Full Moon Party - Thailand
After returning to the mainland of Malaysia from the Perhentian islands we flew from Khota Bahru to one of the main 3 islands off the East coast of Thailand, Koh Samui. One night here was enough as it was very built up, tacky and expensive compared to Malaysia. Becky got food poisoning from a salad washed in local water - that will teach her to eat healthy food! So we made our way to the island of Koh Phangan in time for the legendary "Full Moon Party".
Buckets of joyWe were joined here by Fido, Reza and another friend of Holland's (From University), Cornish Andrew. The next 4-5 days were spent in a hedonistic daze. We discovered the local drink of Sam Sung which combined with concentrated Red Bull (about 100 times stronger than the one at home) in buckets of cola and ice kept us dancing on the beach all night - we named these insomnia inducing concoctions "Buckets of Joy".
Its hard to describe the full moon experience; gargantuan sound systems are lined up along the beach and every night the show commences with such attractions as all night dance parties, fire skipping rope, fire hoop jumping (which Holland did and burnt his leg, again!), fire dancing and snake shows (Holland held a poisonous, angry snake by its head while its body curled round his wrist trying to get free and bite him. The snake charmer got bitten and had to take anti-venom.)
In the day-time we hired mopeds and whizzed around the Northern beaches of the island which was fun, although as it was low-tide season the beaches weren't as spectacular as we had thought they would be. We also took a day snorkeling tip to Anthong reef. We snorkeled with some amazing corals, kayaked around dramatic island cliffs and hiked up to a green lake in the centre of an island, it was good to see beautiful Thailand rather than just party Thailand. We also discovered wonderful Thai massages for just 3 pounds each.
After the full moon party Reza and Fedo went back to Malaysia and we headed over with Andrew to Kho Tao for some R&R. Unfortunately our first hour here was spent trudging up and down looking for rooms in tropical heat with heavy backpacks but we finally found somewhere to stay and booked a snorkelling trip for the morning. The trip was great, perfect weather and we got to snorkel with sharks again, see some beautiful islands, coral and tropical fish as well as jumping off the high old boat that was our tour vessel for the day.
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Buckets of joy
Its hard to describe the full moon experience; gargantuan sound systems are lined up along the beach and every night the show commences with such attractions as all night dance parties, fire skipping rope, fire hoop jumping (which Holland did and burnt his leg, again!), fire dancing and snake shows (Holland held a poisonous, angry snake by its head while its body curled round his wrist trying to get free and bite him. The snake charmer got bitten and had to take anti-venom.)
In the day-time we hired mopeds and whizzed around the Northern beaches of the island which was fun, although as it was low-tide season the beaches weren't as spectacular as we had thought they would be. We also took a day snorkeling tip to Anthong reef. We snorkeled with some amazing corals, kayaked around dramatic island cliffs and hiked up to a green lake in the centre of an island, it was good to see beautiful Thailand rather than just party Thailand. We also discovered wonderful Thai massages for just 3 pounds each.
After the full moon party Reza and Fedo went back to Malaysia and we headed over with Andrew to Kho Tao for some R&R. Unfortunately our first hour here was spent trudging up and down looking for rooms in tropical heat with heavy backpacks but we finally found somewhere to stay and booked a snorkelling trip for the morning. The trip was great, perfect weather and we got to snorkel with sharks again, see some beautiful islands, coral and tropical fish as well as jumping off the high old boat that was our tour vessel for the day.
Browse our Thailand Photos Thumbnail Gallery!
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