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October 13, 2005
Salsa in Caracas
This morning was a fairly relaxed day. Em and I caught up on a bit of writing and work. The travelogue is officially backlogged over a month at this point.
Tonight though we had a great time with Vladimir’s son, also named Vladimir. He took us out to a salsa bar to hear one of the best bands in Venezuela. Those lessons I took back in Mexico finally paid off. On the way to the bar we learned that no one stops at red lights at night in Caracas. The threat of getting robbed is greater than getting hit by another car coming through in the other direction.
We stopped off first to meet a group of his friends at a smaller bar. On the way there we were flagged over at a random police stop and Vladimir had to pay a bribe to a cop because his license had just expired. It is typical here he told us.
Once at the bar we had some beers and got to know everyone. They were really a nice group. Em and Vladimir warmed up for the larger salsa bar we were heading to later by dancing to a few songs at the first place, but I decided to save my array of 2 moves for bigger club.
We arrived at the main place a little after 11:00 and the band was great. Later on we were told that the lead singer was an actor from the movie we had seen earlier in the week Secuestro Express. Sure enough it was him. We finally called it a night as the band was wrapping up. On the drive home we had anther good talk about what it happening in Venezuela with Vladimir and it was interesting to get his take on the situation. We have to wake up somewhat early tomorrow so right now it is off to bed.
Posted by Peter Mork at October 13, 2005 6:44 AM
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