One Night in Baku

Last night Farid and I met up with his friend Togrul at a small bar/nightclub in central Baku. It was the first time going out since I've been here and it was night to have a drink or two and relax. The club itself was pretty cool, with chandeliers and lasers and the like (it was actually designed by Togrul), though too dark to get a good picture. They had a singer there that was actually pretty good. She was singing modern techno-type songs like Kylie and had a backup track going. At first I thought it was Karaoke but that turned out not to be the case. People-watching was pretty good. I spotted this pictured gem (Azeri-Mullet). The key interesting point about this mullet was that it was very smooth on top. Otherwise, it was pretty surreal as it got a little later into the night as all the music was Western hip-hop stuff like Snoop Dogg, 50 cent, etc. I had my first tasted of Russian vodka (Ruskiye Standard or something) and also Turkish beer (a pilsner which was pretty good). I also, for the first time, heard about Bluetooth-messaging. Essentially, if you are sitting in a club or something, you turn on your Bluetooth and you can send pictures and messages to other bluetooth phones. Guys also try to get dates this way. Pretty funny...people have the strangest bluetooth names. I suspect this doesn't happen in the US because cell providers "lock" this feature of phones, but here in AZ it is quite common I guess.