{"id":317,"date":"2016-11-20T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/?p=317"},"modified":"2016-11-20T20:50:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T20:50:26","slug":"day-1-first-night-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 &#8211; First Night Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After eating dinner, we made our way to Eric&#8217;s camp at around 8:45pm.<\/p>\n<p>When we got to his camp, we (Sam, Eric, and I), decided to do p (each had 100). Eric mentioned though that he needed to get back to his camp before 1am, since he was going to do m with his camp mates. We assured him this was possible.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, we got on our bikes and headed to Richard&#8217;s camp, of course taking the 3 &#8211; 9 Esplanade pass through.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When we got to Richard&#8217;s camp, he was not there. We chilled for a bit at his camp, but then we decided to take a walk and leave our bikes.<\/p>\n<p>We walked towards the center of BRC. Along the way there were these tangos that appeared to be moving.<\/p>\n<p>When we got to the center, looking out and around&#8230; the art was very surreal and beautiful. I also felt like I was in a holodeck, or like at the center of the universe. Looking up seemed like I was in space.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We eventually made our way to the man in the center. Approaching it, and even look at the gears&#8230; they were all moving. Even the sand. Looking at things, you sorta know how they work.<\/p>\n<p>After the man, we eventually made our way to some of the sound stages. One of them was called the Mayan Warriors. They&#8217;re lights and sounds we&#8217;re amazing. We then went to Opulent temple, where we stayed for quite a while. When we were trying to leave, Eric kept just turning around and heading back to it&#8230; it was like he was completely mesmerized lol.<\/p>\n<p>After Opulent temple, we passed by this stage called the Bare Bonze stage, where the set up was just speakers, and a skeleton of a stage. I thought it was very creative.<\/p>\n<p>The final stage we stayed at (mainly since it had a fire pit) was Kahzba. One of the djs, Hoj, played a really good set.<\/p>\n<p>We also chilled at some couches that Kahzba had, although Eric was pretty cold (so we then stayed around the fire area).<\/p>\n<p>We left Kahzba around 6am to get our bikes. On our way back, walking through the center, the walk in itself was also a journey. The clouds and the sky simply looked amazing, along with the mountains (it almost seemed like we could walk and reach the mountains). We saw people parachuting down. It&#8217;s unclear the number of people.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;insert pics from the morning, like the picture frame one)<\/p>\n<p>After getting our bikes, we went to bed at 7am.<\/p>\n<p>Lol. The takeaway is that Eric did not make it back by 1am&#8230; but we did have every intention of brining him back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After eating dinner, we made our way to Eric&#8217;s camp at around 8:45pm. When we got to his camp, we (Sam, Eric, and I), decided to do p (each had 100). 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