We passed the whole security check thing and the doors of a beautiful day were open, so much to do, it was hard to figure out where to go first, like kids in a toy store, we bounced on to the queue for one the Carnival rides they had, and then onto the next one, roamed around checking out the amalgam of different people going about their business, all kinds of "tribes" looking for they places in this massive area where the BIG DAY OUT was set.
We decided to follow the path that lead us to the main stages, in good time to catch the beginning of AIRBOURNE and i gotta say i wasn't that excited about them, but those guys rocked really hard, worth mention the lead guitar and vocals climbing on the scaffold next to the stage and doing a solo from the very top of it, about 15 mt of the ground, as well the part where he would smash cans of beer with his head and throw in the crowd saying "have a beer!"
After Airbourne it was Deftones, which i like but don't know many of the songs, so i stayed back and lay down on the grass to chill and ponder upon this amazing experience i was having, u should always take the time to appreciate the beauty of living, the things u are doing and all that's surrounding u.
Around 4:30 WOLFMOTHER started and i was sitting for a bit on the benches, but couldn't keep sitting as wolfmother took the stage with a lot of power, with their Rock'n roll very much like the late 60's early 70's. That was the band i was most looking forward to, and my expectations were met with one amazing concert.
The rest of the day was filled with other great bands, like Jonh Buttler trio, Shihad, Iggy pop that had his whole stage crowded with fans that he invited up himself, Ramstein which is a Techno-metal German band with a thing for fire and explosions that makes up for a rather entertaining concert, in between them and the last band for the day me and Robin went to the so called silent disco, which consists of a "disco" where the only music u hear comes from the headsets they give u at the entrance, finally for the end of it all Tool played under very heavy rain, and i stayed up to almost the last song but thought it would be smart to leave a little before everything was finished in order to avoid the massive crowd that would be on the trains to back.
Once back in the city center Michael met us again, and we were utterly soaked, cold and famished, so he took us to a cozy Japanese restaurant where we had some Lamen and hot sake and with that in almost no time we could feel the warmth again. Nevertheless after such a day and a hot meal the only thing i could think of was my bed back at the hostel/BP.
Next morning we woke up very lazily at nine to realize that our flight was at 11 instead of 11:30 as we thought, the stress built up on us both as we where driving around to find the place for the drop off of the car, Michael once again helped us out by showing us the place to drop the car and rushing to the airport with us. When we got out of his car we ran as fast as possible to the Air New Zealand counter, and fortunately we made it on time to catch the plane only for the fact that we didn't had to check in our bags as they were small enough to fit in the over head compartment. The flight home was definitely a pleasure cuz after driving 1.085 km the only thing i wanted to do was appreciate the view and the pleasure of not being in charge hehe!
So this concludes my great adventure road trip to rock in Auckland with a few thousand of people on sucha celebrated festival as the Big Day Out, and i'm am truly glad to have done it, for it is now one the most remarkable experiences of my life!
Take a shot at doing something alike as i know none can regret this!
Cheers fellas!
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