June 12 - 17 2025, (Dhërmi, Albania) - Anjunadeep Explorations

[prime junco]

Goed jongen 😉

[swift umbra]

DnB at splendor!!

[verbal inlet]

Yeahhh 😁

Just 5 tracks tho

[prime junco]

I hope for more!

[hardy quail]

Don’t tell me I napped through both room 1.5 and that light it up ID

Could just about hear them when I got out of my hotel

[swift umbra]

🤐

Such a banging set though

[jolly jay]

Hands down... Joseph Ray is in first place for best set of this year 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

I was going to stay for an hour
Result: I couldn't leave
Yes it was that good

[urban nest]

Hana and Amily were soo good

[errant fern]

Things I hate to see while I was sleeping 😂

[frank fable]

Maybe hide people's numbers?

[hardy quail]

Good shout, it’s a public group but maybe better to hide still since it’s discord

[errant fern]

Gm chat

[versed timber]

Omg where do you get that? At 12:00?

[errant fern]

Lucianos! https://lucianodhermi.al/menu_online/ https://lucianodhermi.al/beverage/

[carmine relic]

When does breakfast stop there lol

[urban nest]

Anyone going to cove sometime soon?

[prime junco]

@errant fern I think you are being searched for 😂

[errant fern]

Honestly I don't think it does, they didn't seem too bothered that we wanted breakfast food at basically lunch 🤣

[errant fern]

Hahaha aw that's so cool, I'm not sure what my plan is this evening but I'm sure I'll bump into more people!

Currently working on my uni assessment at the hotel pool 👀

[prime junco]

I saw you were in the group but didn't want to tag you and out you there 😋

[errant fern]

Thank you, genuinely appreciate that 🤣🤣

[prime junco]

Anyways, I'm now on the final leg to the AnjunaHQ poolparty!

[fallow helm]

Amy was so good last night

Goddamn

Fun

[urban nest]

Amy and Hana both

Such a good vibe. Loved it

[urban nest]

Do you still have them? Or it's all over

[errant fern]

I have more, I'm not sure what my plan is for this evening but I'll shout in here once I know!

[urban nest]

Get it to the meet-up if you are coming tonight at 10 near merch store

[errant fern]

Planning to do that! Depends what my friends are doing 😅

[carmine relic]

Anybody sitting without power or water in their hotel??

I’m about to take a shower from a bottle of water in the dark

[errant fern]

Wtf what hotel??

[carmine relic]

Patio mare

[errant fern]

Wild, have they said what's wrong?

[carmine relic]

But they claim other hotels are out right now too

That it’s not just them

[errant fern]

Must be that area, we have power at Elysium

[carmine relic]

Yeah not the first time the power has gone out here too

[errant fern]

Mad, fingers crossed you get it back soon!

[carmine relic]

I wanted to shower before the long table dinner tonight!!

I am a hot mess after last night

[errant fern]

I am so sunburnt 🤣 my neck is so so bad

[swift umbra]

Would love 2 for myself and meems! Still haven’t met each other this year yet 😅

[swift umbra]

We lost ours at hotel platinum for like a minute

[carmine relic]

It’s been an hour here and counting

[prime junco]

I ate at Mr chicken at 15.00 ish and the power went out and didn't come back until we left at 15.30

[wary briar]

We are out of power too at patio mare

[prime junco]

Luckily the festival seems to run on generators 😀

[carmine relic]

I wonder if the grid can’t handle this many hotels with AC on blast

[prime junco]

Every year there seems to be more hotels, but have they upgraded the energy infrastructure at the same rate?

[fallow helm]

We had no water on friday for an hour or so and the outage today yeah

[carmine relic]

I think these power outages will make me stop using the hotel elevator anymore 😂

I can’t imagine being stuck in one for going on 2 hours of an outage here

[stuck ravine]

I'm in Vila Artur nearby Danny's hotel: power outage but I got running water.

[celest kestrel]

Sadly it is s thing in Albania, fast growing population and full Hotels in Summer puts so much stress on the old Electricity supply system it does fail occasionally. They are pretty good at getting it back however. And it is a priority to upgrade it. Slowly, Sowly.

[verbal inlet]

All right, where is the Duolingo gathering? It is that time again!

[fallow helm]

Chilling at the hotel beach area dreaming about the next pasta pomodori at Chilli‘s

Anyone tried the burger from that stand next to the smoothie one?

[hardy quail]

Anyone having dinner soon?

Just got back from gjipe, gonna take a shower and then I’ll be looking for some food

[stuck ravine]

Sure, wanna join me up for a restaurant?
Can do between 19:00 and 20:00.

A bit earlier also possible, but showers go first. 😅

[verbal inlet]

If there is water...

[stuck ravine]

Let's hope Gianni has running water.

[hardy quail]

I think I do

[hardy quail]

Is 19:00 okay? I’m quite hungry 😂

[stuck ravine]

Let's do that!

[hardy quail]

Perfect

[stuck ravine]

Even 19:30 is ok

Wait

[hardy quail]

Rather sooner than later

[stuck ravine]

18:30 I mean

Always sooner. 😅

[hardy quail]

I think 19:00 should be fine

[stuck ravine]

Roger that, meet at Yacht Club?

