Tibetan Disco & Pizza Night
Yesterday was a very memorable day in Lhasa. After a day of gift shopping at the Barkhor (getting ripped off, of course), and then the subsequent drama at the Potala Palace que, which included me bribing a woman to buy me a ticket, costing me a total of 1.5 tickets (I was close to even bribing the PSB), myself, the two Brits, and the two Frenchies decided that it was time for us to relax and enjoy Lhasa's night activities.
After a pizza dinner at the Pentoc (Saturday night is Pizza night), we decided to head towards the infamous club, "Kadies". When we entered the slightly dodgy club, which happened to also give off a smell of urine, we were the first ones there. But sure enough, minutes after we sat down, the club started filling up. After an hour of listening to slow music and watching Felix fulfill his pop star dreams, the show finally started.
All of a sudden, there was smoke on stage and a giant dancing yak appeared. Yes, a dancing, 2-men yak. For the next hour, there were performances of all types: from tacky "traditional" dances to singers whose quality ranged the whole spectrum. We were entertained, but I think mostly, the people in the club was just entertained with us...especially when Felix unleashed the beast. Another high point of the night was when a fairly competent singer broke out in "Take me to your heart" and a Blue's song.
Where else in the world can you dance with Tibetans to cheesy music of all sorts, all under the eyes of the PSB? Only in Tibet!
After a pizza dinner at the Pentoc (Saturday night is Pizza night), we decided to head towards the infamous club, "Kadies". When we entered the slightly dodgy club, which happened to also give off a smell of urine, we were the first ones there. But sure enough, minutes after we sat down, the club started filling up. After an hour of listening to slow music and watching Felix fulfill his pop star dreams, the show finally started.
All of a sudden, there was smoke on stage and a giant dancing yak appeared. Yes, a dancing, 2-men yak. For the next hour, there were performances of all types: from tacky "traditional" dances to singers whose quality ranged the whole spectrum. We were entertained, but I think mostly, the people in the club was just entertained with us...especially when Felix unleashed the beast. Another high point of the night was when a fairly competent singer broke out in "Take me to your heart" and a Blue's song.
Where else in the world can you dance with Tibetans to cheesy music of all sorts, all under the eyes of the PSB? Only in Tibet!
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