We started off the day with breakfast on the terrace, then walked down to the beach to to sit in the sun for a bit. We had lunch at the cafe downstairs and packed for our trip to Ibiza. The Balearia ferry left from the town of Denia, about a half hour drive from Altea. The boat was much larger than we expected, it had two full decks above the car storage area. It was also much faster, getting up to a full speed of about 40 knots.

The first bit of land we saw was the island of Formentera, then we got our first look at Ibiza. The island is about 7 miles by 15 miles, with a few small cities spread around the edges. It is located about 60 miles East of the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean. We docked in Ibiza Harbor, then had the fun of carrying our luggage down 3 stories of steps, behind a long line of people with baggage that weighed more than they did, not the most efficient way to unload a large ship!

Our hotel, the Royal Plaza, was a short walk from the dock. Our rooms were very nice, just down the hall from each other. We stopped at a small store to grab some soda and munchies for later on, then walked towards the center of town looking for dinner. We found nice little outdoor cafe in a small plaza inside the "walled" part of the city and had some small pizzas as the crowd walked by us. From a flyer we found out that DJ Tiesto and Paul Van Dyk (2 of our favorite DJs) were spinning the following night at Amnesia. What a bonus!

Afterwards we walked around trying to find where the good bars were. The city is a maze of small alleyways that we felt a bit lost in. We finally found the street where all the bars seemed to be concentrated, though it was still a bit early (only around 11pm). We had picked up a flyer that listed the bars and clubs, so we decided to go back to the hotel to change, then headed to Angelo, one of the bigger bars, around 12:30. Things had definitely picked up and it was pretty full. We all definitely noticed that it was a very good looking crowd, lots of hot guys from all corners of the globe.

About 1:30am we walked around some more through the crowded streets, then decided to go to Anfora, the one club which is actually in town. It was a relatively small place, but had a fun atmosphere. We stayed for a while and danced a bit, then decided to leave when the stage show went on a bit too long. We had decided that we would go back to the hotel for a while in anticipation of going to one of the really big clubs called "Space" which opened at 8am(!).

Ibiza is probably "the" club destination in the world right now. People come from all over Europe and around the world to hear some of the newest and best music anywhere. Much of what is heard on Ibiza will be playing in clubs in other parts of the world a few months later. There are seven huge clubs (one of them is officially the "Largest Club On Earth" according to Guiness). Most go from 10pm to 8am with one going from 8am to dusk (the official "after hours" club). The really crazy part is that they are open every day of the week! On the weekends there are a few more clubs which are open, one is even on the beach in the evening. You can party at pretty much any hour of the day or night here!

Around sunrise Rick and Randy decided to take a walk around the "walled" portion of the city and get some pictures. The views were great, and the city was amazingly quiet.

It took about an hour to walk around and back to the hotel. On the way back the city was starting to wake up, and there were signs of people making their way home from the clubs.

We hopped in a cab around 9:15am and drove about 10 minutes down the coast to Space. It's a huge building with a very large indoor dance floor (About twice the size of Universe's main floor for those from San Francisco), and then another large one outdoors. When we arrived the place was full inside. The music was really good and we started dancing right away. After a couple of hours it started to thin out inside and then the music finished, so we went outside where it was still going strong. The energy was really fun and the crowd was having a great time. Around 2pm we decided to head back to the hotel to rest up for Thursday night. We set the alarm for 9:30pm and got some sleep.

Amnesia is even larger than Space, located a few minutes inland from the main town. When we went inside, we were all pretty stunned; the place was huge! The first dance floor was even bigger than the one at Space and quite full. The ceilings were very high, and there was a large VIP area upstairs looking down over the dance floor. We then walked around and over to the other dance floor. It was about the same size, but had lots of different levels to it, and it was absolutely packed. We made our way through trying to find a tiny bit of room, but then gave up and headed back to the first dance floor. We knew we would have to go back to the packed room though, the music was too good to miss.

We had fun in the first room, but after an hour we decided to try the second room again. We slowly made our way to a corner with a bit more room and really enjoyed the music. DJ Tiesto spun from 2am and Paul Van Dyk ("The King" as he's known) came on at 5.

Every so often it would seem like a volcanoe was erupting down in front of the DJ booth. It wasn't until later that we got to experience it first hand.

After a while we decided to go down onto the dance floor in front of the DJ booth. That was a great move since it was actually slightly less crowded there. The crowd was loving the music, everyone had big smiles on their faces.

The icing on the cake was their amazing "storm machine, right in front of the DJ. Every so often a horn would sound, a blast of cold fog would surround you so densely that you couldn't see the person twelve inches from you, the lights would come on full blast and create a reddish yellow glow around everything, then it would evaporate in about 2 seconds and everything warmed right back up and went back to normal! It was like a ride at an amusement park right on the dance floor! We had never seen or experienced anything like it before.