Subject: Post: We slept for a while in the hotel, and headed out to the metal bar. They actually did have a quite of a party going there. A lot of local people partying, and they even seemed to like Fintroll and some other Finnish bands played from Don's mp3 player :)The rock place closed at some point, and it was time to go to sleep. Don was a bit tired, and was actually feeling to go to bed. Well, our bartender gave us a ride towars the hotel, and Don hopped off for bed. I wasn't feeling like going to bed, I was more interested to see a legendary Beirut nightclub, the B0180, and J.P dropped me off the car near the placeObviously the place was totally crowded, and I basically had no chance to get in. There were a few security guards, having assault rifles with them like the local habits seem to require, and they were telling me to try again tomorrow.As we are leaving Beirut tomorrow, I was not able to do that. So, I just walked to the gate, gently touched the elbow of a security guard, carefully hiding a 20 dollar note in my hand and showing it to him. In a second, the note changed owner, and I was clear to go in to maybe one of the hottest night clubs in the world. That actually was the first time ever for me to have to bribe my way into a night club..The B018 night club at that time was outdoors. They were playing pretty good techno music, with all the rich and famous people of Beirut dancing for it. I got to have a beer before the outdoor area of the night club closed, and at that point I decided I had nothing to lose as the time already was like 6am, so I just headed downstairs, to the indoor area of the night club.A beer or two more, and when the night club started to close, I took a taxi home. Bedtime now :)In a few hours we should be heading towards the Syrian border and Amman.. I guess I'll just let Don take off before me as he has to wait for his visa on the border, I'll follow after him when I wake up and we will meet in Amman, Jordan... Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
The rock place closed at some point, and it was time to go to sleep. Don was a bit tired, and was actually feeling to go to bed. Well, our bartender gave us a ride towars the hotel, and Don hopped off for bed. I wasn't feeling like going to bed, I was more interested to see a legendary Beirut nightclub, the B0180, and J.P dropped me off the car near the place
Obviously the place was totally crowded, and I basically had no chance to get in. There were a few security guards, having assault rifles with them like the local habits seem to require, and they were telling me to try again tomorrow.
As we are leaving Beirut tomorrow, I was not able to do that. So, I just walked to the gate, gently touched the elbow of a security guard, carefully hiding a 20 dollar note in my hand and showing it to him. In a second, the note changed owner, and I was clear to go in to maybe one of the hottest night clubs in the world. That actually was the first time ever for me to have to bribe my way into a night club..
The B018 night club at that time was outdoors. They were playing pretty good techno music, with all the rich and famous people of Beirut dancing for it. I got to have a beer before the outdoor area of the night club closed, and at that point I decided I had nothing to lose as the time already was like 6am, so I just headed downstairs, to the indoor area of the night club.
A beer or two more, and when the night club started to close, I took a taxi home. Bedtime now :)
In a few hours we should be heading towards the Syrian border and Amman.. I guess I'll just let Don take off before me as he has to wait for his visa on the border, I'll follow after him when I wake up and we will meet in Amman, Jordan...
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