Adam Beyer | Travels, Adventures, and Leisure

Started the second day walking towards the inner central part of Amsterdam (as that’s where we were meeting a group for dinner. Stopped by a stroopwafels store and got an Oreo sprinkled one (a bit ok rich for me. Also stopped by two Cafe bars along the way to just get some Aperol Spritz’s. Also strolled around the Red Light district (couldn’t find the g version of it though).

Also stopped by a cheese store (didn’t know that Gouda was big there).

While we were walking around, they were filming a sequel to a 1988 movie, Amsterdamned. Gonna check it out.

We eventually arrived at the place we were meeting people for food called China Sichuan Restaurant – Zeedijk. Details can be found here:

China Sichuan Restaurant – Zeedijk

On the walk back to our hotel, we then went to a local bar for 30 minutes that had an ADE event. The DJ that was playing was Jasper Pol.

After, it was time for the main part of the night, going to the Techno Temple of the world, Gashouder, where Awakenings was happening. The main DJ that night was Adam Beyer. (Some notes about Gashouder is that they use a token system for drinks, they don’t serve whisky, security is pat downs, you should try out the bleachers for good lighting visuals, and necklaces can get stolen from you). We were the for around 6 hours.

Slept in until 1pm, but still had a super productive day.

Started off the day at the resort’s buffet for a quick lunch and sparkling wine. Then got a taxi to the part of the Platja d’en Bossa where I would get my ticket for the Oceanbeat boat party (they said to meet at a place called BXXCH Club Ibiza for tix, but it ended up being just a stand that was near the boat dock).

The boat ride itself was actually pretty chill, with melodic house being played for the first half, then deep house on the ride back. The route stayed to the east side of the island. We stopped for 40 minutes for people to jump in. FYI, the only drinks that was included beer and sangria. A shot is whisky was 20 euros (I got two for free since they didn’t give me the correct change when I paid for the remainder of my ticket). Next time I would do the VIP package, since you get shade, a bottle of champagne, and also the people in the VIP section seemed really chill. Also on the boat ride I met some people from California that were staying in the bungalow part of Ushaia. I would say half of the boat was Americans, and half were heading to Tomorrowland after.

After the boat ride, walked through the town back to the hotel (not to be confused with Ibiza Towne). There were some restaurants and bars I would check out. They also had KFC and Burger King. I stopped by a Supermarket (that’s what they call grocery stores here) to get Ballentines and water.

When I got back to the hotel, we had reservations at a restaurant called Portofino. You can read about it here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2023/07/25/portofino/

FYI, at all inclusive, you need to always should prioritize reserving restaurants when you land.

After dinner, took a Power Nap, then pregamed for Eric Prydz. Left the hotel at 1:30am to Hi Ibiza. We were able to catch Christoph before Prydz. For Prydz, I felt the set up was a bit backwards from the regular shows. I thought the 3D ness was inward, as opposed to outward (compared to hide regular Holo shows). After Prydz, caught a bit of Adam Beyer, then went to the side room where they were playing some chill tech house.

We concluded the night by going back to the only restaurant open 24/7 in the resort, the Sports bar.

I will say all the popular tourist spots have taxis available, so I see why Ubers are. It a thing on the island (but available mainland).