Thailand & it's obsession with the Moon!!

One big event on our trip agenda was to go to the full Moon Party , and so we had to go to Ko Phangan. The actual party is in Had Rin, but we decided to stay somewhere a little more 'sophisticated' (or read 'older'! We were actually worried that the 20 yr olds would get on our nerves too much & so we decided to avoid here) and so we headed to Ban Tai beach near Thong Sala Pier - only a 20 min drive from the parties.

We caught up with our old pal Jonathan here who we hadn't seen since China, and basically just partied for about 10 days!!! We made it to both the Full Moon party & Half Moon party, and typically at both we just consumed the local delicacy of 'Buckets'........basically just sandcastle buckets filled with a quarter bottle of local whisky, which is actually rum ? plus a botlle of coke + red bull. Delicious!
The Half Moon party is a bit more of a club event- it's situated in part of a jungle with loads of DJ booths spotted around which feels a bit more exciting as opposed to just partying on the beach amongst the masses at the Full Moon. But both were fab, definitely an experience not to be missed, but not necessarily to be remembered :-)

As well as the partying we did manage to scoot around & discover the Island which is beautiful. We did an amazing trek up to 'Bottle Beach', and also stayed a few nights in Haad Yao which we loved. The beach was jsut fabulous and it was so, so quiet.
Unfortunately we did come across some quite nasty locals one night, who tried to intimidate & get violent with us when we asked them to give us fresh drinks because they were disgusting. The owner of the restaurant/hotel was just as hideous & rude as her staff (she threw away our drinks!) so that was a bit of a shocker. The only bad experience we've had on our trip really. But thankfully we didn't let that ruin anything for us.
We loved Ko Phangan. And it's Moons!!!

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mich_and_dan_moors on October 10, 2011 from Ko Phangan, Thailand

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