One thing that comes to mind about last week was are land lady whose name is Gar said she had the Sunday free and did we want her to give us a tour of the island, we jumped at the chance and set off, she took us to see the bigger Buddha which is on one of the biggest mountains of the island so everyone can see it, its only been there for two or so years I think and its still got a little work need doing to it so for the moment it still has a big hype even with the locals. It is a very bumping ride to get up this mountain but we made it and went to have a look, this thing is enormous and its so much bigger than it looks in the picture below, the view from this spot is the really something, unfortunately we only had Kara’s camera and it had close to 0 battery and we only managed to get 2 or 3 pictures.
We then headed to see some temple that has a market just in front of it, I didn’t think it was possible to but we drove right through this place to get to it, the whole road was so narrow it was like shopping in a car while at a market you could touch clothes and stuff that was on the front of there stalls, there’s just no rules what so ever its really bizarre yet people don’t seem to have a problem with anything that is going on around them. The temple was impressive and had so much detail to it, just a shame we couldn’t get any pictures.Gar then showed us phuket aquarium, was some odd looking creatures in there that’s for sure one of my coolest was oversized fish none of us can remember these guys names but they were the size of sharks but fat looking, after Gar showed us some view points of the island that were awesome and very frustrating to talk about when you we couldn’t get any pictures. There was some other stuff that was planed for us but me and Anton fell asleep a few times in the car so she said we could do the rest another day which I thought was very nice of her.
Even before we got here one of the things we were most looking forward to was the legendary Koh Phangan beach party, we have just got back from it a few days ago and im still hung over.
It is a long trip from here to Ko Phangan in total it took us 7 or so hours 4 hours on mini bus which Anton and Marten arranged and was a great idea then 3 more hours on the ferry, it all went well and we played bluff poker for most of the ferry ride so it didn’t feel like to long, we hadn’t arranged a hotel or anything on this island which isn’t a very good idea at all seeing as everyone comes here just for this event, regardless of that we try and go to the beach where the main event is I think its called Hairain or something, anyways there was 0 rooms there, Emil had been to this island before and recommended a hotel that was 40 mins away called bamboo, this place was fantastic we also upgraded to the luxury rooms that have one big bedroom and a really nice bathroom, we got there at around 8ish and headed out for dinner, I didn’t no where this place was as it dark but we were only 50yards from the beach, there are loads of restaurants on the beach and they all put tables on the sand for you, we have eaten at some really incredible places but this one was perfect, we also saw a hotel that had rooms on the sand with internet so we have booked them for next full moon which is next month. That night was kind of a blur as we got very drunk. one bar has these sort of sponge chairs that are like pillows on the beach and you lay down and look at the sky. Out of everywhere in Thailand this beach is the best ive been to and just a awesome place to holiday.
The next day we recovered and got some things sorted for are return journey home, we also got tickets for a boat to take us to the full moon party this is the easiest way to get there as the roads are awful on the island, so we booked that for 10pm that night, we had to be home the next day because my friend James was coming out to stay with us for 10days and he was going to be at our place early the next morning, we wouldn’t be able to be there before him but we sorted out that the land lady would let him in and show him around, due to that we booked the earliest ferry home that was 7am…yes 7am and we had to be back at are bungalow at 6am for are taxi there, the plan was to party all night and head back at 5.20 on long boat then get taxi, ferry home. The ticket home we bought was 850 baht that included taxi to ferry at 6am to catch 7am ferry then coach at 9 for 6 hours back to phuket, not the best journey before the biggest party going but thought it would be better than going to sleep.
That night we had dinner on the beach again, im still in Orr of this for some reason lol, then had drinks and got are longboat to full moon at 10pm, boat took about 30mins and was much better than a bumpy taxi, its also cool to enter any party from the sea in my opinion.
We got talking to the guy in red as we gave him a beer because we had to many and found out he played World Series Of Poker last year.when we saw the party we lit up, there can be anywhere from 8 thousand to 30k people at this event, the beach must be about 400yards wide and was completely packed full of people the closer the boat got the louder and louder the music got, when we pulled up we all jumped out and headed up, its really difficult to explain what this place feels and looks like, it was just one long enormous rave with fire shows massive wooden tables for girls to dance on and it seemed the only drink served was buckets, the buckets are deadly they are quarter bottle of a spirit of your choose then two fizzy drinks like sprite, you cant really feel the alcohol that much so these go down very quickly, after that we headed to the fire show
WAT.that I thought we were going to just watch but Soren and Anton got pulled in and tried jumping the rope, obviously ending in failure but lucky no serious burns. Later we meet some girls that Marten and Anton went to school with that were staying there, they were a lot of fun and its was cool being in a big group.
