Is Partying In Nakuru Worth All The Hype?

Over the weekend, I decided to make my way up to Nakuru. I am not one for all the hype and while I like DJ Capri, I don’t go in for the Nairobi hype and noise. My weekend was down to either attending the Smirnoff party in Thika or Nakuru and my friends weighed in and swayed my decision.

Nakuru in a word is quaint. Small, scenic, cold. The party scene however livens up the town but only in one club. More on that later.
I got dressed for the night and stepped out to Taidys. A club that has three levels and three dancefloors. First off let me say that I was shocked by how horribly NaxVegas folk dress! I am talking straight from Micheal Jackson’s thriller type bad. The menfolk couldn’t even be bothered to through on trousers or closed shoes.

The women? I dare say that of the 4 major party centres in Kenya (Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru and Kisumu), Nakuru women dress the worst. Everyone of them was leaking from their dresses which were all a size or 5 too small! The women looked like the dress were sewn onto their frames. Bleurgh! No seriously, when I caught sight of some of them, my soul died a little and my vitality followed it to the nether realms!

But don’t get me wrong, for all the horror that was NaxVegas folk, my night was more than made up for at Rafikiz. In Nairobi, Rafikiz is at best just another average bar with silly little girls chasing after 45 year old married men too stupid to go home and be with the family. But the Rafikiz in NaxVegas? Inspired! And packed!

All in all, I hit up 4 clubs Taidy’s, Samba, Rafikiz and Avenue and aside from the atrocious dressing (Nakuru I was informed is a town of farmers and farmhands so i was expecting more than their simple country tastes could offer in terms of fashion), the music was awesome. The good yet fashion challenged folk of Nakuru love local music. I am talking about Nameless, Nonini and the likes. The DJs are hopeless but the music is good.
This is what I think about the clubs I hit up in NaxVegas:

1. Taidys -horrible DJs, but still a cool place. More so for the people who love chilled out drinking. The women here however dress badly and the men even worse! Not a place for anyone who enjoys the full experience of nightlife.

2. Samba -these fools charge you entrance to enter the V.I.P area which is in the basement… And the cover charge doesn’t even get you a free beer. What a rip-off!

3. Rafikiz -lively place. Could rival anyone of Nairobi’s top spots.

4. Avenue -ratchet. Straight out ratchet. Just no! We fled the scene… Alright so the rest walked, I fled!