[hardy quail]

Sounds like a plan

[stuck ravine]

[verbal inlet]

I am going there now too

[prime junco]

I hear there is still a power outage, I've been at the pool party so I haven't noticed it. Is it true?

[verbal inlet]

It's true and as a result also a water outage... At some places

[prime junco]

Hmm hope it will get better soon, otherwise it will be hard to find dinner when I'm done here 😬

[swift umbra]

It could be worse, you could be staying in one of the hotels without power 🫠

[prime junco]

It wouldn't surprise me if I am

I just haven't been back to the room since the outage started 😋

[fallow helm]

Tap has very low pressure but some water came out

[verbal inlet]

I'm there. Given I don't know/recognize anyway one, I'm wearing a yellow shirt

[errant fern]

Damn am I going to be missing a dinner meet? Been in the hotel pool all afternoon and just got out and showered to come back out again 🤣

[fallow helm]

You‘re not part of the outage gang? 😆

[errant fern]

Elysium stays winning 😬

[fallow helm]

Rude!!

[errant fern]

🤣🤣 going to head down to the festival area soonish, mums staying here tonight to sleep for Gjipe tomorrow

[urban nest]

Same no power! Since afternoon

Having dinner at Vela pretty good food

[celest kestrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odka9CtJJf4

That was fast!

[hardy quail]

Power outage at vela too

[prime junco]

What's the appropriate gif for the first one? There cannot be another until next time 🤔

[urban nest]

But they serving food

We just had

[hardy quail]

Yep we’re having dinner too

[urban nest]

You here?

[stuck ravine]

Yup, we are.

[urban nest]

Haha where you guys at
I am wearing a blue bucket hat

[errant fern]

https://tenor.com/view/dj-khaled-another-one-one-more-time-gif-4816107

Time to bring this back

I'm at Mr Chicken and it's actual chaos here

[fallow helm]

Chilis only serving pizza in the dark

[hardy quail]

Ah we just left

Just read your message

[errant fern]

Oh wow power cut that far down too? Is it the whole area?

[fallow helm]

Looks like

[errant fern]

Mad

[fallow helm]

Most restaurants looking pretty dark

[hardy quail]

Reminder that the meetup is at 10pm tonight!!

[errant fern]

It's chaos here though, so many cars on the roads driving about

[hardy quail]

Be there or be 🔲

[fallow helm]

Would really like a shower before heading out for the night stuff but water also gone

[errant fern]

Power is back

Here at least

[hardy quail]

People are offering money @errant fern 😂😂

[errant fern]

🤣🤣🤣 omg nooo

HQ will you allow me to make a quick buck? 🤣

[fallow helm]

Chilis has power

[errant fern]

Oh power seems to be flickering a bit

[swift umbra]

Danny pls let us have hope 🫠

[errant fern]

Soz 🤣🙈

[hardy quail]

Apparently my hotel had no power for like 15min

I was having dinner though, also without power 😂

[fallow helm]

For us was more like 4 ish hours

[hardy quail]

Holy shit

[errant fern]

Oh my mum is getting harassed by people now from the WA groups

[fallow helm]

How so?

Who do we have to fight to protect your mum

[swift umbra]

Could just say you're out of them

[errant fern]

Smort

Mr Chicken pulled through

[celest kestrel]

Unsure and I did wonder exactly that too! Maybe a First One?

[prime junco]

Someone outed her number in the WhatsApp group

[celest kestrel]

Not funny at all. And the behaviour in repsonse is not in keeping with Anjunafam PLUR is it? More my ego is waaay more important, sad. But it is what it is. they will grow up in time

[swift umbra]

Man that massively sucks

[hardy quail]

Where did this happen?

Seriously wanna call out whoever did this, it’s ridiculous

[errant fern]

What's more disappointing is the fact that the messages she's getting are I want one or I need one, basic manners are hard to come by it seems

[hardy quail]

It’s the opposite of what they’re meant for

Same with the pokemon cards, people were asking for a second one

[prime junco]

Gimme a sec and I'll find the message

[errant fern]

Right, the whole point is to give them to people we've met and have had a conversation with, swapping stuff with, not meeting to hand them over at their request

[hardy quail]

Ah I found it

[stuck ravine]

Exactly

[prime junco]

I tried to censor everything, if you really want look it who use the WhatsApp search to find the post

[hardy quail]

Yeah I saw the message

[prime junco]

Speaking of that, i really need to figure out something to give away next year

[errant fern]

Oh got it yeah

I know who it is, we exchanged stuff with her yesterday

[hardy quail]

I want to make anjuna discord wristbands

[hardy quail]

Her mentioning you isn’t really the issue but DMing requesting something is

[errant fern]

Yeah I agree

[hardy quail]

Same with rakshith who made the pokemon cards, everyone knows it’s him and decent people just wait to bump into him

But he also got a lot of people messaging him about his whereabouts

[errant fern]

Yeah I've seen this too, people begging for the cards

[hardy quail]

I got lucky since he sat next to me at the pool party

[errant fern]

It's a shame

People have good intentions I'm sure but they present themselves in the wrong way

[hardy quail]

I got 3x lucky actually, a friend gave me her card and I found one on the dancefloor

[errant fern]

Oh amazing 🤣 how many cards are there?

