Full Moon Island
Trip Start
Mar 15, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 15, 2009
Koh Phangan,
Thailand
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
This one place showed Family Guy for 10 straight days, not sure if they ever change
island movie screen
. There was also a Seinfled place, friends joint and an Italian restaurant that played the Simpsons all day. During the day there are tons of people on the beach, playing volleyball, soccer, football, throwing frisbees and frolicking in the ocean. The people really start to poor in about 4 days before the big party. We thought it would be impossible for there to be anything near 10 thousand people, but we were wrong, they came. Many take boat taxis from all around the island and even more from Samui, it's only about 20 to 30 minutes away. I played in a beach soccer tournament that starts three days before the Full Moon Party. My team had people from Israel, Canada, England, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Holland and of course one from America. There were over 20 teams in the tournament and we ended up making the final 8, not bad for a group of people who had never met. Some teams had uniforms and had obviously played together a lot. I hurt my often injured big toe, I really shouldn't play without shoes, so I ended up playing goalie for most of the tournament.
The night of the party was really impressive
Island bar poochie
. I thought it would be stupid and was very skeptical, but it went off quite nice. It is really organized and runs very smoothly, what an amazing revenue stream for this small island and it happens every month! People walk around drinking buckets, literally plastic buckets full of mixed alcohol. They give you ice and your choice of mixer and poison. It is very economical and efficient for all of those involved. You could never have something like this in the States, everyone is so peaceful and respectful. There are no fights, gangs or deaths. I guess most people who can afford to come to the party are not exactly a fair representation of their respected nations, probably a little better class and it shows. We stayed up all night dancing the night away on an amazing beach and then sat down to enjoy the sunrise. We spent the next 2 days recovering, though I feel more from lack of sleep in our crappy hostel that was way to bright for human beings to sleep. We then took a short taxi ride and boat to "Bottle Beach," an isolated beach on the other side of the island.
Comments
John Ringer
a foot without a big toe is like a platoon without Sargent Hulka.
The world's best
When we attended Japan/Korea world cup; I commented to one of the Irish that his clan seemed much more mellow than I had anticipated: He responded 'these are the only Irishmen that can afford a trip to East Asia and I shouldn't judge by their calm behavior that the groups back home are this well behaved.' Also, nice bucket of booze on the beach. I am proud that you still have the ability to party all night, until sunrise.