After having to deal with the majority of my friends jetting off to magaluf, faliraki and ayia napa for their summer holidays, i finally made the decision to scrounge a grand off my mum and do what i've always wanted to do and visit the white isle. Myself, and my lads Tanner and Scott got off to a fairly abysmal start by missing the coach to manchester airport and had to get a lift up ther, we then sat around at the airport in the early hours of the morning feeling both the buzz of what was to come. The flight was fairly uneventful but we managed to snatch a bit of sleep.
We arrived at about 10:30 in the morning to a wonderful ibiza day and got the bus to San An with the rest of the Club 18-30'ers. As we arrived at the Del Mar studios 2 hours before check in we dumped our gear in a side room and buggerd off across the road for a few rounds. We were then passed around several rooms until we finally got a three bed one, and went back to the foyer for a meetin with our rep, this resulted in the drunken purchase of a bunch of club tickets that we realised we didnt want as we soberd up! The rest of our first day was spent strolling around paradise takin in the sights an d the atmosphere. Bought tickets for Meganite@Privilege for 20 euros and then went off to a neat little chinese we found which did a quality 3 course meal and a drink for 8 Euros. as the night rolled in, we got our selves all suited and booted before heading off to Rehab for 50 cents a drink night. We loved it in ther, the DJ was brilliant as were the drinks and the killer shot that is a gas chamber (75% absinthe 25% after shock, some messin about with inhaling lethal fumes and downing the shot before the brain dissolves) although me and Scott wernt too badly affected, Tanner was and provided drunken humour for the rest of the night especially in the queue for the privilege bus in which he managed to piss off revellers from many different countries. When we arrived at Privilege my jaw literally hit the ground, we were jus blown away by its magnificence. We had a little boogie by one of the semi naked dancers before movin onto the floor just under the DJ booth when Mauro Piccotto took control of the decks. The Night was awesome, the music was a new experience for me because im usually into my trance and hard house but this was really dirty and funky beats and electro house. We arrived back at the hotel at around 7a.m. and had a well earnt sleep after being awake for nearly 48 hours.
Next day, we woke up some time in the early afternoon and headed off to the beach for a chill and a swim in the sea before headin back as the sun started to set. We got ready and went to Pussycat bar to buy tickets for Cream@Amnesia and then were escorted to shades bar by one of the many pr girls on the strip. As a pint of vodka red bull plus a shot was a mere 5 euros we got slightly merry in here but obviously tanner had to take it to the limit downing 5 pints which didnt take hold straight away but caught up with him shortly afterwards. we also met up with some lads from newark who were also on their way to Amnesia. When we arrived the club was fairly dead and we were able to take it in without the crowds and also meet some sound lads from manchester. After about 15 mintues tanner took it upon himself to try and throw up over the bar nearest the toilets in the second room and was promptly thrown out with scott following to make sure he was ok. i didnt know any of this as i was with the other lads at the time (I learnt the next morning that Tanner wet himself in front of a crowd of thousands and they ended up in Ibiza town and had to walk the 14 miles or so back to San An which took them a good 5 hours). I however had the time of my life and got a little lucky also. All the Dj's that were playing were absolutely next level, especially Ferry Corsten and Paul Van Dyk. When i arrived back in San An i went up the west end with a scottish lad that i met and got hammerd resulting in me waking up on a sun lounger by the hotel pool at around 9 in the morning feeling not so good.
After Scott had informed me of Tanners drunken antics the night before we had a bit of a lazy day not getting up to too much and jus relaxing and recovering before heading off to rehab at about 10. This night wasnt as good as wednsday but still wasnt bad and we had a little boogie and i had 2 gas chambers which sorted me out royally. After this we headed further into the west end and ended up at an english bar which was doing a great deal. I cant remember what it was but it involved a lot of alcohol and not a lot of money. I was off my face when we turned up in temptations, a nice little lap dancing club. i once again lost tanner and scott as i went off for a private dance and didnt see them again until i got back to the hotel where i proceeded to spew my guts over the balcony which was on the top floor so i got pretty good coverage.