[urban nest]

See you all there

[prime junco]

I have to shamefully admit that I have asked for his whereabouts yesterday. But some hungover clarity at least made me realize my mistake

[hardy quail]

I think he did all the artists at explo? And then also some big names

[prime junco]

60

[hardy quail]

I’ve heard there’s a tinlicker one as well

[hardy quail]

At least you didn’t DM his mom

[swift umbra]

Yeah our neighbor has Tinlicker

[hardy quail]

There’s no chance he’s trading it for john monkman right 😂

I’m collecting the dutch artists

[swift umbra]

Hahah i doubt he's letting that one go sadly

[prime junco]

Haha no, I only wrote once asking his plans in a public group. He replied a few hours later, so I dont feel overly pushy

[hardy quail]

Yeah 16bl is gonna be a longshot too

[hardy quail]

Oh that’s not that bad

I feel like DMing someone you need something is bad haha

[urban nest]

I traded my Marsh card

[hardy quail]

What for?

[prime junco]

I want to know if there is a Jaytech card, and then post it on his Discord

[urban nest]

Anjuna Sydney 25 years wrist band and the one which Amanda made

[hardy quail]

Ah well sounds like a great trade

[urban nest]

yess!!

[hardy quail]

I might actually give away john monkman if someone offers me another wristband

[urban nest]

Meet-up near the merch store?

[hardy quail]

I feel kinda bad having 3 cards

[hardy quail]

Yea!

[prime junco]

I have like 10 glass tokens if anyone wants to trade...

[urban nest]

I can give Cri for a band or Yotto card

[urban nest]

Cool see ya all

Anyone here yet?

[hardy quail]

<@&1303407774239162459> meetup in 5 minutes!

Yep we’re here

Next to the merch stand

[errant fern]

At the tent 🫡

[verbal inlet]

Yasss

[errant fern]

Be over shortly

[verbal inlet]

DD Gooooose🪿

[urban nest]

Cool at the tent

[hardy quail]

We’re in front of the topup station

[hardy quail]

Yeah where the tent is

[swift umbra]

We're lagging behind because of the power cut 😅 will be heading shortly!

No need to stick around

[hardy quail]

We’re still here if you wanna say hi

[swift umbra]

Where abouts?

[hardy quail]

Next to the merch stand

Still here

[prime junco]

@errant fern I wanted to ask irl but completely forgot: does chilis take card and/or armband?

[swift umbra]

Oh will be over in a sec

[swift umbra]

Yep they do

[errant fern]

They take card and usually take wristband but they said they had problems so... Take a card just in case 🤣

[prime junco]

Sound like your having a deep discussion. 😉

Thanks @errant fern @swift umbra we have a lot of money left on the bands so we may as well try to use it

[errant fern]

@celest kestrel are you around tonight?

[swift umbra]

After now hearing it live 3 times so far this week - Simon Doty X My Friend - Real Talk is potentially the best deep track of the year

Absolute belter of a tune

[fallow helm]

[celest kestrel]

Here for discord only, sadly I had a change of plan enforced

[hardy quail]

Dom is playing an.. interesting set at yacht club

Really fun though

[errant fern]

🫡 I'll send loads of photos once I've slept

Here's a fun one, a horse and 3 dogs randomly after midnight, on the main road

[hardy quail]

If anyone wants to find me on the dancefloor during CRi, I’m next to the led light anjuna logo

[hardy quail]

Only in albania dude

[swift umbra]

Can always get a refund after the festival!

[hardy quail]

Yeah make sure to take a picture of the code on the back of your wristband as well @prime junco

[errant fern]

I swear, never experienced anything like it elsewhere

Makes me wonder, is it a rogue horse? Does it have an owner or belong to someone? Will it still be there tomorrow? We'll find out when I head down for breakfast in the morning lol

[manic belfry]

I’m gonna spin my led spin at the back of the cove if anyone wants to join in 10mins

[verbal inlet]

Lies! 😄

[hardy quail]

Gimme 5min

Had to take a bathroom break in my room

[prime junco]

I remember something about seeing a Rogue horse last year. But cannot remember any details

[prime junco]

Where's the fun in that? 😉 Honestly I do have issue spending money this year as both the beer and the cider is meh at best. Drinks sure, but kind of hard to chug that much acid 😋

[prime junco]

First thing I did when I got my wristband 😎

[fallow helm]

We are back in the hotel room for 5mins and power said bye again

Oh it‘s back

[swift umbra]

I blame the rogue horse

[prime junco]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/power-blackout-hits-montenegro-bosnia-albania-croatias-adriatic-coast-2024-06-21/

Since its the whole region maybe tomorrow could be more of the same. So shower when you get the chance!

[hardy quail]

Wild nox spotted

[prime junco]

Did you catch him with a pokeball?

