Due to the lack of sleep it is harder to recollect exactly what happened in the three days and nights on this crazy island. Here is my best attempt to outline our time there.
We arrived in Ibiza around 11:30 pm after getting our bags, so we got a taxi and headed to San Antonio located on the west side of the island. Getting in late wasn't a problem as no clubs really get going till 2 am. Settling into our hostels, we found them to be more like hotels; we had a private bathroom and only two beds per room. We got some food and drink mixers as soon as we got there, and had a quick dinner before showering and getting ready for our first night on the town.
The first night, we had tickets to Space, which is one of the most famous clubs around the world in some of the most exclusive locations. We took a taxi there and back, and split into teams of 2 for the night. Pat and I walked around the club exploring the different floors of the club, each with its own dj and vibe. Trying to mingle we found most of our advances were shut down. Including a lengthy conversation with a group of Italian women who we thought were very cool, were pulled away by their friend who didn't Americans. I've found that our reputation abroad is that of ignorant tourists who aren't cultured about any other nations or languages. Sadly I know that as my first go around in Europe, I fit this molding but with more travelling and time that can change. We didn't return to the hostel till 7 am.
The next day was a rather late wake up at around 3:00pm. We got dressed and headed down to the beach. The beaches in Ibiza are full of tourists from all over europe. We talked with people from London and of course Australia everyone is very friendly and laid back. As for the beaches the the water is warm and shallow. The bay is full of people relaxing on floaties and laying out in the hot sun...needless to say I loved it. We essentially just laid on the beach for a few hours and took a few swims. We wandered around the town, sort of finding our way as we went.
We eventually headed down to an area known as Sunset Strip which boasts the #2 sunset in the entire world. We didn't have dinner reservations so we watched on the rocks of the beach. We made a reservation for the next night for a private showing of Dirty South and Steve Angello!
On the way back we spotted a pizzeria where we got dinner and made a new friend who moonlights as an illegal cab driver as we would find out later. Once the sun dropped, the island came to life. We went back to the hostel and just hung out for a while and caught our breath. The buses to the worlds largest foam party at amnesia were leaving at 2 am so we got to the club around 2:30 am and just danced all night. The foam dropped at a whopping 6 am. The floor was flooded with bubbles, as people scammbled to cover their eyes and mouths. Fun for the first ten minutes we left completely soaked. Mike and I got separated from Pat and Bryce, much to our dismay. We didn't have any Euro on us since we were both just in swimsuits and nothing else, we had given our money to Pat who had a ziplock baggie with our stuff. We got outside and still couldn't find our friends, so we waited around for about 30 minutes for a bus but they had stopped running so we had to convince an illegal taxi driver to take us home based on the promise of payment after I went into my hostel. That's where our pizzeria friend came to the rescue from earlier that night. We walked out and he recognized me immediately and asked if we needed a ride. We eventually got it worked out and got home. I watched the sunrise from the cab. After we paid the driver, Mike and I went and found food immediately. We stopped at a market that was open and got some bread chips, meat, and spreadable cheese, some OJ, and a candy bar...healthy right?
Day 3...A day which marked our final together as Bryce was leaving for Romania in the morning and we were heading to Rome. To commemorate it we had our reservation at Cafe Mamba along the sunset strip, where we were just the night before. Tonight we ate well, enjoyed the most incredible sunset overlooking the Mediterranean the orange and blue were full of boats and parasailers in the bay, a sight too beautiful to put into words. To drink we shared several pitchers of sangria champagne and mojitos. For food we enjoyed prawns, patatas bravas a typical spanish dish, nachos and I had a bacon burger to finish. The meal lasted over 3 hours, we had to be at the table from 730 until sunset. The Cafe Mamba bar was playing house beats of Dirty South and Steve Angello who were spinning at the cafe were only topped by the fact we ran into the dubstep dj skrillex, like the huge fans we were we got a picture with him. A great start to the night for sure.
After that amazing sunset dinner we rested then headed to Privilege to see TIESTO. This place holds upwards of 12,000 people, and is the guiness book of records largest in the world...yes it was a good night to be alive!
We got back in time to catch our third and final sunrise. We had a flight to Rome that afternoon, so we just wanted to get there. I slept less than 20 hours in 3 nights, so I was absolutely exhausted. I slept the entire plane ride, runway to runway with no trouble.
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