Off to the Full Moon Party

Trip Start May 15, 2004
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Trip End Aug 20, 2004


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Sunday, June 27, 2004

We spend another day on Ko Samui, mostly recovering from the previous night and the next night we saw some Muay Thai boxing, I have a great video of one really good fight, but the video is just too large to put on here so you'll just have to see it another time!

The next day - we took a nice ferry ride from Ko Samui to Ko Phangan of about 1 hour. Ko Phangan is famous for its monthly Full Moon Party, which can bring up to 10000 people to this small beach for drinking and dancing and fun.
We arrive and so much of the accommodation is already full, but somehow I find this guy who has room and has these bungalows up on the hill, away from the noise and craziness, with an amazing view of the ocean and a patio reception area where his wife cooks these great Thai home-cooked meals, anything we want! Anyway, on the boat we met this really strange English girl and for some reason, Juliano invites her to stay with us and she ends up as my roommate 1Rich
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 ! Well, whatever, we chill on the beach, hook up with Richard (from Malaysia), and after Jamo and Juliano decide to stay in for the evening, Rich and I go out for some famous Red Bull buckets. The Red Bull buckets are the official drink of the FMP. They take a small bucket, load it with ice, take a bottle of Thai whiskey(think our alcohol shopping picture), throw in a bottle of super-concentrated Red Bull (illegal in the States), and then add in a bottle of Coke and about 10 straws. These buckets create complete madness! Usually when you drink you get tired after awhile, but with these the Red Bull just powers you through the night. You start dancing and people come up and share their bucket with you (ok, not the safest or most hygienic thing in the world) and its fun. Rich spots some girls he knows and we end up drinking and dancing the night away at the Drop-In bar with four Canadian dental hygienists - 2 Lindsays (to identify them I name one LG, Lindsay with glasses, and the nickname sticks much to her chagrin, haha, sorry LG!), a Jenny, and a Jess. They were all very cool and loads of fun. We all danced and drank buckets and laughed, had water fights and occasional dips in the ocean and took pics and had fun until about 4 am!
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