Dragonfly

11.16.2003

Went to a disco last night w/ Paola. She seemed pretty excited (she likes dancing and hasn't been since she arrived in La Paz); too bad the place wasn't what I'd hope it'd be. Still, we had a pretty good evening. Pizza in Achumani, a stroll through San Miguel, then back up to Sopocachi for Dragonfly.

I keep forgetting that evenings start late in La Paz. Dragonfly didn't even open until midnight. So we took in some submarinos (steamed milk w/ a bar of chocolate) at Café Alexander, watching police "control" the young, upper class kids who gather to drink at Plaza Avaroa.

Dragonfly was supposedly "reserved" when we arrived, and a crew of very blonde, European-looking (and sounding) tourists were shooed away. Odd. Because the bouncers let Paola & I in w/o any problem. We thought that was pretty sad, though she's seen it before, foreigners not let into a dance club. You'd think clubs would want foreigners; they tend to spend lots of money.

In the end, neither of us liked the music (too much hip hop), our table seemed rather dirty, and the Singani wasn't all that good. But we passed the time finding out our favorite fruits, the names of our pets, our favorite seasons, stuff like that. It started getting smokey, so we left for a night stroll through Sopocachi. By the time we walked back to her aunt's house, I could hardly believe it was past 4am.

Posted by Miguel at 03:07 PM

Comments

Now I know why you're too busy to write!. As for the bouncers attitude towards those tourists I can only say that they used to be unrestrictedly welcome, but in the past years some were involved in drug consumption and that poses a problem for disco owners (their license can be revoked). I know it's hard to tell who is a drug consumer, but bouncers try to do their best. Probably they thought they're appearance and attitude was awkward. Other than that, I can assure you that the great majority of tourists are welcome to all pub's and discos.

Posted by: Daniel at November 17, 2003 08:31 AM

Yeah, we had the same thought. But the poor kids looked more confused/lost than drugged, though they did look like European ravers. I'm sure most tourists are welcome at pubs & discos. Just struck us as odd to have them turned away right in front of us, and then let us in.

Posted by: miguel at November 17, 2003 11:29 AM

I am writing/reading in-between class, so I don't have much time to write. I just wanted to say I'm glad things seem to be going well with Paola. Take care Miguel, I'll talk to you soon.

-Josh

Posted by: Josh U. at November 17, 2003 01:05 PM

sounds like a fun weekend. that is cool that Bolivia does work to keep drugs and that culture out of the clubs down there.

Posted by: sam at November 17, 2003 02:18 PM

i am going back to bolivia in three weeks and i hope everything works out there im excited to go see my country and after listening to some of the comments here i cant wait!!!

Posted by: alex at October 4, 2004 04:08 PM