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September 10, 2006
Porto
I've only been here yesterday, haven't had any chance of sight seeing (maybe later this afternoon ... if I feel like it), but I'm sure that the highlight of my visit in Porto is the karaoke night!
Last night four of us went out searching for a drink (rather pointless since beer is cheap in the hostel) and to find out about the night life in Porto. Once we hit the Riberia (on the riverside), I picked a place just because it has a Foster ads on it. Of course they turned out not to have any beer except the one Sagres beer, not because they just run out, but most likely it's more a karaoke joint rather than a bar. We were the only non locals there!
It was so fun listening to all this amazingly good singers. I bet that the locals were betting whether we were going to take the mike or not. So we did, after a few beers of course. Half drunk all of us decided to sing U2's With or Without You. That was gold ... We sang badly (as expected) but ... it must have been the only English song sang that night, and probably will be the last English song sang for quite some time in this particular bar. So it was well worth the effort.
We left when the bar closed and we kinda half sing random songs on the way back to the hostel. This reminded me of that karaoke night that I had in Sihanoukville early on this trip. Karaoke continues to provide endless entertainment to locals and tourist alike :)
Posted by vhadiant at September 10, 2006 01:15 PM
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