Ko phan gan, full moon to new years!
Trip Start
May 27, 2008
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Trip End
May 24, 2009
Ko Phangan, Thailand
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
So why was i looking at the moon all night? Well i honestly couldnt figure out if the moon was entirely full or just missing a smidden or not, id managed to work myself into a case of minor paranoia, convinced id got the nights wrong and id arrive at an island with a collective massive hangover with everyone informing me about "the bestest night ever ever ever ever". But that wasnt the case, i was greeted by half a dozen moto drivers shouting full moon party party, and then they reeled off a list of drugs longer then the magna carta, i hadnt even got on the island yet!
But get on the island i did, and i needed a few hours winks before i set out. Thankfully afterwards there were a few other confused souls like myself wondering about the party, having just arrived and been bundled off to this villa resort with some other ferry companions, so we grabbed a tuk tuk and headed out to the beach.
Which was emmmmpty.
What! oh well it seems the party actually starts at around 10pm, there were plenty of locals setting up the stages, lighting effects bars and all that jazz and the centre/town was BUSY as hell, but there werent that many people on the beach. So we jumped into one of the busy bars and proceeded to partake in a couple of slightly intoxicating drinks.
And then the sun went down.
I have a love/hate relationship with dance music, what you'd describe as loving stuff like the prodigy, the chemical brothers soulwax, anything like that, and an irrational, almost violent dislike of eurotechnicvondutchompaompavengaboys whatever it is they call it these days, kids eh!
Thankfully the beach (which was now full to the brim, with everyone having moved from the bars to the beach almost simutaneously it appeared) was almost like a mecca for the music fan, as you moved from one place to the other, the music changed from genre to genre. Classic idea i thought, top bombing.
The night itself was as you'd expect, a tiny bit messy. There arent actually any police on the island and the whole place is governed by extremely rich locals, chuck in some private bodyguards, a couple of unoffical army chaps (in uniform looking very mean) bouncers who would break up any fights that happened to start, i saw a few, but mainly the party seemed to reside on the edge of anarchy (people burning stuff, running around with wooden poles etc) without actually descending into madness.
We stayed there all night, it was obviously as the night wore on that not everyone was made to party. Lots of people being sick, or having sexy time, or passed out. Or all 3 at the same time, Cracking! At about 5am me and what remained of our random group (which changed regularly as we met and lost people old and new) Finally headed along to what is known as mellow mountain. Guess what happens up here kids! It involves mushrooms that paul daniels would be proud of, served as a milk shake, if you want more info about them get in touch, the only thing i am saying is FANTASTIC!
We saw the sun rise and everyone, rose from their half inherbited slumber and had a dance to celebrate, now thats what i call a night out.
Fuck that was long, anyway i decided to stay even longer on the island these adventures will continue onto part 2....
