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Published: October 1st 2007
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Full Moon Party Nite
Me, Russ and Ant wi the moon in the background......good photography eh!! I landed on Ko Pha Ngan with the lads on saturday and we headed to some digs that had been recommended to the Swede's........they were fine.....about a pound a nite for a beach side bungalow.....but the nearest shops etc were about a 20 minute walk......so it was fine for just chilling by the beach and the party area was about 15 mins in a taxi. also they had a couple of hammocks that were quite cool just to swing on and look out to sea......well chilled!!
so after one night we moved into the party resort of Haad Rin...........where the digs were alot more expensive......about 8 pound a night..........but at least it was a bit more lively and the shops/internet cafes were alot easier to access and the bars were showing all the football and rugby over the weekend......so there was plenty to keep us occupied!!
we were here to live it up at the Full Moon Party.........so for the 6 nights we were here we were out till about 6 in the morning.........dancin on the beach..........drinking buckets (basically a bucket with spirits, a mixer and red bull).............watching a couple off the lads and many other strangers having a
Full Moon Party Nite
The squad headin out wi the body paint on!!!!! go at fire skipping!! massive rope soaked in parafin and then lit with two thai's swinging it about and drunken tourists having shots.......and all is well until the thai's speed up and the drunken mind can't keep up.......then down, the ankles get swiped and they fall to the deck with scars on their legs!! not my kinda fun.....but many don't learn and go for another go!!..........and getting up at lunchtime........and headin to the beach for a bit of sun worshiping..................and chilling on the balcony drinking and listening to some tunes at night.............just like being on holiday with the lads really.............good times!!
also was introduced to "the centurian challenge"...........what you do is, you have to drink a 25ml shot of lager every minute for 100 minutes....hence the centurian!! the first 20 were the hardest and Karl the swede dropped out after 16 and two others were sick but continued and the rest of us completed it with no hassle.....certainley a challenge though.......felt fine except for being well bagged up for a wee while!!
myself and a couple of the lads hired jet skis one afternoon and it was some experience......Ihave always wanted to do it before but in places
like magaluf it's well expensive but out here it was only about 7 quid, plus we managed to get a better price by a bit of careful planning...........let me explain how.........we knew it was 500 baht to hire them and we also knew that the guy would tout us when we walked past......so we only went with 1100 baht between us.......so when the guy asked us we would empty our pockets and say..."aw we only hav 1100??".......and it worked a treat.....so I think that sort of thing will be used again sometime!!!
the place we stayed "paradise bungalows" was the place where the original full moon party was held so it was kinda fitting that we stayed there!!
so the day arrived and we started drinking earlier than usual..................and one of the lads bought some body paint so we spent about an hour painting each other...........your probably thinking that sounds a bit gay and should be kept to the bedroom with a chick..................but it wasn't.................trust me!!
so once we were painted up, we headed out for some buckets and dancing. the beach was alot busier than the previous nights but we just stayed at
the one bar,"drop in bar", on the beach.........so we probably never got to appreciate the full beach party than we should have......but still we all had a cracking night and all woke up a bit worse for wear!!!!!! and then a discovered a had no camera......so not sure if it fell out my pocket or I was pick pocketed, so I'll have to get a new one and claim on insurance..........I've had to steal a few photos from the lads!!
I then headed to Ko Samui on friday myself as we all split up and went our seperate ways to different destinations............but my time here has been short lived as I don't like the place.....well the area I'm in. it just seems to be too touristy and comercialised in a way!! so two nights has been enough!!
although a did meet a few folk here.....met a group of 6 guys from Glasgow (in there 50's) and we sat together and watched the Rangers Motherwell game then the Liverpool game on saturday........they were all sound.....also met a few guys from dublin who were doing the travelling thing too but they were stuck there for a few weeks cause there
Centurian Challenge
on balcony doin the challenge!! mate broke his collar bone at the full moon party!!
down the beach during the day is another story..........you get nothing but hassle every minute from the fruit sellers, ice cream sellers, hammock sellers, silk sellers, jewelery sellers and they all double up as drug peddlers too...........the place is full of drugs.....even at night they offer you them all the time..........maybe it's my face!!
went to report my camera stolen to the tourist police.......at first it was pretty straight forward jottin everything down for the guy, then he said that his captain would have to have a look and sign it........so a went back the morning I was leaving the island.......and I went in and there were three of them.........and "captain" asked me to explain where it was and how it happened........then he was like....." mista steven......me think it hard to steal from you........me not convinced........(I was like c'mon just sign it. I've got a ferry to catch in 30 mins, so trying to keep relaxed and calm and not looking that I was pissed off and in a hurry)........me think you careless..........you know you can get prison for telling no truth" so I just kinda put
some stupid sort of sad upset look on my face and eventually he signed the thing!! and I made the ferry by about 10 mins thankfully!!
S XXX
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eilidh
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war paint is a tad gay steven lol, im way jealous looks amazing. x