pretty strong
That's 64% rum
Preach your love
Thank you very much, sir
No aid, preach your love
Preach your love
Ya, no aid, no appreciate
Preach your love
Preach your love, ok
I'm trying to learn more
about the local slang and
Preach your love
Preach your love, ok
Preach your love
Enjoy your rum, sir
Yes, sir
Preach your love
Respect, man
Alright, cheers guys
You come to Jamaica and
all the time you're just learning
the new phrases and what not
that they say here
Don't say, you appreciate it
You say, preach your love
Misty mountains
I don't know why this guy was running
way out here in the boonies
but he just hitched a ride
Look at that
Jamaica, some of the most lush
jungle in the world, baby
Oh, we're just ripping through it now
Woo
These roads are fun
A little dangerous for me
who doesn't have crazy experience
but nonetheless fun
Look at these roads
Did someone try to pave these
at one point?
Because they did not do a good job
Holy
Wow, this is nice
Hey, hey, hey
Take care
This is a comfortable flat wheel
What? Wheel or flat?
You would have been walking a long time
if it weren't for him, huh?
That's a long distance to come, huh?
Oh my gosh
Too much rain on you today
Oh, I don't think you need any more today
John, you fell
You fell from me
You fell?
Fast food, everyone's having it
and you smell nice
I don't want to smell your hand, brother
I don't know where that hand's been
Ok, just hugs for now
I ain't smelling that hand
I didn't realize how polluted this guy was
when he got on the back of Kyle's bike
We don't need to sponsor him
with any more booze today
No man, nothing, nothing, nothing
Bottom of Clydesdale
St. Peter's
Everybody's coffee farmers
Coffee depot, so they pick it up
and bring it down
and then the truck comes and picks it up
and carries it to the coffee factory
Lots of coffee
Some of them man
It's a little rough
A little rough?
Yeah man, as you can see my boat
No money
Yeah, just a little bit
No, not really
Mostly the herbs
Yeah, the atmosphere is nice
Comfortable, you know
My name is Pops, you can call me Pops
Bike
Real bike
Stunt bike
Can you use one of ours?
Sure
Can you use that one?
That's the one
I hope he hasn't had too much
Ray and Nefru Red Straight today
How long do you got to grow this out for?
Ok, about
my youth, just like him
21 years
21 years?
Yeah
Wow man
Yeah man
It looks good
Yeah
Ladies like it?
Girls like that?
Yeah
How does it feel?
Think you can pop a wheelie with me on it?
Or is that dangerous?
Dangerous
Dangerous?
I'm going to get your bike totaled
Respect man
That was cool
Yeah man
Heck yeah
That must be fun
Yeah man, sweet
One day I'll learn
Yeah man
For now, just learning to drive on these roads
Crazy out here
Yeah
We have one of those flats there
Oh, like that?
Yeah
Oh, those look fun too
Yeah man, the Angry Bird
Oh yeah, yeah
Yeah
Good stuff
A guy who's polluted is definitely on something
He's pissing off the locals
They're getting in his face at this point
Did they find something or is your head just not good?
No
Coke
Coke?
Yeah
He needs to start smoking some herb
Meddle it down a little
He mixes them
Not a good combination sir
You're taking the wrong things man
You don't want to mix your uppers and your downers
That was a good seat you just made there
Oh, I almost feel bad for this guy
That's ok, maybe he sees this and then he re-evaluates his ways
Maybe I sober him up because of this
I'm really doing a service, honestly
Alright, I think it's time we get out of here
I think it's time I finish this beer and get out of here
You better get ready
You want to finish it?
Finish this beer
There you go
We'll stoke the fire even more
He's nursing it like a baby in its bottle
No, you don't
You don't want to get on there
As if you just found that guy running
I was running and when I picked him up I was like
Did he f*****g rob those tourist girls?
Remember those two tourist white girls?
And I was like, should I have picked him up?
Did they say anything?
And then I started asking him some questions
Asking him in a different way
And now he's good, he checked out
He's just on that combination of coke and weed
Alright, I think it's time we keep going
Thank you guys, cheers
Look at these houses up here
That'd be beautiful to live up there
Probably a pain in the ass to get up there
With the roads and what not
There's a little church here
Just a beautiful spot to live
Oh man
Let her on buddy
Not having a car here sucks
Enjoy the mountains sir?
