fhmsparkle
Well-Known Member
Dates you were there: 23rd September - 30th September
Where you stayed:
Palladium Palmyra - San Antonio. I stayed here twice last year and had a great experience, the rooms were nice and quiet and I could get some rest when I needed it. This time round though I had a room right next to the path that runs to ocean beach and there was noise at several points during the night from that. There was also thumping music coming from somewhere on the Saturday night that went until 4-5 am. Couple all that with a buzzing fuse box in the room and my first night was not great. Tried and failed to change rooms, thankfully I was out 5 nights so it didn't matter too much and was obviously too shattered to care the rest of the time. Put a bit of a dampner on things hotel wise but maybe will stay somewhere else next time.
Nights Visited:
Armin Van Buuren at Ushuaia - hadn't been here before and there was a good group going so decided to tick it off the list. As a venue it is more of a concert feel but I'm glad I went. Armin was exactly as expected though - EDM but I found a couple of Welsh people who seemed equally as bored with it so we spent some of the evening checking the rugby score (Wales won of course!).
Pyramid at Amnesia - bit of a last minute decision after Armin but oh my god it was a good one. Alan Fitzpatrick was the main draw for me and he was slamming out the dark hard techno. Loved every second of it! Didn't think much of Adam Beyer but Lilly Palmer was going for it and was the better person to see!
Kevin and Perry at Amnesia - went to this last year and it was the best night I'd been to in a long time. This year we got a large group so went full VIP. It was nice to experience to see what it was like but it's not for me. It lacked atmosphere, the people on the table next to us were horrible and my friend fell over the really low balcony railing. Thank god for the platform underneath where the dancers go. I also ended up freezing cold due to the lack of others body heat
musically I seemed to miss all my favourite tunes this year. No idea what happened but it totally missed the mark for me.
Shine at Eden - I'm a huge trance lover so I had been looking forward to this, but ended up disappointed. Just couldn't get into what PVD was playing. I stuck it out to the end but was happy to leave. I spent most of my night chatting to people - I think this is why I have no voice left funny point of the evening was chatting to Scot Project in the VIP toilets.
Best night:
Pyramid at Amnesia
Worst night:
Armin at Ushuaia
Best bar:
Itaca - we joined the trance event sunset party with Rob Tissera and it was just magic as the sun went down. Great crowd in there too.
Best place to eat:
Didn't have proper meals as such but the curry I had at Golden Buddha was pretty good.
Money spent:
No idea
Biggest regret:
Giving in to my tiredness on Wednesday - even though I slept 8 hours I felt bloody awful on Thursday morning. Should have just powered on through to another party.
Going back?:
Of course
Observations and/or conclusion:
A special mention goes to @stivi for the fantastic hike he took us on. It was really good to get out and do something totally different. He's a great guide and I learnt a lot about the island. Doing something like this made me feel like I'd had a "proper" holiday, and didn't just waste it partying. Also took a trip out to Santa Eulalia to find the Kevin and Perry apartment which killed a few hours. The weather was absolutely perfect too which meant hanging out on the beach and swimming in the sea.
It was also lovely to meet @Browny, @Midlands-Andy and their other halves for a quick drink! Also a shoutout to @Johnny Vodka for his company at several points during the week. I'm very much gutted to be home.
Top Tip: book a hike with Stivi!!
Where you stayed:
Palladium Palmyra - San Antonio. I stayed here twice last year and had a great experience, the rooms were nice and quiet and I could get some rest when I needed it. This time round though I had a room right next to the path that runs to ocean beach and there was noise at several points during the night from that. There was also thumping music coming from somewhere on the Saturday night that went until 4-5 am. Couple all that with a buzzing fuse box in the room and my first night was not great. Tried and failed to change rooms, thankfully I was out 5 nights so it didn't matter too much and was obviously too shattered to care the rest of the time. Put a bit of a dampner on things hotel wise but maybe will stay somewhere else next time.
Nights Visited:
Armin Van Buuren at Ushuaia - hadn't been here before and there was a good group going so decided to tick it off the list. As a venue it is more of a concert feel but I'm glad I went. Armin was exactly as expected though - EDM but I found a couple of Welsh people who seemed equally as bored with it so we spent some of the evening checking the rugby score (Wales won of course!).
Pyramid at Amnesia - bit of a last minute decision after Armin but oh my god it was a good one. Alan Fitzpatrick was the main draw for me and he was slamming out the dark hard techno. Loved every second of it! Didn't think much of Adam Beyer but Lilly Palmer was going for it and was the better person to see!
Kevin and Perry at Amnesia - went to this last year and it was the best night I'd been to in a long time. This year we got a large group so went full VIP. It was nice to experience to see what it was like but it's not for me. It lacked atmosphere, the people on the table next to us were horrible and my friend fell over the really low balcony railing. Thank god for the platform underneath where the dancers go. I also ended up freezing cold due to the lack of others body heat
musically I seemed to miss all my favourite tunes this year. No idea what happened but it totally missed the mark for me.Shine at Eden - I'm a huge trance lover so I had been looking forward to this, but ended up disappointed. Just couldn't get into what PVD was playing. I stuck it out to the end but was happy to leave. I spent most of my night chatting to people - I think this is why I have no voice left
funny point of the evening was chatting to Scot Project in the VIP toilets.Best night:
Pyramid at Amnesia
Worst night:
Armin at Ushuaia
Best bar:
Itaca - we joined the trance event sunset party with Rob Tissera and it was just magic as the sun went down. Great crowd in there too.
Best place to eat:
Didn't have proper meals as such but the curry I had at Golden Buddha was pretty good.
Money spent:
No idea
Biggest regret:
Giving in to my tiredness on Wednesday - even though I slept 8 hours I felt bloody awful on Thursday morning. Should have just powered on through to another party.
Going back?:
Of course
Observations and/or conclusion:
A special mention goes to @stivi for the fantastic hike he took us on. It was really good to get out and do something totally different. He's a great guide and I learnt a lot about the island. Doing something like this made me feel like I'd had a "proper" holiday, and didn't just waste it partying. Also took a trip out to Santa Eulalia to find the Kevin and Perry apartment which killed a few hours. The weather was absolutely perfect too which meant hanging out on the beach and swimming in the sea.
It was also lovely to meet @Browny, @Midlands-Andy and their other halves for a quick drink! Also a shoutout to @Johnny Vodka for his company at several points during the week. I'm very much gutted to be home.
Top Tip: book a hike with Stivi!!