[hardy quail]

I ran out

Very hard to catch

[prime junco]

Heartbreaking

[prime junco]

The 5️⃣th day of explorations have dawned

[errant fern]

Oh mad, thanks for this! I was trying to find a power cut map like we have in the UK with UKPN but I don't think Albania is that advanced yet 😅

@fallow helm please excuse the blurry photos but spotted this little guy this morning on the way back to the hotel

[verbal inlet]

Gjipe today, anyone up for a decent breakfast?

[errant fern]

We're at Luciano's again

[verbal inlet]

I'm about to take the shuttle

See also DM

[errant fern]

We'll be here for a bit

[stuck ravine]

The massages are sooooo good.
Next year I definitely have to ask for an hour. 😁

[verbal inlet]

Who broke the shuttles

[verbal inlet]

Dammit! Forgot about them!

[errant fern]

Just had a mini power cut at Luciano's 😬

[fallow helm]

LITTLE FLUFFBALL

We doing gjipe today

So early compared to the past days

[errant fern]

See you there!!

Another power cut at Luciano's 😬

[stuck ravine]

😅

[verbal inlet]

See you there!!

[errant fern]

Boat

[toxic pebble]

My Friend > Dosem B2B HANA > Dusky was amazing yesterday, but I can barely walk today

[celest kestrel]

It happens

I can see tomorrow night being a good one too, I would seriously urge anyone who is wondering what to do or where to go early on (7-10), to consider Bani_D at the Yacht Club. Even if you are just walking past, stop for a few minutes and check him out.

He is one of the several locals playing, and genuinely worth taking an hour of your time or more. Chris_V plays later who I saw last year is also very good too (and they play b2b often) but Chris is playing later at the same time as Proff at the cove!

[hardy quail]

Where are the massages exactly? @stuck ravine @woeful wadi

[woeful wadi]

They're at Empire, kind of next to the restaurant

[stuck ravine]

That's where they currently are.
The regular massages there have a free day, so Anjuna is allowed to use it.

[prime junco]

The time has come for me to finally try the legendary chilis!

[hardy quail]

Massage was fantastic

Should’ve booked more

[fallow helm]

@errant fern !!!!!

[errant fern]

Omg!!! Is that at Gjipe?!

[fallow helm]

Yes!!

We found them at that restaurant but like behind the fencing

[errant fern]

Omg so cute!

[swift umbra]

2026 confirmed 🎉

[errant fern]

Knew it

[amber flower]

Signed up! Skipping this year has been the toughest one yet. Don't think I can skip another consecutive year next year

Hope to see some or many of you there!

[errant fern]

All these people talking about this apparent 5 year contract like they know what's going on, there's no way Mainstage or Anjuna would throw this away like that

In other positive news, mum has not been harassed by the WA groups anymore 🥳

[swift umbra]

For anyone looking for a quick link https://anjuna.ac-page.com/explorations2026

[wheat jackal]

hi, does anyone know the restaurant hours of the chilis?🤗

[errant fern]

I can tell you they're open at the moment, and will be open from 9AM tomorrow

Source: I just left there lol

Checking in from the tent 🫡

[delicate shale]

Hey! Nice to see you having fun still 😁 We’re already at Corfu again 😭
Anyways, anyone knows the track?

[fallow helm]

Jon one seems decent, beef slices a bit on the chewy side but not bad

[wheat jackal]

haha, I'll check it out later tonight, thanks!

[verbal inlet]

Sorry, but where is everyone?? Cove, empty, Splendor, empty..

[versed timber]

Can someone help me with the ID? 😅
So beautiful

[errant fern]

Tent is popping off right now

[verbal inlet]

Hmm ok

[hardy quail]

Just woke up from a nap

[verbal inlet]

You're only a small part of everyone, but glad to have you back hehe

I forgot to nap 🤦

[hardy quail]

Maybe more people had that idea haha

There were a shit ton of people walking towards splendor and empire

[hardy quail]

I’m at chilis now and they still serve food

Not sure about pasta but they’re making pizza now for me lol

[swift umbra]

Tried out Jon’s for the first time tonight, pretty decent

(The fancier place opposite Mr Chicken 😆 )

[swift umbra]

Any other stages lose power besides empire? 😅

[fallow helm]

That sucks

[errant fern]

Omg what? Another power cut?

I really love what they've done with Empire, looks so so good now

[fallow helm]

Yeah for a few minutes

Straight up darkness

[errant fern]

Oh wtf, wild

[prime junco]

We tried to dance a bit around 21 but it was too damn hot and humid so we retired for a bit. Maybe others had the same idea

[stuck ravine]

I love how Ezequiel is going off in Splendor right now!

[verbal inlet]

Yeahhh

[hardy quail]

Eze is fucking awesome

[hardy quail]

Man dusky is tearing down yacht club

[fallow helm]

Goodie yiss

Getting sleepy tho lmao

[swift umbra]

Such a good set

[fallow helm]

Feet are dead

[quiet thicket]

I can't be the only one who collected some cups.

[errant fern]

[errant fern]

@fallow helm spotted outside Noah on the Beach, just opposite the info point

[verbal inlet]

I encountered these puppies! They were playing a lot, and biting my ankles to include me, and then tried to follow me to the hotel 😅

[verbal inlet]

Anyone up for lunch?