Oh, the mountains are great
Beautiful
Big up yourself man
You live out here?
Oh yeah man, what do you mean?
You got a good view out here?
Everywhere man
And when you go you can see Kingston
He's going to show you everywhere man
It's like that around here, understand?
Welcome to the mountains
Respect man, respect
Where are you from? German?
I'm from Canada
You know how to do that?
Canada
Yeah man
Good to meet you man
We're deep in the hills now
Took a while to get out here but
It's like the only town
For miles out here
Where are we right now?
What's the name of this place?
Mavis Bank
Mavis Bank?
Okay, up in the Blue Mountains
Yes
How is it out here?
Well
It's cool and nice
It seems cool and nice
The breeze is nice
Very good
Awesome
Well yeah, we'll just take a bike out here
And we'll stop for some food
Yes, there is food, yes
Good food, good vibe?
Yes man, good vibe!
Alright, thank you, thank you, thank you
Oh, you're a good vibe right now
Alright, I appreciate you
We'll try some food here
Alright
Fried, barbecued or stew?
Chicken
Oh, the chicken spot
Fried, barbecued or stew?
What do you recommend?
Okay, I'll try the same
I'll try the fried
Any parts of the chicken?
Oh yeah
What's the best part of the chicken?
They don't tie our breasts
Which one do you rather?
Oh, I like them breasts
You like the breasts?
Yeah man!
Can I get two fried chicken breasts?
What kind of industry is up here besides coffee?
Like what would people do up here?
Everything up here is coffee
The entire Blue Mountain Ranch
Really?
Oh, okay
Any other types of agriculture?
Yeah, they grow coffee, banana
But mainly coffee
Mainly just coffee
You saw that big blue building?
That's a big coffee factory
So every farmer have them plant
And then they pick a box
And sell it to the factory
But besides that, the Blue Mountains
Where you find like the Rasta's, the Rasta Caps
And all that, right?
Yeah, we can stop there if you want
Yeah, we should do that, that would be cool
Alright, let's see the hall
Oh baby!
Very traditional Jamaican box
Just these fry centers on the side of the road
You always get kind of the same thing
Fried chicken with a little pasta or veg
And then the good brown rice underneath
But this is that good stuff
This is the stunt guy
I saw you popping the wheelie there
Can you do one more for me?
I'll try to get on with you
I can't
No, you can't?
I tried, but I can't
No, I saw you do it
Come on
Come on, man, I can't
I'll toss you a couple of bills
No, no, I can't
You can't?
I'll fall
I just saw you do it perfectly fine
Let me do my thing
You want to go bust a wheelie in the river
I'm going to toss it
He's the wheelie man
You do wheelie?
Yeah, but
So you use his bike?
No, that one is too slow
Too slow
Letting me down
All good, man
Respect, ok
I'm trying to find someone who can pop a wheelie out here with me on them
I saw many people come by
Popping wheelies
But they don't want to give me a wheelie
No wheelie now
Oh, police working
I didn't think no police come around here
Yeah, police is here, man
Officer
But they don't like the wheelie things
They don't like them?
I don't think the police love the wheelie things
I still want to find someone, we'll just look out for the cops
Respect, man
Down there
Ok, we'll avoid the cops down there
That's a good one
There's no cops out here
It's lawless out here
How you doing?
Can you do a wheelie with me on there?
Or at least just you do a wheelie about going by here
Yeah
You got that?
This is the guy, the yellow guy there
The one who just pulled in there
That's the guy I saw doing wheelies with passengers
Oh, he's getting on one of ours
Oh, I see, I see
Cal goes, put a helmet on
Was that your yellow bike?
I saw you do a wheelie up here, right?
Yeah, man
Can I do one with you?
You want a video?
Yeah, a video, I'll pay you
Yeah, man
But I want to go in the back with you
No, you can't
Oh, yeah, we can't anymore, huh?
