Blogs from Ko Pha-Ngan, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 124

After a long night of no sleep and leaking roof we decided to get out of 'Utopia' and seek more earthly accomodation! Sat in the waterlogged restaurant while parts of the roof fell off in the wind, chatted to a German couple who had decided to invest in some property on Kho Phangnan. They said that a couple of the best beaches were on the NE of the island called Haad Thongnaipan Noi & Haad Thongnaipan Yai. They also recommended that we stay in Milky Bay Resort! While the wind had subsided, there was still torrential rain. The sandy tracks (no roads) were knee deep in water and filth. We managed to beg a lift from Utopia to Milky Bay. Roads were more like rivers. Homes were flooded, the whole place underwater. Got dropped off a ... read more

Attempted to get early morning speed or cattermarran to Koh Phangnan - Thai time took over. 2 hours later and much confusion suffered, crammed onto a catterman bound for the other islands. Weather a little Windy and rainy, sat upstairs for the view, which was our first mistake!!. Waves crashed over the top of the boat and drenched whole group constantly for 1.5 hours, people being sick over edge of boat, quite a few people genuinely quite frightened. Disembarked - grateful to be alive but completely drenched. Decided to stay at Long Bay Resort, Haad Yao. 3 nights. Very pleasent gardens, beach front pool, jacuzzi, restaurant. Golf buggied around the gardens. Dogs a whole lot more menacing that on Koh Tao! Hired a moped to tour the island (east and west coach and inland). Waterfalls/local fishing ... read more

Hi There It is two days after full moon. Been sleeping heaps. Full Moon was on the 16th and we got a taxi with 12 other people from our resort down to haad rin, the location for full moon. Got there about midnight and the place was packed with touros. Couldnt get down to the beach area so we when to a quite club for drinks till about 5am. By that stage the crowd had sufficiently cleared so we could get onto the beach. There's like 20 clubs right on the beach all pumping out all sorts of music, loved the cheesy house and progressive music myself but the others wanted more psy. We hung out with a german couple from our resort, Itza and Ricky. I could only remember her name by thinking of ... read more

Those of you who know me best will be aware that I was always more of a guitar sing-song in someone's gaff with a few bevvies and a few mates type of guy and not one to go for the drug-induced euphoria of rave parties. But as any one of the hundreds of thousands of travellers who have made the pilgrimmage to Ko Phan Ngang since 1995 would tell you, Full Moon is no ordinary rave party. And despite my normal aversions to over-hyped DJs, house, dance and trance, I could only soup up the spectacle as I was, literally, party to this Wonder of the Backpackers' World. To get the full benefit of this mail, I'd suggest looking for the most funked up CD in your collection and turn up the sound full blast. The ... read more

Firstly, sorry for not putting any entries into this blog since I've arrived. I had all the good intentions, but now I'm here, the last thing I want to do is sit in an internet cafe. The weather is beautiful and there is so much (or little) to do and it's just too lovely, so again, sorry! I will try to keep up-to-date. Anyway, I have been in Thailand for around three weeks now, but in this entry I will only really talk about the first two as I am now currently eslewhere from Ko Pha Ngan (never really sure how you spell it - it's different everywhere you look). I decided to go to Ko Pha Ngan as my first stop on the recommendation of Kate T who had been there previous year and loved ... read more