In the truck on the way to the Half Moon Party
Kiwi - Ozzie- Made in Canada
Glowing paint everywhere!Koh Phangan - 'Samuis little hippy sister'.
The half moon party was on the 26th - it basically exists because the full moon party's were so popular that once a month just isnt enough. There is also a 'Shiver moon' and 'Black Moon' party...so pretty much every week thousands of tourists come together and paint themselves in glowing fluro paint and party till dawn.
We discovered the main town Haad Rin on the 26th during the day - this is where one of our friends, Gary, who we met in Bangkok was staying. We found out they were offering free vodka and redbull after 11pm so we had a pre party there - while drinking and painting eachother! Although the drinks were so ridiculously strong they were almost impossible to drink. 90/10 Vodka/ Redbull..yuk! The pre party was great, we met so many people! I remember thinking to myself that this is one of the reasons why I love travelling...the fact that all of these people from different countries and different backrounds can all come together and have a fantastic time together.
We got on the back of a Ute to go to the party and the driver, as per usual, was all over the windy and hilly road. Very safe of course...
The actual party was in the jungle, it was pretty awesome. There were fluro lights and decorations all through the trees and people everywhere over 2 levels. I did a lot of people watching because it was quite halarious watching all of the western men picking up Thai girls. Ok, it was funny but also really sad. These guys are just your average guys, they should have no problem picking up a girl but choose to pay into prostitution.
We left at about 5am when the repititive trance music was just too much the same. Then the next day we had to check out in the morning and take the boat over to Koh Samui. When we were waiting I saw people with broken bones and massive cuts, scrapes and bruises. Looks like I wasn't the only one who crashed my moped!!
The half moon party was on the 26th - it basically exists because the full moon party's were so popular that once a month just isnt enough. There is also a 'Shiver moon' and 'Black Moon' party...so pretty much every week thousands of tourists come together and paint themselves in glowing fluro paint and party till dawn.
We discovered the main town Haad Rin on the 26th during the day - this is where one of our friends, Gary, who we met in Bangkok was staying. We found out they were offering free vodka and redbull after 11pm so we had a pre party there - while drinking and painting eachother! Although the drinks were so ridiculously strong they were almost impossible to drink. 90/10 Vodka/ Redbull..yuk! The pre party was great, we met so many people! I remember thinking to myself that this is one of the reasons why I love travelling...the fact that all of these people from different countries and different backrounds can all come together and have a fantastic time together.
We got on the back of a Ute to go to the party and the driver, as per usual, was all over the windy and hilly road. Very safe of course...
The actual party was in the jungle, it was pretty awesome. There were fluro lights and decorations all through the trees and people everywhere over 2 levels. I did a lot of people watching because it was quite halarious watching all of the western men picking up Thai girls. Ok, it was funny but also really sad. These guys are just your average guys, they should have no problem picking up a girl but choose to pay into prostitution.
We left at about 5am when the repititive trance music was just too much the same. Then the next day we had to check out in the morning and take the boat over to Koh Samui. When we were waiting I saw people with broken bones and massive cuts, scrapes and bruises. Looks like I wasn't the only one who crashed my moped!!
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