We spent saturday at the beach before heading back the the chinese that wed found a couple of days before. We were also given free tickets to PeopleFromIbiza@Amnesia aswell as free tickets to a foam party at Eden. I couldnt really get into people from ibiza and must have looked like a right mug yawning and dancing for most of the time, although the tunes were brilliant. We left shortly after a big sweaty fat guy decided to befriend us and shower us with hugs and kisses. Eden was absolutely dead and i actually tried to catch 40 winks in ther on a sofa and we left fairly quickly, and after a few drinks up the west end went back to the hotel.
Sunday for me encapsulated every thought and dream i'd had about Ibiza in my 17 years on this planet. We were on the beach again for quite a while before getting ready and heading off to the sunset strip. My days, sittin on the beach outside cafe del mar with a sex on the beach watching the sun go down with thousands of others really blew me away. After this we moved onto Kanya for a couple of drinks and watched Judge Jules do a short set and managed to get a photo with him. We ended up back in the westend and after a cuple more drinks moved on to Eden for Judgement Sundays. This came within a whisker of Cream and was absolutely brilliant with Eddie Halliwells set in the main room blowing everyone away. I felt totally fulfilled and happier than id ever been as i rolled into my bed at around 8!
We had to get up early on the monday for the 18-30 boat party. This got off to a slow start even with Lee John doing his best to liven us up half of us were still pissed and half asleep. When the free drink came round though (a mix of vodka gin rum and absinthe and apple juice) it got going and i was loving it especially when i won the belly flop competition and 2 bottles of champagne which i saved for the the old man and the old dear back home. We spent monday night lying on our matresses on the balcony reminicssing about life experiences because tanner flapped it and didnt want to go out and me and scott couldnt be arsed to argue.
And so we rolled into our last day on the island, bought a few souvenirs aswell as getting my ear pierced and we spent our last night up the west end getting slammed. We checked out temptations again and managed to drink a ridiculous amount without getting too bad. We ended up in Play 2 who had in a guest Dj who was really impressive. I remember boogying away and watching Jackass 2 at the same time which was an experience.
The early morning bus back to the airport and flight home was fairly depressing, and although i was elated to catch up with my boys back home i was longing to be back and still am. Therefore next year 10 of us are hopefully going for a 3 week stretch to fit everything in.
Ibiza=Heaven on Earth long live Ibiza
We arrived at about 10:30 in the morning to a wonderful ibiza day and got the bus to San An with the rest of the Club 18-30'ers. As we arrived at the Del Mar studios 2 hours before check in we dumped our gear in a side room and buggerd off across the road for a few rounds. We were then passed around several rooms until we finally got a three bed one, and went back to the foyer for a meetin with our rep, this resulted in the drunken purchase of a bunch of club tickets that we realised we didnt want as we soberd up! The rest of our first day was spent strolling around paradise takin in the sights an d the atmosphere. Bought tickets for Meganite@Privilege for 20 euros and then went off to a neat little chinese we found which did a quality 3 course meal and a drink for 8 Euros. as the night rolled in, we got our selves all suited and booted before heading off to Rehab for 50 cents a drink night. We loved it in ther, the DJ was brilliant as were the drinks and the killer shot that is a gas chamber (75% absinthe 25% after shock, some messin about with inhaling lethal fumes and downing the shot before the brain dissolves) although me and Scott wernt too badly affected, Tanner was and provided drunken humour for the rest of the night especially in the queue for the privilege bus in which he managed to piss off revellers from many different countries. When we arrived at Privilege my jaw literally hit the ground, we were jus blown away by its magnificence. We had a little boogie by one of the semi naked dancers before movin onto the floor just under the DJ booth when Mauro Piccotto took control of the decks. The Night was awesome, the music was a new experience for me because im usually into my trance and hard house but this was really dirty and funky beats and electro house. We arrived back at the hotel at around 7a.m. and had a well earnt sleep after being awake for nearly 48 hours.