Saga, Feliscia, Marten, Me, Soren, Petra, Emil.we did lose Soren though soon after this and me and Emil went to are meeting place to find him but he wasn’t there, after that the night was one big party and a lot of dancing, Anton headed back at 4ish I think and got a long boat that incredibly Soren was on lol. Myself, Marten, Emil, Klara headed back unwillingly at just after 5 to get back for are taxi at 6am, Emil and Klara were flying out to Singapore the next day to sort out there visa situation so they didn’t have to be up as early. When we were trying to get a boat back you see some funny stuff, people making out non-stop, boys, girls pissing in the sea, having sex and beer bottles just about everywhere, just about anything was normal.
Are boat back was a wet one back into the tide and time wasn’t really on are side as we had 15mins before are taxi was at are hotel, the whole boat sort of got wind of the fact we were going straight home and they were all cheering for us and telling the driver to hurry so we could make it, we got to are beach bang on 6am and Marten in his drunken state falls straight out the boat in front of all are new friends ahaha, smooth. Anton and Soren were waiting with the bags on the beach for us ( soren was asleep) so me and Marten ran to are room to get are stuff Marten again on top form falls over while running and takes all the skin of his knees, nothing hurts when drunk though so we think nothing of it and carry on running back and just make are taxi, then see that Marten’s knee looks pretty bad with blood everywhere, not good, Martens a drunken trooper and tells us all its no problem.
We get to the ferry just in time and head on when the guy will not take are tickets..WAT! He keeps pointing over at the front of the pier at this time we are panicking because if we miss this one the next one is in like 5 hours, Anton runs over to the place where he is pointing and runs back, he says that we are on the wrong boat lol, we didn’t even no there was two, we now have to run very drunk to the other pier 100yards to a smaller boat, somehow we just, just make it and sit down and pass out. when we get off we have no idea where we are and just walk towards any coach, we tell them we are going phuket town and they say its fine, unsure we get on and 15mins later stops in the middle of nowhere and have to all get of, apparently they have to check are tickets and then get on another coach, we are told this process takes 20mins but ends up being 40mins, we then get on what we are told is are real coach home, we drive another 15mins of a 6hour journey then STOP again at another random place and are told to all get of, WHAT! We all have to walk of and are told to sit down to wait 40mins for another coach, everyone is totally clueless to what is going on and the worst part is we are completely drunk, passing out all over the place, 30mins later a coach pulls up going to phuket town but we are told that isn’t for us…. We are really annoyed at this point and I give him 1000baht and tell him we have to get home can we please get on here, so we do and finally are relieved to be on a real coach home, my genius bribe doesn’t really go to plan as the coach isn’t full because they are waiting for another coach to come here to fill it up, we wait around 50mins just sat on this coach having to wait for it to fill, knowing that we have a 5+ hour journey ahead of us, we do finally get to phuket in the afternoon and get a taxi back to are apartment to meet James, we stumble thought the door and meet James (wthyo) who is also tired from a 15 hour flight, we head out for dinner and try and recover.
All this was by a long way are worst day ever! But the full moon party was the best so I suppose it evens out, as I said we have booked the best beach bungalow for next month at full moon party which we are all excited about already, that month there will be a change in the group as Nicklas, Johan, Shahin all poker players from the office in sweden are coming for a month, this month will be pretty insane I think and something to look forward to.
At the moment we are guna have a awesome week with James and try and show him a great time, as you see from my blog title it is Sorens 21st birthday today WOOT,WOOT. We planed on getting up early today and go get Soren cake and gifts as he is never ever up before 10.30 so we all this morning got up at 7.45 and as we are in the lounge Soren walks through the door, the shock on are face cant be described and we were in a really awkward situation with us saying happy birthday then walking out the door leaving him there clueless to where we were going, we got him a really cool cake and his favourite Chinese dish, Soren is also completely addicted to Mac Donald’s so we are getting him take away soon as its nearly lunch here, then tonight head for a meal in Patong then party, a friend of mine from school who was in the year above me called Vito and his bro Yan are also out here which Is great and they will be at the meal as well, so tonite is meant to be a big one and I wil make sure to get plenty of pictures of the birthday boy.
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you!Yes, yes I forgot After this week well 10days of James’s stay I am going to make him write my next bog entry to summarise his week here in exchange for rent loll so that should be good.
I have a lot more photos of the beach I was talking about with some of the restaurants and bars but they are on Emil’s camera and hes in Singapore so when he gets back are try and post them
Peaceeeeeeeee.
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