out in Antigua

i went out with Erwin last night. we met up at 9:30 and went to this club called the Kazbah, or somehting like that. we arrived shortly after they opened, so it was slow. the cool thing here is you pay the cover and it includes a free drink like whisky, vodka, or rum & coke. some places includes a beer. so erwin had a beer, i had a rum and coke. i started feeling a little bit, but just enough to loosen up a little. we left a little later cuz no one was dancing and he wanted to show me another club.

we found a tuk-tuk and he took us to a placed called Torero's. this was a local place. it's on the outside of town, on the other side of the bus lot, and had spanish music and a bunch of locals just hanging out and dancing like they like to do. so we got our drink there and joined in. we danced a lot there and had 3 drinks in the next two hours. by the third one (now my fourth total), i had had enough. i was really feeling it, but was still just fine to walk and talk and such. but i was talking a LOT, like i do when i get drunk. just as we were leaving this little Guatemalan guy asked me to dance with him. so we danced until the end of the song, then we left. he was a cute little guy, short like they all are here. but it was fun. :-)

we left and walked to another place that supposedly has a lot of salsa dancing. but there were so many people in there you couldn't have walked in, let alone found a place to dance. so we left. tuk-tuked back to the kazbah just as they were about to close 30 minutes early because the police wanted to do some kind of check search thing. weird.

so we went across the street to a mexican restaurant called Frida's to maybe see about something salty to eat and just chill for a bit. BUT, they were closing at 1, like EVERY PLACE HERE, and so they would only serve us drinks. not even chips and salsa. so when it was time to close we left, tuk-tuked to my house to drop me off, adios amigo, and i went to bed.

overall, it was a fun evening. it was nice to go out and let loose a little bit.

Antigua had a very nice, very long, and very loud parade through town today. i attempted to avoid it because i could see how many people were involved in the watching. i came to The Bagel Barn for breakfast and about 5 minutes later or so, the parade came down the street, right outside the restaurant. so, i had the pleasure of listening and watching as the floats, music, and people went past. they played Christmas music and one float even blew out snow. it was quite entertaining. :-)

now i must continue my job search and studying spanish while i drink canteloupe juice with milk. hasta luego!