.. at 13:00/13:30 that is

[celest kestrel]

That could be breakfast 😂

[verbal inlet]

Definitely 😁

[fallow helm]

When they follow - adopt!!!

Still in bed so gonna be a late breakfast 😆

[errant fern]

Bumped into Blake earlier while walking to the hotel, he's invited us to the pool party today and... Ugh 🤣

I want to go but I also need to pack and sort myself out so I'm ready to leave in the morning and etc etc

[fallow helm]

Can just go for half of it

[errant fern]

It's very tempting

[verbal inlet]

I'm going!

[errant fern]

It's more tempting now!!

[prime junco]

Should have posted that before I went to bed. But you get the point 😉

[hardy quail]

I just realised I did all the sunrise sets

No clue how I’m still in one piece lol

[celest kestrel]

I know I said this yeasterday but, since you have all slept since then (I hope), consider taking a stop at Yatch Club early evening between 7-10pm for Bani D a local guy who is really good and well worth taking a peek as you go past. 👌

[errant fern]

I'll be honest, I'll probably be asleep by then lol

[timber rivet]

One of my favourites! It's called fading - Nicky Elisabeth

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YgjWl5bQ7hE

[prime junco]

Sadly I'll do pool party and then go for a nap to be able to catch proff at the cove. It's a really awkward timeslot

[timber rivet]

Does anyone have extra pool party tickets they're looking to sell?

[obsidian flame]

collected

[fallow helm]

We should sleep early for the 6am bus tomorrow but ardam really wants to see Doty

[errant fern]

What other options do we have for food here? Kinda wanting a burger tonight but most places along Dhermi Beach seem to be pasta and seafood

Or pizza

[hardy quail]

Mr chicken

[errant fern]

Apart from the great mr chicken, although they do do burgers yeah

Heheh I said do do

[hardy quail]

Lol

[wary briar]

I took the 11 am bus today and just stayed up through everything and went for a swim after Yotto, honestly worked out great lol

[fallow helm]

We went to jon‘s thinking we would be getting burgers there but their burgers were listed as starters lmao

Lack of burgers this year besides the vegan stand next to the smoothie one it seems like

The burger van last year was so good, just grab and go type

[errant fern]

I mean we're down to grab food somewhere if you guys are, we can't seem to decide where to go lol

[errant fern]

We decided where we're going

[amber flower]

I think it was this place that I remember walking into on the way back from Havana on the very first night last year, and I had a pretty good burger there. Their menu shows the Black Angus Burger which sounds familiar and what I might have had.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qjAxj6jcDhMuwb578

[errant fern]

Oh safe thanks, we're heading that way so I'll take a look!!

[errant fern]

We've ended up at Vela e Bardhë if anyone wants to join

[celest kestrel]

Always a good choice.

Someone was saying that the fish place next door, Salinas I think its called, it also pretty decent but I have never tried tht one.

[errant fern]

I came here in 2023 with a group and remember the food was great

[celest kestrel]

Vela e Bardhe was our go to place last year, always very happy with the food and service.

[verbal inlet]

Yes same, were there yesterday

[errant fern]

Lovely view from here out to the water too

[hardy quail]

I’m collecting courage to get out of my hotel room and get food

[errant fern]

We'll be here for a bit longer if you wanted to join lol

[amber flower]

I always found the Tuesday to be so damn tough to get through, even though it's the night that ends the earliest. Mostly everyone remaining is running on fumes, and the overall energy level is noticeably lower than earlier in the week.

Home stretch for you all! You've almost made it through the marathon 😄

[minor zodiac]

Pool party was wild!

[errant fern]

Blake would have got me in (on the list?) but I'm just so exhausted 🤣

Bet it was a vibe though!!

[hardy quail]

I’m absolutely destroyed man

Did every sunrise set

[errant fern]

Tbf I think you deserve a medal for that

And to share your food/drink plan for the past week, you're like Proff, what have you been putting in your food? 🤣

[hardy quail]

I’m having 2 meals per day

I’m really not eating well

Just taking naps helps

Like one night I just napped from 2 to 4 and then caught 2 hours of marsh until 6

[amber flower]

lmao wow your body absolutely hates you right now

a few days of that is probably bareable but a full week is ROUGH

[hardy quail]

Yeah I feel terrible 😂

Although the first day I took it easy

And only 1 gjipe and pool session this year

[celest kestrel]

Enjoy it while you are young and fit enough to do it, I can only make through till 3-4 am then need to crash.

[errant fern]

I should not laugh at this but lmao someone in one of the WA groups has got an €800 fine from Empire because they leant on the sink and it fell off the wall

Mainstage is involved apparently, curious to see how this one turns out

[fallow helm]

We got out of bed around 3 ish in the afternoon and i crashed again around 6 for a good hour lmao

Rough today

[swift umbra]

If I wasn’t a week into vacation I feel like there’s a decent pun in there but my brain can’t finish it

[toxic pebble]

Missed my shuttle stop on my way to the hotel lol

Probably not going to make to Blake.08 start

[carmine relic]

One time I was washing my foot in the sink (helps to be tall) and I popped my home bathroom sink off from the countertop

[swift umbra]

Is everyone asleep? 😅 splendor is pretty much empty

[fallow helm]

Theres like 10 ppl on the dancefloor

Not exaggerating

[amber flower]

i think there's a lot of people that treat Monday as the last day and leave on Tuesday during the day. at least that's what i recall last year.

