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Omelette Pau, Sausage Bread, etc. are only seen in the late hours of the
night.
• 9 Bar
The 9 Bar in Vagator is quite famous for parties with the tourists and
others too. We attended three continuous parties at the ‘9 Bar’. The party
generally began at 6:00pm with the loud trance music and ended at
10:00pm sharp. On the first day of the party, the 9 Bar dancing floor as
well as pavement was fully crowded with the foreign tourists. Since there
is free entry, many type of tourists tend to come there. This place attracts
a lot of Israelis. That the whole crowd was mostly of foreigners, consisting
of different hair style, fashion, dress pattern, and the music and darkness
with ultras-violet light made me feel as if I am in the hell. So, the night was
spent to get set or to adopt this sort of life. In the 9 Bar one cannot carry
camera or any sort of video recorder. The two guards were checking the
bags and just fulfilling their duty but we managed to take a camera and
click some photos. One cannot click photos inside the 9 Bar especially
when they have a crowd of foreigners and if you do, the volunteers come
to warn. In spite of the big boards put on the walls, which says ‘no drugs’,
people do take drugs without any fear. They take Ganja like anything and
it is very common among them to take it in groups. Question arises, who
supplies them? The drugs dealers are very smart, they roam with a type
of pouch or a small bag and the tourists know exactly the type of people
who possess drugs. About Ganja, I believe that it is teamwork, because
on the first day the group of men were suppliers. While on the third day,
we saw a woman who was adorning certain tourists with the flower; it was
a deal for the Ganja. And as I was dancing along with them, I saw with my
own eyes that the woman was supplying Ganja on the dance floor. On the
dance floor she was just with the flower and making the deal, if the deal
was successful she would disappear and come back with the dose. That
night was a rough one.
On the third night, there was a crowd of Indian tourists and of course the
foreigners were very few. There were bar dancers, who try to dance
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