Sunday, April 29, 2012

Golden Beach Cafe / Salsa night at Saaj

So, incorrigible as we are, we've been going out for dinner for the last two days. Two new places in the last two days. Sajj on Friday (for Salsa night) and Golden Beach Cafe yesterday. 'Twas fun!

Of Sajj we again heard of from our trusty Liberia expat google group. Its a Lebanese place and they had Salsa night on Friday. Well, tell you the truth, I'm not much of a dancer, but then, one's gotta have fun. So, I forwarded the invite to one of the young new guys in office, and then two more people joined in. And before I knew it, the 4 of us were in Sajj. It was nice. Good hummus and babaganoush with yum pita bread. And the pizza's not bad either. They even have club beer on tap! Oh and they had Salsa night, which basically constituted a very talented dance instructor type fella demonstrating the moves and some not-so-talented trying their best to keep up. One of the guys from our group even joined in for it. All in all, it was a great Friday night out! Didn't take any pictures though. I should have, no?

And yesterday, we'd gone for a walk (or a Wakabo, as they call it in Liberian English) with our trusty friend and colleage N. And instead of the usual walk along Payne Avenue in Sinkor, we found ourselves walking along the beach. And before we knew it, we'd decided to walk all the way up to the Golden Beach cafe (it had actually something to do with the fact that N hadn't joined us at Sajj the night before, and wanted to go out. And well, you know me, I could go out for dinner at the drop of a hat). So, we were just in time for the sunset. Photo dekho:


At the Golden Beach Cafe, Monrovia

Ok, don't grimace. That's the best photo quality I can get on a Blackberry. So, that's the Golden Beach cafe at sunset. Right on the Atlantic Ocean. The waves on this beach are, well, huge. Violent, if I can exaggerate a bit. Oh and the food here is okok. They do a decent Veg. Samosa and the Veg. Pizza wasn't bad either (Green Peas was one of the toppings, by the way). So, we ended Saturday by the beach with samosas and pizza (accompanied by a bit of Savannah). It was fun! Better than sitting at the compound watching Blood Diamond. That too in Hindi. Yes, LOL! Exactly my thoughts right now.

So, all in all, we're working hard and enjoying ourselves on weekends. We told you we'd go out. The cocoon is slowly unravelling, readers! Behold!

PS: I've changed the background picture. Would love to hear your thoughts on it!

5 comments:

Vini said...

Would give anything to watch you do salsa with both your left feet! It will make my life so worth it :P

The beach looks inviting, but so did the beaches in Goa and you still remained unaffected after a good long year there! Hope you are really enjoying your time in Liberia. Good to know you are beginning to go out and explore the place. Haffun!

Gujjubhai in Liberia said...

hah! i'm not such a bad dancer. you should try me sometime. btw, if you read carefully, i wasn't the one doing the salsa. yeah, unaffected, that's me. sthitapragna, as they say in the Sanskrit :)

And yeah, you know me. Like you, I can't seem to sit still in one place. :)

pandeyvivek said...

Good to see that the blogging has been resumed. It was a long break. But what made you change the URL? Not many gujjus there kya?

Gujjubhai in Liberia said...

Generally. wanted to make it more current to my situation.

richa said...

OOooo you are having soo much of fun!!! :D