[fallow helm]

The beanbags and seats are all taken at least so people are just chilling at this point

[toxic pebble]

Coming

[toxic pebble]

I guess we’re all pretty tired

[prime junco]

Keep us updated. I'm not in that chat and it sounds like some Juicy drama 😉

[urban nest]

Yeah man just asleep. So tired after Gijpe

[frank fable]

Quite a few people at yacht club

[toxic pebble]

Alright. Last night!

[hardy quail]

I woke up and still alive

I’m completely out of cash and wristband balance

Perfect 😂

[urban nest]

How is it there

[frank fable]

Way too much cigarette smoke as usual, but people dancing and enjoying the set

[amber flower]

lmao oh buddy. on the bright side, at least you're not overheating or having some sort of heat exhaustion like last year on the last night?

[hardy quail]

Yeah I’m actually feeling okay after that nap

Just really low on energy

[swift umbra]

Mood

[amber flower]

i wonder if next time i go if i would consider leaving on the Tuesday and skipping the last night, and not having to worry about dealing with the low energy that night 🤔

knowing my luck the one time i decide to do that would be the year that they put several artists i want to see on that last night 😂

[swift umbra]

Simon Doty x My Friend - Real Talk is definitely my track of the festival, if not of the year

I was waiting for him to play it, that’s my queue that I can leave 😂

[toxic pebble]

Energy has just finished, as did Redbull at bars, so I’m just chilling at Splendor balcony

Mmmm, not really enjoying the set, too much banging, although perfect for the grand finale.
It’s too late to go to see Proff anyway

[hardy quail]

Proff was great

I’m sitting at the back at splendor

No energy to dance anymore

[toxic pebble]

Yeah, I regret missing it

[toxic pebble]

Where are you? I’m at the top one. Plenty of seats

[toxic pebble]

Coming

[prime junco]

Incredible that there are just enough people left to fill splendor

[hardy quail]

I’m so sad 😞

[prime junco]

Just unpacked my backpack to stuff it in my bigger bag and found this. I completely forgot about it!

[fallow helm]

[fallow helm]

[celest kestrel]

The return journey begins, packed with memories!

[fallow helm]

Awake since 4:30, the memories have to wait

So wrecked 😆

Bus somehow ended up being super fast, we waited like 45mins till we were told to go through passport control

[toxic pebble]

It was lovely to meet you all ❤️

[hardy quail]

It was amazing to meet all you beautiful people. Right now at luciano having breakfast and trying not to tear up 😔

[celest kestrel]

It hits hard I know, that's when you know it was something special that happened.

[hardy quail]

I just walked down the festival site from my hotel and seeing them tear down the cove and the tent really hurt haha

[urban nest]

It was such a good time! Never felt like it was the first time. And to everyone I met you all are great. Hoping to see you guys again! And thanks for all the help and info! Cheers

[celest kestrel]

Now you know why we all said you wil love it!

[urban nest]

Absolutely 💯

[hardy quail]

Lol I’m having breakfast at luciano and I ordered orange juice 3 times, never got it and now they randomly give me the check

Guess they’re tired of all the explo people 😂

[urban nest]

For us we had order 1 pasta and they got us 3 😭

[fallow helm]

We had a moment where we prolly waited an hour or so to even order food at chilli’s and then be forgotten for ages and waited to pay lmao

Waiters started having shots with a customer at the bar and completely forgot about the others, one person wanted their leftover food packed to go and also waited 15mins or so

[errant fern]

@fallow helm Corfu cat, we're at Del Mar cafe

[fallow helm]

We are still killing time in town till we can check into the hotel

[errant fern]

[fallow helm]

Can’t wait to crash into the bed

[errant fern]

I just can't wait to see my cat

A couple more

[hardy quail]

Mew

[hardy quail]

Same

Bro someone took a full meal with fish on my shuttle bus

There’s a reason smelly food is banned in public transport in the netherlands

[errant fern]

Omg noooo 🤣🤣🤣

[fallow helm]

Lekker kapsalon on the tram 🤣

[errant fern]

Corfu cat part 2

[swift umbra]

Thinking about Chili’s

Also side note, @errant fern your phone camera is amazing 😆 amazed at some of the shots you got over the week!

[prime junco]

Thanks to all of you. it was fun meeting you!

[errant fern]

Pixel 7 Pro, it takes lovely photos! Using the default Pixel Camera app, I'm sure it does some processing and bumps the saturation but the photos tend to look somewhat natural

[errant fern]

He didn't want to talk to me 😦

[fallow helm]

Spotted!!

[fallow helm]

Corfu treating us well today

[verbal inlet]

If anyone in Corfu wants to meet up for lunch, drinks or whatever, let me know! I'm here until Friday morning

[errant fern]

Chat, I'm in a bad place rn

Not mentally, I'm at Gatwick airport

[hardy quail]

I just got to tirana airport from my hotel

Basically my 5th sunrise in albania in a week 😂

[sleek sun]

Explorations was amazing!!!!

