ZoukOut 2011

ZoukOut is one of the largest beach parties in Southeast Asia every year. Every year, tens and thousands of people gather on Siliso beach on Sentosa to enjoy the party. People dress up in costumes and bikinis. Thousands of people flying in from around the world to party all night long. This year, I have had the great pleasure to be in Singapore with friends flying for the music festival. Here's a few suggestions for the weekend.

1) Book flight tickets and hotel rooms months in advice. Hotels on Sentosa book out early in advance. The ones that are not booked costs hundreds and thousands of dollars. However, it is so difficult to get a cab back from Siloso Beach after ZoukOut. the phone lines are busy. lines are super long and it takes hours to get through. We were lucky and stole an on-call cab from someone else. (Don't tell Mr. Chris).

2) Don't go crazy partying the night before. The crew arrived at the Ritz at 1AM - we decided it was a great idea to go get bottles and jagger bombs at Attica at 2AM after raiding the mini bar. Then, the crew decided it was a good idea to pick up korean girls and whiskey bottles until 8AM.

3) Don't drink massively before ZoukOut. Started pre-gaming at brunch at 2PM... Let's just say one member didn't make it to the party.

4) Pre-game before ZoukOut - you have to lineup for coupons for drinks before you can buy drinks at Zoukout.

5) There are multiple stages and areas for ZoukOut. Find the main stage and party there. The big shots are all performing there.

6) Find the bar that serves vodka and redbull only - that's the bar without a line.

7) Show up around 2AM - the headline DJs usually performance around 5AM.

8) Don't lose your friend - you'll never find him/her again. Cell phones don't work too properly and there are so many people in the dark. Everyone stumbles around like crazy. We lost one of our friend (who partied til 8AM the night before and started pre-gaming at 2PM). We never found him again. (until he showed up in his hotel room somehow).

9) Have loads of fun. The party is one of the greatest parties in the world. Fireworks synchronized with music. State of the art lighting coordinated perfectly to the music. Great crowd, great music, great fun. I can't wait until next year.