Phangan Chai Hotel Ko Phangan

... yolk in the water a bit before they crushed them in their fingers. As I said, both dives were fantastic and I was very glad that we decided to dive one last time. Those last dives were the best dives yet! <br><br>We left that afternoon on a boat to the mainland where we would hop on an overnight train to Bangkok. We were very sad to leave our scuba family and the beautiful beaches of Koh Tao, but our visas were running out in one short week and we still had Bankok and Chaing Mai to conquer. <br>

... out so got talking to other people staying there. Realised I had total sunburnt myself on that ferry so now I looked like a typical tourist! The sea was really shallow and could walk tinto the sea for ages until it started to get deep at all. <br><br>We decided to hire a scooter which was a good shout as it was definately the best way to get around the island. Found a food market which we kept going back to was only 30B (55p!) for a meal ...

... a stage built around for raving on. Then the djs are<br>on a height in a triangle shaped stage playing trance,house and techno with the occasionally<br>jungle sounds brought in with live bongos. And to enhance the whole<br>experience there are really slim Thai women dancers behind a screen<br>with what were the best visuals I had ever seen in my life dancing<br>the night away.We met some really sound people who from<br>Newcastle,England (where we're from) and partied ...

... completely n*t*r*l ingredients. Now i wo*ldnt recoomend it to everyone b*t it w*s indeed speci*l. Myself Orl* Glenn *nd the co*ple h*d * gre*t b*zz *p there *nd j*st d*nced *nd dr*nk b*ckets *nd sh*kes. P* *nd br*ce being the sensible ones followed *p l*ter *nd we he*ded to the be*ch *g*in.<br><br>We went to the st*nd th*t h*d the words FULL MOON PARTY KO PHANGAN written on it b*t w*s d*rk *ll night *ntil they set the friggin thing on fire ...

... So we spent the day on a 'scenic' boat-trip (for which read - 1 1/2 hours on a river boat trip touring the river/canal-side slums of the city - Venice it bleedin' aint) and other assorted sights. The trip was supposed to include the famous floating market&#8230; however, the &#8216;floating market&#8217; has now been reduced to one bloke on a boat who paddles out to sell you over-priced nicnacs when you pass &#8211; not exactly what we expected ...

... person or an Italian person forever'. Very tough choice there with many factors at play. For example, Chinese men are much less irritating than Italian women, so you really have to think hard about it, weigh it up properly and ask any relevant questions. Time just flies by here....<br><br>There are loads of restaurants in the town that play movies or sitcoms at night so you can watch and eat. Just like Vang Vieng in Loas, there were also loads of Friends bars ...

... beds.<br><br>Tonight we take the rather daunting 'night-ferry' as part of a long journey across to the West Coast, to our last island destination Ko Phi Phi. We leave Ko Tao at 7.30pm tonight and arrive at 11am in the morning; comprising of the dreaded 7 hour ferry, a bus, and then a final ferry. Hopefully the valium and cocaine will have kicked in by then so we'll be fine...<br><br><br>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx

... Every morning this Thai man takes his monkey for a swim and I sit up sipping my soda water and watching them. The monkey happily swims along but every few minutes throws himself at the man and tries to bite him. The man laughs and calls over to me (since I am the only one there) "bite!, Ha Ha," then shows me a dark spot on his leg where the monkey made contact. (I later found out that this monkey is actually the beach hut monkey and this man just ...

... dominance, money grapping and all that comes with it, but most importantly...no more exoticism, no more erotic encounters with a post-coital coffee drinking session the next morning in a beach-side local restaurant looking in the still sleepy but highly satisfied eyes of a backpack lady from far away Europe I enter the Cave Bar just after midnight having erotic encounters on my mind. The door is flanked by a gypsum Fred Flintstone, a ...

... a slow boat. On the journey though we went through a tropical storm in the sea. Going from beautiful view of the islands in the ocean to nothing at all, just rain, and even in that you could only see about ten feet!<br><br>The spodey lads will know what I mean when I say "Shark Attacks", but I will explain for everyone else... At uni we had Shark (a cheap imitation Red Bull/energy drink) and if you drunk more than 2/3 the night before you'd have palapatations and sweats ...