[hardy quail]

I’m still amazed by your infinite energy dude 😆

[verbal inlet]

This bad boy is guarding Corfu town

[toxic pebble]

He's the boss

[fallow helm]

Another day in corfu town, what to do

[verbal inlet]

Melt

[swift umbra]

Eep

[fallow helm]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitten-grey-vibing-thinking-gif-5109096978556360789

[hardy quail]

I got home an hour ago and have been locked on my couch ever since

[verbal inlet]

Actually a pretty nice breeze on the east side. So sitting down in Spianada first with a book, then lunch, then hanging about town, maybe shop a bit

[errant fern]

I've ventured out of the house and got coffee

[celest kestrel]

Expresso Freddo 😇

[errant fern]

It's a Costa caramel iced whipped latte

I've missed Costa

[celest kestrel]

Freddo express here is 150LEK in Saranda town centre, or £1.30 ish. 😇

Not the same but very tasty

[fallow helm]

We discovered two cute places in Corfu, Sway does amazing food (and cocktails according to reviews) and Salatino does good coffees

3,90€ for a decent iced latte

[celest kestrel]

Sounds great. I found a little Falafel place just inside the old town, those were good too when we were there last time.

[prime junco]

Everything reminds me of her Explorations

[stuck ravine]

Save travels, Jaxcie!
Was fun to meet you!

[hardy quail]

Have a good travel home

[prime junco]

I most surely will, we have a 5 hour layover in warzaw so we bought lounge access. And we are going to use it to its limit 😉

[verbal inlet]

Safe travels!

[celest kestrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QckE1DMiTw

https://tenor.com/view/dj-khaled-another-one-one-gif-5057861

[verbal inlet]

Ok so every other day a set

Until... January?😁

[verbal inlet]

Nice, I also liked Sway when staying here before Explorations. I am going to eat at Brisk at 19:30 for a twist on the local cuisine we have become familiar with the past week

[hardy quail]

I was just looking at flights, airbnb and tickets for anjunadeep malta 🙃

Explorations withdrawals hitting hard

I can arrange everything for like 570 euros which is actually pretty good

Let's see how I feel in a couple of weeks lol

[toxic pebble]

Just found a typo on the Fort Romeau pokemon card, little bottom description is the Michael Cassette one

[celest kestrel]

Rarity value just went up

[toxic pebble]

Stonks

[prime junco]

You need to write a very strongly worded letter with lots of profanity to the creator so that the mistake will not be made again!

[oblique surge]

Gang - we have been ANXIOUS to know
are any of the Explorations pokemon cards ✨ shiny ✨ ?

[prime junco]

I don'y think so, I think they are all printed equally

[amber flower]

Printing one shiny of each artist card would be awesome. Plus wrapping them all so you get all the hype of the pack unwrapping experience each time you get a card

[hardy quail]

I’ve suggested making holos for next year to the person who made them 😆

[errant fern]

I have a little something I want to do RE the 3D printed logos but need to work out the technical logistics of it all first 👀

[celest kestrel]

You have ~10 months to figure it out!

[errant fern]

Going to be vibe coding for at least 8 months of that

[celest kestrel]

I am sure you will do it

[hardy quail]

I really hope Dusky's Yacht club set will be posted

Also his Splendor set

his Yacht club set was so goofy, loved it

[fallow helm]

Yeeess

Fun

[prime junco]

Isn't dusky a duo?

[fallow helm]

TIL it is

But was only one of them there

[prime junco]

I have such a vivid memory of A&B calling them the dusky boys in early ABGT episodes 😀

[toxic pebble]

As if Explorations wasn’t tiring enough
Let me sleep 😭😂

When I got tickets for this I had no idea Explorations would be so close. Luckily I managed to do both

[fallow helm]

Damn ardam did two festivals b2b back in 2022, could never lmao

Hope you enjoy!

[verbal inlet]

Ready to board the plane home, now it feels final haha. See ya all at the next one maybe!

[toxic pebble]

Yeah they were good!

[oblique surge]

Hey @hardy quail if you can also get them to fix Durante & HANA's cards that'd be great - we were told that theirs fell victim to the printer, and so they didn't have cards in circulation in Albania haha
totally understandable ofc
they were just so hyped by the concept (the two of them are big gamer people) and would be stoked to see their cards next year haha

[serene geyser]

@oblique surge Hi Claire! Hope you are well. I'm Rakshith, Raks for short. I made the Pokémon cards and I'm quite sad that I couldn't give some of the artists their cards this round. In any case, I've spoken to Mary from HQ and I'm going to courier the memorabilia once I get back home to Hyderabad - the missing cards for the artists and a deck for HQ. My Instagram is rakoon.07 in case you'd want to get in touch with me.

