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2024-07-29 01:01
in Clubbing, Festivals
After going to Boom in Portugal last year, Ozora was the other big psytrance festival I had to check out, and thankfully it didn't conflict with Untold this year, so I was able to attend just after tomorrowland.

Getting There and Grounds
Getting ready before the festival, barely enough time to recharge my gear before going to Ozora:


Flight to Budapest

More last minute charging at the bus station to Ozora :)

waited 1h30 for the next shuttle, nice bus

Finally got there, but they dropped us a long walk away from the real entrance when you have heavy luggage, no idea why. I got lucky on the way in with a tractor ride that is only there randomly, so timing was good. On the way back however, I waited over 1h for the tractor that was supposed to get around, and it never came. Dragging my luggage back out was absolutely terrible since it was more than 50kg total, and of course it broke the wheels after being dragged in pebbles and dirt for too long.
Also, you'd better know where you are going since there is almost no cell once you go in, so you won't be able to find any maps or easily know where you are.

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long ride up
If you get lost:

cool signs, but the first time, it's confusing
After strategizing for an hour and walking around, found a good place for my tent:


view from my porch

many stores and dining hall
Charging was tricky, I had to use a nearby store's back plugs but my things were not secure and some of the store owners were not super happy. There wasn't a very good solution to this:

Power was non trivial, vendors and eating locations did have some power plugs, but of course leaving anything to charge was at your own risk, and theft was reported to be an issue. Honestly only people with a car they could lock up, were safe. Everyone else was taking risks and I heard people who had their entire luggage including passport stolen from their tent, not good :-/ But back to lights, kudos to all the people who brought some, including fancy ones

For most people, they had to hunt for a plug:

Now, you would say, why don't you just go use lockers, well, lockers were not really that but just a bunch of numbered holes that someone was kind of watching. I honestly don't think I'd feel that comfortable leaving my passport anywhere but a locked car, so I kept it on me the entire time, along with other things, which wasn't too convenient.

this was the 'lockers', would you leave your wallet, or passport, or computer there?
I had a massive failure of my LED strings, thankfully I had just enough tools to barely fix it:

There were basic stores close to where I camped:


prices were very reaosnable

Camping was everywhere and some things were far:


There was even a farm:

Middle Earth
One thing I really liked about Ozora, was the middle earth feel:




very cool




nice places to hang out










Interesting set list:

Random things I went to visit at night:






row of food and drink stores with reasonable pricing


Also another row of random stores, mostly clothes and trinkets:









Mainstage
But of course, everyone was there for the music. There were multiple stages, but mainstage was the main one, and by a lot...


Of course, night was the best time:






yes, it is a bit crazy at times, yo have to live it

can be enjoyed from almost anywhere :)


I was pretty impressed by the amount of LEDs and lights, considering it wa not easy to charge



things got crazy late at night, BPMs went higher and higher, reaching almost 200 :)

yes, it's real, this was captured by my phone
Other Stages
There were 5 or 6 stage depending on how you counted, one was not far from my tent. Yes, it was warm during the day, but they had you covered:


Lots of stages and lots of DJs, definitely a lot more variety than Boom: |
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