Nice review Sarah
I actually thought we had one of the most sensible conversations ever at the airport, who'd have known that a few hours before we were all in Space!
For me, this year was one if not my best ever holidays in Ibiza.
I can't quite put my finger on why because so much has changed on the island since i first went 4 years ago. What i do put it down to in the main though is the people I went with and mixed with when i was there. I have always thought that clubbing is a third about the music, a third about the venue and a third about the people you're there with. I now think it's actually more like 50% of whoo your there with 8)
It was great to meet up with some familiar faces Grego,Sarah,Tom,Morbyd,Meryl (hows Australia?) Mark Sun (Lights out!) and meet some new ones like Liam I will pass on your regards to Louisa!).
I won't do a long review of all that i went to but for me the summary was that it was "different" almost to the point of being in a different place!
Bora Bora had definitely been sanitised beyond belief with all the table dancing outside, wildness gone and full of police and security to make even the least paranoid person feel like they might have their collar felt at any time! That said i had a really great night there on Friday night, staying inside the pyramid until the end and dancing madly all night which the facebook pictures prove
San Antonio is not my sort of place as in the past it have been full of pissed up Chavs, however this year we had a really nice few hours chilling out at Coastline in what is a much nice backdrop than PDB. Wish we'd eaten there as it looked really nice.
Cream was great as ever, for me the best music (I like trance more that the Lawler esq stuff anyway) Not as busy as the closing i went to a few years ago but that's no bad thing as at least there was space to move about.
PFI at Amnesia i really struggled to get into as I went expecting it to be bouncy house, SOS style but instead both rooms played almost the same hard techy stuff that is far from uplifting good at getting you into the mood. It got better later though and actually the last 2 or 3 hours i really enjoyed.
Space on Sunday was a great example of how ibiza has changed.The sunset terrace no longer has any sky visible anywhere and even the thin canopy of cloth that used to be there seemed to be about 5 times as thick as it ever was. What i don't understand is why this has to be the case? Either you have an outside area with music allowed at restricted time and let it be as open to the elements and more importantly cooling breeze as possible or you just have done with it and put a permanent roof over it?
The music was excellent on the terrace all night, JU and Alfredo played some brilliant tracks.Next question though - why didn't any of those tunes (or others) feature inside? It's obviously not cool for big DJ's like Lawler to play anything remotely recognisable
Lawler was better than the last minimal set he played but miles away from the fantastic Harlem night at the End that he used to play.
Zabiela and Fanculli played a great back to back set inside, it was nice to see them really enjoying themselves jumping up and down just like we all were!8)
Having planned to stay until midnight and actually leaving at 5.30 seemed a terrible mistake but actually i think it's the way to go in the future as there is non of that wandering aimlessly round the airport with a tear in your eye!
So......al in all good, except this awful cold I currently have
, it was difficult) Did louisa get home ok, did she have a good time ?? And how was Smiley (killer Tracey off Corrie) get on ??
