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Rock n Roll Bars - Santa Marta

So last night after the Sushi we decide to check out a couple of places and ended up at Crabs Bar in Santa Marta (www.crabsbar.com - Cll 18 Kr 3 - 69). The place had Peter Frampton jamming on the stereo and large TV on the wall with a ton of CDs/DVDs above above the bar and a large sound system. The place is painted bright red and definately has the "Crab" look and feel. We played darts and had a beer - they only have Club Colombia - i wish they had other national beers like Pilsen or Aguila. After about an hour we left - and decide to check out Bar Lilias (KR 4 CL 13 - 7). We never did find the place on numerous attempts earlier - however we noticed last week they had a sign up above the doors which made it very easy to find (after a couple of beers). Now they had Plisen and Rock 'n 'Roll. They had more people than Crabs (but it was raining cats and dogs back in Santa Marta but not over the mountain in Rodadero (which is typical)). All in all we had a nice time and enjoy getting out.

Before we went to Crabs we went to this bar across the street next to a hotel - the place was real old like hundreds of years old - but it was cool and "old Spanish" if you know what i mean. It was dark inside and they were showing videos on projectors of Spain and music video. I asked for a couple of Pilsens and while it was dark, a hugh roach was crawling on top of the bar. He was the size of a mouse.

By larryrn on Nov 7, 2009, 05:03 in Friendly Talkzone.

babygirl says on Nov 7, 2009, 05:11:

Oh COOOOL! I wonder if that's the place I passed by and hear rock tunes, but we were late and had to go meet someone. If I ever venture back to Santa Marta, I'll have to check it out.

ummmm GOD I hate those roaches eeeeewwww. Thanks for the visual larryrn, size of a mouse eh? ;) gross.

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babygirl says on Nov 7, 2009, 05:14:

Just checked out their site, looking at the map it might be it, BUT I'm horrible with directions. Really annoying harmonica effects on the menu bar though ;) Sorry just had to critique.

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bickerss says on Nov 7, 2009, 07:37:

Bar Lilias has great music - was there last night earlier as well - awsome playlist with the actual videos to the song playing (now that must be a first for Colombia!!!)

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babygirl says on Nov 7, 2009, 08:37:

Great info guys!!

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raymundo says on Nov 8, 2009, 20:06:

cool story larrym, jajaja

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raymundo says on Nov 8, 2009, 20:09:

I have been to approximately 500 bars in 20 cities in Colombia, I never knew that old one larrym mentioned. Speaking of beer's, they used to have one in Cali called Polar which was from Venezuela. Guess they don't import it anymore du to hugo in need of an altudinal adjustment.

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bickerss says on Nov 9, 2009, 07:05:

Polar was great - well the pictures on the cans anyway!

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larryrn says on Nov 9, 2009, 07:12:

Exito's house beer is brewed by the company that makes Polar. They call it here "Regional Light" - in English.

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