A fit and ruddy 19-year-old with blond hair and a sheepish smile, James Henderson is tanning on a beach in Magaluf, a town on the Spanish island Mallorca that has long been the destination of choice for young Britons in search of a boozy holiday in the sun.
Asked to recount the revelry of the day before, he grins like a man who has just completed a decathlon and is pretty psyched about his performance.
There was a few hours of “pre-drinking,” as he put it, at his hotel, then on to Punta Ballena, a crammed and gritty strip of pubs, tattoo parlors and lap dance emporiums that bursts with action until dawn every summer day.
By the time he and his vacation buddy headed to bed, at 3 a.m., they had each knocked back roughly 20 drinks over the course of 15 hours.
There are also G-rated home comforts, like kebab shops, Yorkshire pudding and pubs, all at strikingly affordable prices.
Persons:
ruddy, James Henderson, “, ” Mr, Henderson, Magaluf
Locations:
Magaluf, Mallorca, Punta Ballena, United Kingdom, London, Yorkshire