Blogs from Ko Pha-Ngan, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Ko Phangan is famous for its full moon parties so we wanted to try this out for Xmas and NYE and it was one of the first things we booked – we booked it almost a year previous. We had to block book a ten day period as it was over Xmas so wed been looking forward to staying in the same place for more then a few days. We travelled from Phuket to Krabi by boat and bus and stayed there for a night – we spent the day at one of the beach’s – same old same old! Trying to get to the beach was a bit of an effort – the taxi drivers seem to nod and agree with wherever you ask to be brought - then drop you off where they want ... read more

Well, I was pleasantly surprised by how smooth our journey from Ao Nang to Koh Phangan was. We started out at 6am on Sunday morning, and it took around seven hours in total, but there was very little waiting around and we were promptly met from the boat by the Milky Bay Resort staff. We paid for a garden-view bungalow, but we're so close to the beach, it could technically be classes as sea-view. Our bungalow is beautiful! We spent the afternoon on the beach. I walked out a few hundred meters in the sea, and the water never reached my hips. Bliss. In the evening, we attempted to walk into town but ended up taking a taxi half-way because it's so far. We ate at a western restaurant/pub, then walked back. It took over an ... read more

As soon as Donna’s parents saw the beach on Koh Phangan on a ‘Skype-walk-and-talk’ last July (isn’t modern technology wonderful?), the decision was made about where we would be taking them on holiday. Everything was booked by mid-January and we started to get daily countdowns by e-mail from them, which were remarkably accurate, even down to the minute! This is the first of two blogs of our time with them. We had managed to book flights to arrive within an hour of each other into Bangkok and we arrived first, giving us time to sort out the sim card for our phone and scoff a black forest cornetto - have we ever mentioned how good the cornettos in Thailand are? We were very excited to see Jan and Paul and we started the holiday in luxury, ... read more

So, again, we need to journey back before Christmas- I might catch up one day! Just a short blog this one, so won't keep you long!! 19/12- mammoth journey day! We had to be up at 6am this morning to have breakfast, check out and get on the long tail boat at 7am. The long tail boat took us across to the ferry, which wasn't far away this time. Just a few people got on this stop, we decided to grab some seats whilst it was nice and empty! Bags in the corner again ready to be dumped upon. We stopped at Tonsai pier to pick everybody else up and get their luggage on...we then pulled alongside another boat, where more people proceeded to get on! We were worried about the time as we had a ... read more

Arriving in Ko Phagnan we checked into our hotel. Our hotel had a perfect location and was walking distance to all the action. We had lunch on the beach and then went swimming. This was my favorite beach so far. The water actually had waves and the sand was phenomenal. That night we walked around town looking for where the action was. The town was like a ghost town with no one around. We finally found all the people. They were all partying on the beach. We watched a fire show and had a lot of fun. The next day we rented a scooter and checked out the island. We had seen signs that they had a "Wipeout" course here. We decided to do it. However when we arrived this was nothing like the Wipeout on ... read more