I should add - if you want the "old school burning man experience" without big crowds and big expense, go to the exact same place for 4th of Juplaya. The art is smaller but still present; there are people who either got fed up with the bureaucracy, or are field-trialing their projects. You can go to the hot springs and explore the hills. Good place for dirt bikes, if you have them.
replyIt's great both ways.
> It's still the best party going on anywhere in the world that week.
replyThat's a bold claim, but maybe it's true :D
It's absolutely true. When you're there, there is no doubt it is absolutely the best place to be as far as party and creativity goes.
That being said, it depends on what you're looking for in life. But the energy, time and investment that people put into this thing is absolutely mad. It doesn't compare to anything else that exists in the world, not even by a factor of 1:10. It's just insane.
replyAnd there are also honestly very few countries that 1/ would let this happen without intervening, 2/ even have such a wide open space to make this happen for 70k people with just desert everywhere in all directions.
Whilst I don't think you're necessarily wrong, I would suggest Fusion festival in Germany to come close in terms of scale and dedication.
replyYes but it’s a festival; with food vendors etc right? Very different from a city that builds itself from the ground.
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