Full Moon Party HELL

After leaving the haven of Lanta, we underwent a 19 hour journey, arriving in Ko Phangan at 7 in the morning, after enduring two minibuses, two car ferries, three coaches, an overnight ferry, a tuk tuk and a trek up a steep incline :-) We were rewarded by finding out the island gets PRETTY DAMN booked up on full moon nights...and ended up paying 400 Bht for a cardboard box, which is prone to being broken into!

During our afternoon nap (in rather a naked state!), the whole bungalow started to rock and a fat white guy burst in having kicked down the door. After much screaming and confusion, the guy eventually apologised and retreated. The next treat in store was a spider the size of a dinner plate sharing the bathroom with me - had to go for backup which turned out to be two very scared thai boys armed with a can of insect spray. There were a few moments when we thought the spider was winning - but after a bit of wrestling and a lot of running around, it was slayed :-)

After a few hours of lethargy, we pulled ourselves together, obeyed the many flourescent signs, and agreed with the sentiment 'fuck it, lets have a bucket!' One whole bottle of Sangsom later, we felt in the mood to leave the bungalow and brave beach hell. A sweaty mess of arms, legs and flourescing bodies. Not wanting to be a party pooper, we joined in....increased the bucket toll to two, became very unsteady on our feet, and crawled back to the bungalow before the event got going! I fell backwards down some steps and laura spent the night with her head in the toilet....AND THAT MY FRIEND IS THE FULL MOON PARTY!