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Tiesto Concert and Other Times'a'Dancing

This Saturday night proved to be an interesting, crazy night in Hyderabad. Tiesto was playing at Gachibowli Stadium. Tiesto is a world-famous DJ, and tickets were either 2000, 5000, or 10000 rupees. That’s at least $50 for a ticket, which is obscenely expensive, even by American standards. Fortunately, Gachibowli shares a wall with our campus, so we all headed there to have our own little free concert. We could hear the music pretty well, and that was fun. Later in the evening, a few of us headed back to campus. The night seemed to be reaching its end, when I received a call from Lila, saying that we had free rides to the after party at some place called Treasure Island. Yes, the club is famed to be a classy as it sounds. A few minutes later, I found myself riding in the back of some car, with some people I have never met before. Everyone else got into the other car. So it was I, and three Indians, driving to some place I have never been, far, far into the city. About an hour later, and much to my relief (although such a situation really has become the norm in India), we arrived. We got to dancing at some club called the “Ecstasy Bar”… I think. Either way, the music was awesome, and the dancing was great. Around 3 in the morning, we hitched a ride back to campus, which brings me to this blog, written at 5:15 in the morning. It was a great night indeed. // Tomorrow, I get to go to Linghampalli to pick up some pants I am having made. It’s pretty sweet. You got to a fabric store, pick out your fabric, and then go to the tailor to have pants made however you want. When I get back to the US, I’ll have pants that were specially made for me. That is of course if they are finished by then. They were set to be done on Wednesday, but if you adjust that to Indian time, it could mean late May. I’m sure I’ll see them soon. // Namaste.

Posted at 05:54PM Feb 16, 2008 by Adam L Barkl in General  |  Comments[0]