weekend @ bahrain (part 1)

its was planned ahead by fK for the 'real' farewell party for PG. by the definition of real, i meant a farewell with booze/liquor and plenty of it. Basically it was non-stop for 2 nights straight of pure drinking.

we left from the office around 2.30pm and i was with Fk in his car, Marty & Claus in one, PG in a car with Mel & family. journey from Riyadh to Bahrain was basically a 4 hour drive to Dammam @ speed limit (till now, i'm still not sure of the speed limit on those so called highway through the desert.),and another hour to cross over to Bahrain we made it into Bahrain slightly below 3 hours. Yups, Fk was driving at a constant speed of 220kmph. And the car was freaking steady and stable, as if we were just cruising at 100kmph. and i almost went deaf with Fk blasting his huge sound system all the way..

once we crossed into Bahrain, we headed straight to the hotel and check-in to our rooms. Crown Plaza is one of the 5 stars hotels around Manama and Fk managed to hooked us up with some dirt cheap rates for it (considering its still summer holidays). settled our stuff in the room and we wasted no time and head to the hotel pub. the first thing we ordered was a pitcher of beer, Amstel draft beer. we finished up one pitcher before we even ordered our dinner. the live band started around 9.30pm (it seems like very pub/bar has a live band performing). as usual, Filipino band which consist of 3 gals and 3 guys. started to belt out variety of songs from different groups and they do sound good.
Marty & Claus reach around 10pm and joined us at the bar. that was when we started the mixture of drinks. beer, whiskey, vodka. we hardly notice the deafening "music" from the band and continued are drinking session. PG joined us around 11pm and there goes another round of drinks. this continued till around 1am which by that time, Fk is wasted and managed to find his way back to the room himself. we continued another round and by 2am we had to leave (because thats the closing time all entertainment outlets in hotels)........ 2b continued...