They're on to us
They heard we were making a ruckus up here
Ok, keep on going, nothing to see here
We're just having a little chill, you know
Maybe the police want to join in the wheelie party
Goodbye, keep on going, keep on going
He wasn't wrong, there was police nearby
That was mental
That guy came out of nowhere
Oh, my
That was crazy
Crazy, man
Big up
On him?
You're going to pump a wheelie with me?
Alright, this guy's
Alright, keep me safe, ok?
Alright
Oh, my God, for safety
Wild, man
Wild
Holy
Ok, I've risked my life too much today
I'm good
I'm good, I'm good
I'm good now
Oh, my God, you did a good job
Ok, I guess
I've risked my life too much
I want to live
Ok
Can I get off now?
Respect, man
You want to take that one?
Take it for a rip
It's lawless out here
Oh, my gosh
The things I do
For the sake of YouTube
How I risk my life
Geez, Luis, I'm fine with no more wheelies
For the rest of the day, holy
That got my heart racing
Cheers, my brother
I appreciate you, that was fun, man
What's your name? Daniel
Alright, you take care, you be safe, alright?
Exactly, ok, cheers, man
Alright, thanks, guys
It makes you think, like
Who lives out here, like, these roads
But at the same time, I think, like, Jamaica has just
Really poor roads
Yeah, road condition is bad, I mean
Once you get rural, the road conditions are bad
Yeah, exactly, but there's still plenty of people out here
It's not like it's really bad
Because there's no one out here
Not quite a happening spot right now
Apparently there's always a lot of drunk people
But that's ok, it's a really chill day
This is a cool rip up here, I'll be honest
He wants to bring it down to the river
Oh, my gosh
He's pretty skilled at what he does
He really knows how to ride bikes
It's almost like
It's like an extension of his body
That's how comfortable he is on it
Look at him
I don't think a lot of people consider Jamaica, like
A good destination for a motorcycle trip
Well, those people, I'd say they're wrong
Because this is a crazy destination
To rip around on a bike
Let me get over here
Dude, this is crazy
You got this all the way down here
You're a mad man
Dude, tell me about, like, what kind of trips
You do around here
So, we do motorcycle off-road tours
Adventure tours around the island
From one day to multi-day expeditions
You know, we would put on our backpacks
Put everything on and hit the road
You really get to see the interior
And some remote spaces in Jamaica
That average tourist would never ever get to see
And the only reason why we get to see it
Is because of the motorbikes
Jamaica's just a place that everyone comes
And they stay at resorts, they see the beaches
But I think the real hidden beauty
Is the interior out here in the Blue Mountains
But no one really comes out here
No one really knows about it
And it's hard to get out here
You see those road conditions
But that's just what makes it so fun
When you're ripping around on bikes like these
So yeah, I'm going to put his information
In the description
And if you're around here, you should hit him up
Respect brother
Appreciate it. Cheers
I like the vibe here
Which one's your girlfriend?
None of them are my girlfriend
Which one? This one?
Damn! You're looking thick
Nice man
Cold water for me. Thank you sir
Cheers
You see that blue building?
Yeah
All those houses are part of it
We're just going to loop around. It's not far
But we've got to walk up. There's no riding up there
Nah, that's cool. We're not far off
That's crazy. It's a bit weird sometimes
A bit weird?
Sometimes, but sometimes they're cool
I don't want nobody coming in
Alright, we're struggling
Walking up these steps
Kingston's there in the background
And we're on our way to
Virasta Camp
Which is at the top of this hill
They have signs here that says
Without permission, you can't video
What not
They seem like quite strict
Rastas, but we're going to inquire
Say it's good for a good promotion
So we got a chance to enter
The Rasta community
But inside, they're very strict
On filming and what not
So I think we've come to an understanding
About me coming back
And staying some nights and actually making
A full video here
Documenting the life of the Rasta people
So I didn't want to go in and
Film everything around, but
When I come back, we're going to come to an understanding
About filming, what kind of
Video I'm making
That was a good trip
I appreciate you, and take in
That was just a day trip
A whole week
Alright
So if you reckon you want to do something like that
Hit up Kyle, we're going to go in the sports bar
Have a little drink
Alright, cheers y'all, peace
