I woke up with the regret of drinking too much with Alex the night before, as we were getting a ferry to the next island. Luckily it was only a short one, so I endured it without getting too nauseous. We were staying at a “Mad Monkey” hostel, so I knew it was going to be more partying for the 5 days that we were there. Then good thing about the Mad Monkey hostels is that they always have a different event on each day, to get people socialising and partying. The night we got there was the music quiz, and with our combined knowledge along with Alex’s dance moves we ended up winning!
The next day the reps said that a few people were going over to a different hostel, that was basically on it’s own beach. We all went together and had a good time there. The beach was beautiful and secluded, albeit the sea was very shallow and so warm. In the evening we went to go check out a night market. The market had loads on offer from crafts, jewellery, snacks and dinner. After a while of looking around and eating we went back to get ready for the Jungle Party that we had bought tickets for. The party was so cool, there was fire dancers, drummers, lots of cool effects and even a cheesy magic show.
On the third day was the day of the famous full moon party, and practically the main reason we chose to go to Koh Phangan. The full moon party is what draws so many people to the island, making it super busy every 4 weeks. The party held on Haad Rin Beach has over 5 stages dotted along, with tonnes of vendors selling food and buckets with alcohol inside to cater for the thousands of people. It was a really fun night, it was really busy but as it was slightly out of season I can only imagine how hectic it is in prime time.
The next day was a much calmer, lounging around for the most part of the day. In the evening we took a taxi over to Sunset Walk. We had some really good cocktails, chilled out on some bean bags and watching the sun set which eventually turnt into some beautiful colours.
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