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Halloween Party & Jarana Criolla, fun, fun, fun :)

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This blog is the continuation on my almost endless blog "Meeting travbuddies". Same as the 1st one, it's about the people I met in real life through this page, but during my 2nd year as a TB, hehe. I hope this year would be as much fun as the last one, or maybe funner - if that's possible, hehe. Hopefully I can meet lot of people and help them as much as possible. :) Enjoy the blog :)

Halloween Party & Jarana Criolla, fun, fun, fun :)

this was our table
Most of the world celebrate just Halloween the 31st. But Peruvians have to be different, so we celebrate 2 things at same time, haha: Halloween and also the "Dia de la cancion Criolla" (Folkloric Song day...), more reasons to party, great! That day traffic is even crazier, people attend to different parties. All the city wants to have fun and party and TB's are not the exception. Hey! We are always in the mood for party :)
Mal & I booked a table in a disco and agreed to meet at 9:30pm, but since we both were free earlier, we decided to meet at 8pm. I almost forgot my custome at home. When I arrived he was having some anticuchos for dinner. Then we went to his house (aka hostel) and Cinthia was already there waiting for him. While he was getting ready, I got something to eat too.
with Mal!!!! awwww
We were going to drink, so better not have an empty stomach. That disco had an oper bar, so better be ready. Actually we didn't have any alcohol during the whole week, so our livers were ready, hehe.

We went to the disco and there was a line. Fortunately we had a table waiting for us. When we arrived there, Ana Maria (Cinthia's friend) was already there. First thing we did inside, was getting our drinks, haha. The place was still empty but it got packed very quickly, ufff! There was live music and our table was next to the musicians, how cool! I decided to have a daiquiri and kept on drinking just rum. The daiquiris were very tasty, actually you could barely feel the alcohol, well until next morning, haha.

We started to dance and enjoy the night, haha.
sweet girls with sweet drinks :)
It was getting harder to get our drinks. There weren't enough waiters and glasses, haha. So,  I decided to go by myself, lol. We were just having fun and Mal gave me his phone. It was Nelly. I could barely listen to her: "Hello!" I was about saying to Mal that I lost her, when somebody hugged me. It was Nelly! haha, she made it! She told me she wasn't sure if she'd be able to join us, but she succeeded. She didn't come alone, some friends joined her. Yay! The more, the merrier :)

But Nelly wasn't the only one who joined us. Also Raul showed up! He and his girlfriend joined us too, how cool! The gang was getting bigger and funner. We all were dancing and suddenly a guy came and asked me if he could interview my friend in disguise, hehe. Mal had a mask, everyone could notice, haha.
girls dancing
He was the sensation of the place and these people from a website wanted to interview him. Sure, they could interview Mal, but they had to do it in English. The reporter didn't speak English very well, so at the end I was interviewed, haha. He wanted to know where my friend was from and what he was doing in Lima. I just said: "He's enjoying Lima. Isn't our city great?" The guy gave us his card to check the interview. But I lost it. Hopefully Mal kept his...

It was almost 1am when the big singer came. Her name is Bartola and she's a famous singer here. She sings "Criolla" music. I love this music. It has a lot of rythm and interesting lyrics. Most of them talk about missing loves and break ups, but not in a sad way at all. They try to make them look fun, well an experience, haha.
cheers!
Who has never had an experience like this? So, it's so easy to sing them. We all were singing each song, haha. Actually the whole crowd was singing and clapping.

She left, but the music kept on going. We were dancing, singing, just having tons of fun, haha. It was almost 3am when I decided to leave. I was a bit tired. I wanted to take a nap before going out, but I couldn't do it. I have been awake since 6am and batteries were going down... Malvin joined me to take a cab and then he left too. The rest of the gang kept on party. Until now I haven't heard anything about them...
so I guess they had much more fun, haha

yadilitta says:
Yep, it was!
Posted on: Nov 03, 2008
geerbox says:
Sounds great!
Posted on: Nov 03, 2008
malvin_soh says:
It was the best halloween party because it was more than a party, but also a great performance and all you can drink!!!
We´re famous now Yadi...let´s wait for our name to appear on internet!
:p
Posted on: Nov 01, 2008
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this was our table
this was our table
with Mal!!!! awwww
with Mal!!!! awwww
sweet girls with sweet drinks :)
sweet girls with sweet drinks :)
girls dancing
girls dancing
cheers!
cheers!
Jack Skellington with Pisco!
Jack Skellington with Pisco!
in disguise, shhhh. Shawn this is …
in disguise, shhhh. Shawn this i
Pina Colada or Maracuya Daiquiri?
Pina Colada or Maracuya Daiquiri?
first drinks! water? no! vodka, ha…
first drinks! water? no! vodka,
whos that girl? haha
who's that girl? haha
Cinthia & Ana Maria
Cinthia & Ana Maria
with Mal!!!!
with Mal!!!!
dancing!!!!
dancing!!!!
Yadi & Nelly
Yadi & Nelly
Mal was enjoying it!
Mal was enjoying it!
Ana Maria, Cinthia, Nelly, Nellys…
Ana Maria, Cinthia, Nelly, Nelly
keep on dancing!
keep on dancing!
yeah!
yeah!
dancing time!
dancing time!
this is Bartola
this is Bartola
Viva el Peru
Viva el Peru
People were singing!!!
People were singing!!!
place was packed!
place was packed!
hey you!
hey you!
dancing with Antonio, Nellys frie…
dancing with Antonio, Nelly's fr
haha
haha
love my bracelet, thanks my friend…
love my bracelet, thanks my frie
being interviewed!!!!
being interviewed!!!!
the photographers and the reporter…
the photographers and the report
the reporters were from here.
the reporters were from here.
Salud!
Salud!
always checking pics :)
always checking pics :)
Party, party at an Old House - Casa Vieja
Casa Vieja (translated Old House) is a disco / bar located in Miraflores. I used to go there with some ex coworkers a couple of years ago and last Halloween I went there back but with some TB's friends this time. There were a lot of parties going on in Lima for Halloween, but we decided to attend to this one because it's more about locals. They celebrate not only Halloween, but also had Peruvian live music.

First the atmosphere: it was more about locals. It has a stage, a dance floor in the middle and tables surrounding it. The crowd wasn't too young. The music was a good combination of latin, western even Peruvian music. They have a band and a singer (usually a famous one) joins them for a while. It's the perfect place to dance and also to sing.

They offer the "all you can drink". You pay your cover and will have an open bar until 3am. This bar include: pisco sour, daiquiris, pina colada, vodka, beer, juices and soda. At the beginning is so easy to go to the bar and get your drink, but after a while the place gets packed and it's difficult to reach it, haha. So be patient!

If there's a big party, I recommend to make a reservation, otherwise you can go without any but try to arrive early, so you can get a table where you can place your drinks while you are dancing.

Be sure to wear comfy shoes, since you are gonna dance a lot!
the dance floor packed
the band
with daiquiris
yadilitta says:
You are right, Malvin!
Posted on: Nov 03, 2008
malvin_soh says:
Couple of suggestions!

When making reservations, it helps to pay for at least 2 persons to secure the table and then ask for more seats in advance. Other friends can come and pay at the door.

Also, a good spot to sit is the raised area beside the stage. It is less crowded, so more space to dance, and close to the open-bar, which helps when getting more drinks. And you can get to brush shoulders with celebrities when they making their way onto and off the stage!

Cheers!!!
Malvin
Posted on: Nov 03, 2008
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