I've been a bit anxious about making this post because I've been
trying to think "How do I make it look nice?" But that's just it- you
don't. There are going to be colored pictures together with black and
white pictures. Good quality pictures with bad quality pictures taken
with my phone. I decided that in order to give you guys a realistic
glimpse to my nights in Ibiza, I had to let go of my obsessive need to
make everything look so goddamn esthetic (You should see me with
instagram) and just embrace the picture chaos. So now that I have
decided to let go of my weird obsessive need, I'm just going to dive
right in. You ready?
Well anyway to start off I might
as well explain a bit about Ibiza and its clubs for those who have never
been. The main towns that I have been to and can (semi-legitimately at
least) explain are the Ibiza town, which is the biggest town on the
Island, and San Antoni, which is a lot smaller by comparison. Ibiza town
contains a city vibe while San Antoni has this beachy holiday resort
vibe. I suppose some could make a comparison between it and the Jersey
Shore. (The guidos and the Jersey shore cast are replaced by the large
population of the loud, drunken tourists. Mostly British.) There are
about 12 huge clubs in Ibiza. The most well known are the oldest ones:
Pasha (the best and oldest of all if you ask me), The Privilege (used to
be called "the Q"), Amnesia, and Space. In addition to those there is
Ushuaia, an elite hotel, which holds awesome concerts and parties so it
is often counted as one of the clubs. I have been to Pasha, the
Privilege, Ushuaia, and Amnesia (we went to Amnesia last year) myself.
Many of these clubs are very concert-like because they are so huge and
there is almost always a well known DJ playing. For example we saw
Guetta in Ushuaia.
Usually
people dress up for Ushuaia as it is a bit more expensive and a lot
fancier than someplaces. However, we opted for spandex shorts and 7-euro
shirts (which we found from a random tourist shop) because we were
heading to privileges neon paint party afterwards. The outfit was cheap
AND it was very comfortable regardless of the jumping up and down and
dancing like crazy in the stuffed crowd for almost 10 hours straight.
The thing is, I love dressing up for concerts because you can experiment
with your make up. We added little crystal bead stickers to our make up
for the crazy festival feel.
After
Ushuaia we rushed to a burger joint near by for a midnight snack and
then took a cab to the Privilege. The dress code for Privilege was much
more casual. Good thing too, since we ended up being soaked in paint
from head to toe.
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| Literally seconds away from getting splashed in the face with paint |
It
was pretty crazy but we actually invented a pretty convenient life hack
for you guys! Instead of bringing an expensive clutch, we put our
phones and some money in ziploc bags! The Iphone (I haven't tried with
any other phone yet) registers your touch through the bag so basically
it worked as a DIY waterproof phone case. (See below)
Also
you might have already spotted that we had a few flasks with us. This
is another good tip: Whenever you can bring/sneak in your own booze - do
it. First of all, even a small water bottle at a club (I.e. Pasha,
Privilege,...all the big ones) costs 10 euros. So bringing your own
drinks saves you money. Another thing it does is it eliminates the
safety hazard of someone spiking your drink because after all it's
Ibiza, and ccording to all the crazy stories I've heard you'd much
rather be safe than sorry.
You know, just a few friendly tips along the way!
Pasha
was the last one of the big clubs that we went to. Pasha was/is my
favorite by far because of its compact dance floor. Don't get me wrong
though, the club itself is huuuge! It's just that the close proximity of
the DJs and the dancers due to the shape of the dance floor makes the
event seem like a party and a not just some concert, which is something I
personally like. When we went to Pasha we had Steve Aoki and Afrojack
play together and they were so good. Afrojack is so talented as a DJ and
you would never guess how good he is live from the stuff you hear on
the radio.
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| My outfit for Pasha! |
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The
dress code for Pasha is a lot more formal just like the club itself.
Also, Pasha is known for its hippie flower theme. I actually got the
lace top from a hippie market on the previous day!
In
Pasha we danced with so many people. By the end of the night Steve Aoki
and Afrojack started throwing pies into the crowd and of course my
friend Mathilde had gotten herself into the front row and shortly became
the number one target for the pie. The hilarious part was that it kinda
looked like puke so you can just imagine a cab driver's delight of
having to drive us home.
In addition to the big
clubs, we spent many nights club hopping in Ibizza town and San Antoni .
In San Antoni there is "the west end" simply referred to as "the west"
which is basically this street that is packed with regular clubs. In
there it's much easier to get to know and talk to new people and we
ended up making a lot of new friends. All in all, the long nights in
Ibiza filled me with so many cherishable memories. One thing I learned
was that the only thing better than going to bed to a radiant sunset is
going to bed to a radiant sunrise, and that's the luxury and lifestyle
of the crazy, magneficient, Ibiza.
Until later.
XO,
J