Next day, we woke up some time in the early afternoon and headed off to the beach for a chill and a swim in the sea before headin back as the sun started to set. We got ready and went to Pussycat bar to buy tickets for Cream@Amnesia and then were escorted to shades bar by one of the many pr girls on the strip. As a pint of vodka red bull plus a shot was a mere 5 euros we got slightly merry in here but obviously tanner had to take it to the limit downing 5 pints which didnt take hold straight away but caught up with him shortly afterwards. we also met up with some lads from newark who were also on their way to Amnesia. When we arrived the club was fairly dead and we were able to take it in without the crowds and also meet some sound lads from manchester. After about 15 mintues tanner took it upon himself to try and throw up over the bar nearest the toilets in the second room and was promptly thrown out with scott following to make sure he was ok. i didnt know any of this as i was with the other lads at the time (I learnt the next morning that Tanner wet himself in front of a crowd of thousands and they ended up in Ibiza town and had to walk the 14 miles or so back to San An which took them a good 5 hours). I however had the time of my life and got a little lucky also. All the Dj's that were playing were absolutely next level, especially Ferry Corsten and Paul Van Dyk. When i arrived back in San An i went up the west end with a scottish lad that i met and got hammerd resulting in me waking up on a sun lounger by the hotel pool at around 9 in the morning feeling not so good.
After Scott had informed me of Tanners drunken antics the night before we had a bit of a lazy day not getting up to too much and jus relaxing and recovering before heading off to rehab at about 10. This night wasnt as good as wednsday but still wasnt bad and we had a little boogie and i had 2 gas chambers which sorted me out royally. After this we headed further into the west end and ended up at an english bar which was doing a great deal. I cant remember what it was but it involved a lot of alcohol and not a lot of money. I was off my face when we turned up in temptations, a nice little lap dancing club. i once again lost tanner and scott as i went off for a private dance and didnt see them again until i got back to the hotel where i proceeded to spew my guts over the balcony which was on the top floor so i got pretty good coverage.
We spent saturday at the beach before heading back the the chinese that wed found a couple of days before. We were also given free tickets to PeopleFromIbiza@Amnesia aswell as free tickets to a foam party at Eden. I couldnt really get into people from ibiza and must have looked like a right mug yawning and dancing for most of the time, although the tunes were brilliant. We left shortly after a big sweaty fat guy decided to befriend us and shower us with hugs and kisses. Eden was absolutely dead and i actually tried to catch 40 winks in ther on a sofa and we left fairly quickly, and after a few drinks up the west end went back to the hotel.
Sunday for me encapsulated every thought and dream i'd had about Ibiza in my 17 years on this planet. We were on the beach again for quite a while before getting ready and heading off to the sunset strip. My days, sittin on the beach outside cafe del mar with a sex on the beach watching the sun go down with thousands of others really blew me away. After this we moved onto Kanya for a couple of drinks and watched Judge Jules do a short set and managed to get a photo with him. We ended up back in the westend and after a cuple more drinks moved on to Eden for Judgement Sundays. This came within a whisker of Cream and was absolutely brilliant with Eddie Halliwells set in the main room blowing everyone away. I felt totally fulfilled and happier than id ever been as i rolled into my bed at around 8!
We had to get up early on the monday for the 18-30 boat party. This got off to a slow start even with Lee John doing his best to liven us up half of us were still pissed and half asleep. When the free drink came round though (a mix of vodka gin rum and absinthe and apple juice) it got going and i was loving it especially when i won the belly flop competition and 2 bottles of champagne which i saved for the the old man and the old dear back home. We spent monday night lying on our matresses on the balcony reminicssing about life experiences because tanner flapped it and didnt want to go out and me and scott couldnt be arsed to argue.
And so we rolled into our last day on the island, bought a few souvenirs aswell as getting my ear pierced and we spent our last night up the west end getting slammed. We checked out temptations again and managed to drink a ridiculous amount without getting too bad. We ended up in Play 2 who had in a guest Dj who was really impressive. I remember boogying away and watching Jackass 2 at the same time which was an experience.
The early morning bus back to the airport and flight home was fairly depressing, and although i was elated to catch up with my boys back home i was longing to be back and still am. Therefore next year 10 of us are hopefully going for a 3 week stretch to fit everything in.
Ibiza=Heaven on Earth long live Ibiza
