Wedding Crashers

Last night was my first offical wedding crashing, Renuka and I got dressed up and showed up at the Global Towers rooftop deck for a wedding reception going. We didn't stay very long because it started raining, but long enough to get a couple pictures proving we were there. We weren't called out by any of the people starting at us, but I'm sure people knew.
We decided to head to the hotel bar for a drink after leaving the reception, but right then we spotted a group of non-local guys and chicks heading out the door so I wondered out loud what they were up to. As it turned out the group was going to H20, a trendy and popular club in Colombo. They invited us along we piled into a cab and headed to the club.
The group of people we were with was an airline crew from Emirates. They were down by Global Towers because as tradition has it, any flight crew stopping over in Colombo goes to Beach Wadiya for dinner. The crew consisted of a girl from Singapore, Spain, and a guy from Singapore, Australia and Malta. I don't remember all their names but it was interesting speaking to each of them. They all had lots to say about Dubai, their current home, as well as working as cabin crew on Emirates. They all love Emirates, and we spent substantial time discussing the poor U.S. airlines and their "granny" flight attendants. Airlines in Asia are the best, for many reasons, hands down. From what our friends told us, Dubai sounds crazy, a relatively liberal country in a very conservative part of the world, with LOTS of money flowing around. The girl from Singapore (Nina I think) was describing how the girls there are covered head to toe by day in the hajab, but by night they're wearing the skimpiest skirts and strapless tops. The funniest thing any of them said was when the Australian lad asked me if I knew how to get around UAE blocking certain "types" of websites. I told him I'm from "the land of the free" and I've never had to deal with that sort of censorship. Still, Dubai sounds like a place I'd like to visit. Hopefully, I'll have a chance to cross paths with the Emirates crew some day as they were some great people.
H2O was a decent place, a bit pricey on the drinks for Sri Lanka but expected since its the "in" spot right now. They do live music until about 11, and then the dance club atmosphere kicks in. It nice because its a big, airy place with plenty of room at the bar and lounging area. Definitely a place I'll be back to.