La Concha Renaissance San Juan Resort, it’s after midnight and a pool party is being serenaded by a live DJ. The beat reverberates through the lobby.
It ripples through the floor. I can feel it in my bones. The lyrics fall away as I enter the elevator and ride to the top floor, but the base keeps the same thump-thump.
The sound follows me to my room. It’s insistent, a demanding siren call, beckoning locals and tourists alike to pick up a drink and hit a dance floor.
The beat echoes in my ears all night, becoming more of a pressure of sound waves than an actual noise. I fall asleep, but the beat infiltrates my dreams.