The Mumbai terrorist attacks had occurred this morning. During the day, people were glued to their TV screens to see what the latest updates were .. I wondered if people were still going to turn up to dance tonight after having their country attacked, in a city only a few hundred km’s north from here…
About Titos Nightclub
This is the club everyone in India talks about having to go to in Goa – Tito’s nightclub. On the way to the club, there are official government road signs pointing you towards the direction of the club… never seen such treatment for a nightclub.
Location: Tito’s Lane, Baga – Calangute Road, Goa, India.
Website: http://www.titos.in/
Inside: Two levels of dance. One main DJ plays music to serve the entire place. Three bars on bottom floor. Only the bottom floor was open tonight
Music: Tonight was Bollywood.
Crowd: Tonight, mostly Indian nationals or expats
Dress Code: Casual
Cover Charge / Entry Fee: 800 Indian rupees
Occurrence: Every night
Atmosphere: A sense of disattachment
Timeline
Arrived around midnight and got in. It was a closed walled club, so you couldnt see what was inside. Went inside, and it was pretty sparse and empty. The place itself was impressive for a club in India. It was custom built for clubbing and not just some random bar during the day.
I counted about 40 or so people in the main room. The rest of the club, nobody was there. There was nobody sitting on the lounges, and no more than one person at a time at the bar. Very dead..
No girls.. lots of guys.. only one girl danced with me, she was holding her shopping in one hand, with the other waving in the air bollywood style. “I saw you dance, and had to dance with you!”. She was Indian-British, but had to go.. (I saw her and her shopping friend few days later at Delhi airport but I didn’t say hi)
I think that was it, all the guys were dancing bollywood style.. jumping up and down with their fingers pointed in the air. It truly is a sight to see.
Left 1.30am, disappointed, but understandably so considering what happened in Mumbai today.