White Night for the ladies!

Wow...Lilongwe survived a night with the ladies dressed in white!  Last Friday, J. and I had organized a night out for a bunch of colleagues and friends on the town.  We had rented a bus, booked a restaurant and ended up having a ball.  The theme was "Dress in White" and many did go out, completely dressed in white.  We all looked great, and I'm not biaised there! 
This whole thing started by my purchase of white linen trousers at the second hand market.  I saw J. that day and said "we need to go out so I can wear my new purchase" and there was the White Night being launched. 
We started the night with a bus pickup in the parking lot at work, then went to the restaurant La Causerie, in Capital city.  We had thankfully contacted the owner and asked for a buffet.  That was a smart move as we ended up, all 27 of us, seated around a HUGE table. They had been warned that a bunch of ladies dressed in white were invading the place!  The buffet allowed us to pick and choose from the proposed dishes.  It also helped with settling the bill at the end of the meal.  We just had a grand time, visiting and chatting away from our regular work environment.  A lot of laughter about bits and nothings was taking place.
The second stop of the evening was at Harry's Bar, a popular haunt in the expat as well as local community.  It's mostly a wooden shak of sorts, with a long bar, serving all kinds of drink.  There is some loud music playing and loads of people standing.  I like to go to Harry's.  Some faces are familiar, some are waiting to be met, and you always bump into someone you know.  That probably would not happen in any other city where there are hundreds of bars..  One of the good points of living here!
The hours went by quickly and before we knew it, it was almost 2:00 am and most wanted to go home!  So, the bus did a few drop off, then on to the next stop, Diplomats in Old Town.  I'd never gone there and did not know what to expect.  It's another bar/disco that was just recently renovated, but I don't care for all the ladies of the night frequenting the place...  The good point of that is that you can dance and not be bothered by guys!  The leftover few of us, only 5, spent a couple of hours there before heading out to Zanzi, another bar/disco.  Unfortunately, when we got there on the now mostly empty bus, the place looked deserted, no cars on the street....  so we opted for an "early" return home... 
Next time, we will have breakfast at Kiboko, after we "paint the town red"!