Last Saturday we had our first night out in Bolivia. We have one Bolivian friend from the project, Omar, who is a fantastic guide and offered to take us out.
Jackie and I were expecting the usual- lot of Latin music and hip shaking which we would meekly try and keep up with. Instead, we walked into a posh club with a huge picture of the NYC skyline surrounding the entrance. And a cover- 70 bolivianos/ $10 (the cost of about 5 lunches out at the local places)!
Inside it looked exactly like NYC Meatpacking District- dark, posh couches all with bottle service, abstract art and huge chandelliers, and American pop remixes blaring. Wasn't I trying to get away from this? We wore jeans, but every other girl had on mini dresses and 3-inch heels. And they were trying to dance like Americans- all arms and torsos! The cherry on top was hearing Shania Twain's "Man I feel like a woman" followed by "We will rock you". Finally around 1 am, there was a radical switch to Latin music, and everyone got up and really started dancing, hips and all : )
(This picture is during the U.S. music, where no one was really dancing at all)
Inside it looked exactly like NYC Meatpacking District- dark, posh couches all with bottle service, abstract art and huge chandelliers, and American pop remixes blaring. Wasn't I trying to get away from this? We wore jeans, but every other girl had on mini dresses and 3-inch heels. And they were trying to dance like Americans- all arms and torsos! The cherry on top was hearing Shania Twain's "Man I feel like a woman" followed by "We will rock you". Finally around 1 am, there was a radical switch to Latin music, and everyone got up and really started dancing, hips and all : )(This picture is during the U.S. music, where no one was really dancing at all)
Cheers! (smiling at the irony of it all)
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