This past weekend was absolutely amazing and created numerous memories that I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life.
I was fortunate enough to go to Ultra with a bunch of my friends- my very first music festival! Going in I had absolutely no idea what to expect, I just knew it would be crazy fun. Ultra is a two-day EDM festival with tons of djs and tons of people. It’s only held in one place in the US each year- Miami. How cool is it that I get to say that my first music festival was in Cape Town, South Africa?! One of the coolest things was that we were able to get VIP tickets since they were cheap. This is something that wouldn’t even be imaginable in the US (VIP tickets go for over $1200). The tickets gave us access to private bathrooms, bars and food, which came in really handy.
It was a stressful day leading up to the festival but once we got there, everything was worth it! I stayed in a B&B in Hout Bay with some of our friends, while others went back to school after the first night. Hout Bay is an absolutely gorgeous area with an insane view. The B&B had a cute little pool and deck which overlooked the city out onto the Bay. The beach looked really clean and beautiful from afar but unfortunately we didn’t have enough time to go there.
The first night (Saturday) we didn’t head off to the festival until about 7:30. Surprisingly I didn’t feel out of place and joined right in with everyone dancing. Within about five minutes of arriving, someone stepped on my friend’s shoe and broke it. A little while later, she tripped on that foot and ended up fracturing it in four places (something we didn’t find out until yesterday). It made our weekend pretty interesting. The headliners that night were Zedd and Skrillex. I definitely think that Zedd was my favorite out of both nights. I didn’t take my GoPro the first night so I only have some low quality, short videos 😦 Everything ended at 2 that night, so needless to say, we were up very late and didn’t get a whole lot of sleep. To make matters worse, my friend got her fanny pack stolen, which had her phone, wallet and passport in it. We never found it, but yesterday someone messaged her on Facebook to say they had found her passport! The next day we didn’t head to Ultra until about 5 o’clock, which gave us plenty of time to hang out by the pool, relax and recharge before the night ahead of us. That night, the headliners were Afrojack and Tiesto- Afrojack was my favorite. Unfortunately, tragedy struck again. My friend had his phone stolen out of his pocket as he was walking through the crowd away from the stage. We got back to the B&B at about 12:30, much earlier compared to the night before, but we were all so exhausted and passed out almost immediately. The next morning was Monday and we had to wake up at a reasonable time to make sure we got back to Stellies for class.
I had so much fun last weekend and I wish that I could just go back and relive it all over again. The weather was amazing, the music was unbelievable, but the people I went with were really what made it such a good time. We were able to make it to the front of the crowd both nights and danced like crazy for hours. I was even able to get up on a friend’s shoulders and get a sick view of everything. Watching the videos I took gets me so pumped but so sad that it the festival came and went so fast. I’ve already joked with a couple of friends that in a few years, we’re all going to fly back to Cape Town and go to Ultra together. Honestly, I’d be pretty disappointed if we didn’t make it happen.
p.s. A huge thanks for Joey and Markus for helping me capture some of these pictures and videos!!
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Sounds like tons of fun! Thanks for sharing.
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