********LoveParade 2oo2 Report by a UKTA********** (post yours here!)
This will be the second time I've written this, the first time I tried to post, my computer crashed!!! 
Wednesday
Arrived in at Lubeck at 19:55, made my way to Hamburg, where I was suppposed to meet Evil_bastard. But we completely missed each other! So I managed to call him on my cellphone, where he was already with DJ Dawn. Made my way to Ahrensburg on the U Bahn, because the storm had washed away the railtrack of the S Bahn!!
WE chilled at DAwn's for a little while, and then we made our way to Club Voila. It was excellent. You would never get clubbing like that in the UK on a Wednesday night! 
Went back to Dawn's at 03:00. We had breakfast and met Denise  I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dawn and Denise for their Awesome Hospitality. THANX DAWN!!
We made our way back to Hamburg to catch the coach to Berlin (15:00 Bus) but it was full so we waited for the 17:00 bus. We got to Berlin at about 21:00. We had to get to the BCC Campingplatz, but as we were looking for a bank, we missed the last X34 bus! We had to get a Taxi, and we still managed to get to the campingplatz, even tho the Taxi driver didn't speak a word of English!! So we gave him a large tip.
Now we had to put up a tent. In Pitch black. With no torch! Fortunately, some nice German people helped us out. If you are reading this (Christian, Olaf and Friend), thanx for your help!
The next morning we got ready for the parties. As we were waiting for the bus to the Bahnhof Zoo, everyone gave me lots of amazing looks from my hairstyle! (I'll say hi to every hot girl that waved at me!)
We got to the Kurfurstendamm at 18:30, and it was there we met JP and his friends. We waited for a little longer and met some other TA's
Pat McGroin
Drizzt81 + Friend
After hanging around for a bit to wait for more TA's, we left to go to Cafe Schoneberg to see PvD play. We met up with some more Ta's
DJ Dawn
Miss Proximus
DJ Helen K
and PVD
I managed to get real close to PVD and managed to get some good close shots of him!
When Westbam started his set, we left to get food at a Spanish resturant. It was here that I officialy found out that the Dutch are sex mad!
JP was not planning to go to LFA, so he gave us some directions to the Columbiahalle. It was outside when this guy comes up to me and says "MDMA?"
I thought "Does he want drugs?"
Then I thought "No one would ask for MDMA!"
And then I thought "Hang on, a TA!"
so i said "YES!"
And we had met TranceGiant! (Thank god for my MAD hair!)
We went in to watch Ashley Caselle, and it was pretty downtempo and boring, but when PVD went on, it got the crowd going! When he finished and it was Pete Tong's set, we went outside and I think, NetX came up to me and said "MDMA?"
He then showed us TranceRulez and his friend. WE chilled outside until NU NRG started to play. It was a nice live performance. We found Drizzt81, DJ Helen K and Pat MCGroin inside, right by the DJ Booth. I didn't know that I was noticed by PvD because of my hair. Thats so cool!
When PvD started his final set, the crowd went wild, and everyone was happy.
I had my picture taken by the reporters/cameramen inside the halle, they had "beatreport" or something on theior T-shirts? Hopefully I'll have my picture on a large website or magazine!
We danced till 09:00, and Helen kindly offered to take us back to her apartment to freshen up. After a nice bit of chilling, we started our journey to Love Parade 2002.
Everyone we knew was on a truck! WE took Helen to the Blank and Jones truck and made our way to the centre of the Tiergarten after we'd had some food at McDonalds. We chilled until the truck's came by. We followed the TA trucks when they got close. We saw JP, his friends and DAwn on the Northevents truck, and we saw Helen on the B&J float when that got close, but we couldn't see Josta on the Ameland truck 
AFter they went past, we danced to every other truck as well. When the Main stage performers started playing, we got real excited, but the first few performers were pretty rubbish! By the time Dr Motte played, everyone was in a good mood, and they were in a better mood after he had finished his set.
WE stayed right to the end of the Love Parade. The Ameland truck got lots of attention at the end when the music had stopped and the MC was getting everyone happy again! But we still couldn't see Josta!
WE made our way to Lovestern, where we met JP and his friends again. We were quite tired as we had been up for nearly 60hrs at this point! We chilled for a little bit, partied for alittle bit, and Alex and I made the journey home. As soon as we got to the campingplatz, I had to get ready to leave. From 09:00, I was travelling constantly until I got home to Twickenham in London.
I was happy. So happy, I cried a little bit. I was home. After doing the whole Love Parade. WOW. I've never experienced anything like that ever. I was happy to be a part of it. THANK YOU GERMANY!
Best times at LP 2oo2!
Quotes
DJ_MDMA "Where the fuck am i?" (in Hamburg, looking for evil_bastard)
Evil_Bastard "I wanna cwoke!" (An impression of a sunderland person)
DJ Dawn "TITS... YEAH!!!" (After Devil MAnia)
JP "Wow, Twins!" (At the resturant)
JP "The girl was this big, and the tits were this big (Describing a certain someone!)
TranceGiant and NetX "MDMA?" (At LFA)
TranceRulez "I onhly pay 800 Euros for insurance on my S3!"
DJ Helen K "I like porn!" (At her apartment after LFA)
Every hot girl "I love your hair!" (to me! )
Moments
Drizzt81 dancing like a maniac during every breakdown.
PvD waving at me during his set
Every hot girl who went topless
Dr Motte dropping the Love Parade Theme
Meeting all the TA's
Thanks
DJ Dawn and Denise for their hospitality
JP Loveparade and Friends for welcoming us at Bahnhof Zoo
Pat McGroin for sticking with us for the whole weekend
PvD for playing some amazing stuff
Dr Motte for creating the Love Parade
And every other A = NetX, TranceGiant, TranceRulez, Miss Proximus, DJ HElen K.
Hit list!
Eddie, the fucking annoying Turkish bloke who kept on trying to piss us off bgy blowing that whistle constantly into our ears as we waited for a train to Lovestern. If I see you again, I'll break your face!
THANK YOU GERMANY FOR THE LOVEPARADE, I'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR, ACCESS PEACE!!!!!!!!!
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