Also, guys, please forgive any typos. It was a rush job between my pretty hectic work 😂. Think of it as a sign of authenticity lol

[hardy quail]

Usually miss-printed cards are more rare, right 😉

[serene geyser]

And no shinys right now. HPs also don't mean much here. Since the cards are of real people and not fictional characters, it's impossible to assign fixed values. Especially cosidering that art is subjective. One particular card might be worth 10 of another card or vice versa depending on the cardholder. The value of the card is strictly emotional and would be deeply personal which I believe is great since Anjuna is all about heart.

[oblique surge]

omg !! you're here!! I didn't know this was you - they were fantastic, and truly the talk of the festival, HQ was obsessed
lowkey toying with making some for the HQ team lmao

[celest kestrel]

New marketing and merch incoming? in conjuction of course!

[serene geyser]

Will DM you @oblique surge

And thanks so much. I had a ball. Loved the joy it gave people. Truly made my week

[prime junco]

Once again. Thank you so much @serene geyser ! It was so fun to see the cards and the following trade craze going on during explorations!

[errant fern]

Alright I've unpacked after the week, decompressed and sorted myself out, and I can finally think about the past week 😅 HQ, congrats on another fantastic week in paradise, this year seemed very well organised amongst the chaos that is the festival but I loved every moment of it!

Have a couple of questions please;

• I'm curious about the number of cups that were made, the number that were returned and the number that are missing presumed binned? I was thinking about the eco impact of them and how many may have been left in random places around Dhërmi
• also curious about the number of places within the festival area that didn't seem to want to take the wristband payment or were unable to because the machine wouldn't work etc, I did mention it to Luke at Mainstage and he said they'd look into it, but worth mentioning it here

Oh also massive shout out to the medical team that were super helpful when mum had a diabetic hypo, they were lovely and made sure she was fine and her glucose was at a good level before letting her get back to the festival, they're always super nice whenever we've been in previous years

[hardy quail]

When it comes to the cups I know someone brought a stack of like 20 cups back home 🤣

[celest kestrel]

😇 #1291532308704264244 message

[hardy quail]

Not sure if it's the same person but someone in the Whatsapp groups had a huge stack as well hahaha

People are still trying to trade up Pokemon cards as well 😂

[verbal inlet]

I seem to be the only sad person that somehow was not able to get any card 🥹. So... trading's out for me 😅. Maybe next time!

[prime junco]

I saw a stack of about 40 in a WhatsApp group 😂

[stuck ravine]

I hope the cups will be in good use.
With last year, I got four now. 😂

[hardy quail]

Yep that’s the one haha

[lime epoch]

May need to do some online trades for the other 5…

[minor zodiac]

Has someone made the group for net year yet? Tickets on sale in 2 weeks 😭

[swift umbra]

11 months in advance is way way too early imo

[fallow helm]

Barely time to recover financially and physically 🥲

[errant fern]

Fun fact, I've just spent £1100 on new tyres for my car, not expecting a sale for next year to be so soon 🤣

[amber flower]

Damn, early this year haha. Well, might as well give it a try for one of the very in-demand hotels

[verbal inlet]

Wut?!?

[coarse junco]

pretty sure that is not the case

[minor zodiac]

Pretty sure it is!

[coarse junco]

why wouldn't they have included that in the email that sent out today?

[amber flower]

The new event thread for next year!
https://discord.com/channels/302520538734002177/1385622428360904775

[coarse junco]

also i've never seen them go on sale before like november

[minor zodiac]

Well I wouldn't lie to you

[amber flower]

This is the first time they're going on sale before Nov

[minor zodiac]

I have no reason to make shit up

[coarse junco]

still stupid it wasn't in the email and is only an in IG story

[amber flower]

Looks like the sign up link is in the email, but it doesn't mention tickets going on sale in a couple of weeks

[coarse junco]

nope, nowhere but that IG story apparently

maybe on tiktok, but i wouldn't know

[minor zodiac]

IG post too, and on facebook

So maybe just accept it as true

[coarse junco]

HQ, when you have info to share like this and are sending out a huge email blast, put it in the email. don't rely on social media only

[minor zodiac]

You're coming across really well here 👌

[coarse junco]

it's not in the email. it's not on the sign up site. i'm just saying it's a big miss

[minor zodiac]

Maybe they just left the sign up link off your email

For obvious reasons

[amber flower]

Hey guys let's chill out a bit and keep it friendly.

On the bright side if there's fewer people trying for tickets on the day then all the more chance for us to get the hard-to-get hotels

[prime junco]

They posted the sign up link about a week before on socials too, so it seems like the socials are a few day ahead of of the emails in general

[verbal inlet]

Crazyyyy, I'm not mentally prepared for this!

[amber flower]

Since next year's thread has already been created we're gonna lock this one and move all discussion over there to keep it in one place.
https://discord.com/channels/302520538734002177/1385622428360904775

Let's beat this year's comment count of 4600!

[celest kestrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpyL3iH-UMM

Coming sooooooon!

[celest kestrel]

Went live about 45mins ago!

[celest kestrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqBnwy7UFRI

[celest kestrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHh6Qa2uVYI

[celest kestrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePVkR-8krAg

[hardy quail]

https://on.soundcloud.com/d56kVkxNAkgcgEsZ3r

[celest kestrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkdhdkLGaqw