I had a layover there a couple of years ago on a Saturday night. The crew and I wanted to go out for dinner/drinks and asked the van driver for his recommendations. He gave us a few, but then told us the last taxi company pulled out of there. We thought he was joking, but he wasn't. We ended up walking to an Italian restaurant that was pretty pathetic. Our Plan B was to buy beer in the gas station on the way back to hotel to play some crazy game requiring memorization and repeating which was pretty funny the more people drank! Oh and we were near a railroad crossing which seemed interesting at the time (for city folk like our crew, anyway) UNTIL a train flew by every 20 minutes blaring its horn. Hard to get rest with that! Driving to the base was even more depressing.......a very eye-opening experience where I felt for the locals and folks based there.