So... This covers pretty much the last week spent here in Ko Phangan.
Oh, before leaving for Ko Phangan we went to the Chiang Mai zoo - I'm really not sure how we ended up there... I have to say some of the stuff happening at the zoo seemed a little questionable (unnatural)... Like people just being able to randomly feed hippos.
In Thailand they like options... 75 pages worth of them. Aleks would probably die trying to figure out what to eat in a menu like this:
We went to a Thai Kick boxing match the first night we got here... It was pretty fun. I got really into it. To the point where I think I may have scared Ryan a little. There were a couple of knock outs, a few decisions and one clearly fixed match:
Fixed Match:
We walked back to the beach to find the party was starting a few days early
And this is what was left over the next day
My obsession with fire continues. The party just seemed to be happening every night except for the night before the Full Moon
Ryan's Birthday cake... no plates, forks or napkins available.
On the way back home from our island tour... Our first tour got cancelled about an hour in when the long tail boat died. Yep. And it was storming out. I actually started feeling a little sea sick... Anyway, we went back the next day (on Ryan's Birthday and on the Full Moon Party day) and had an awesome time!
The full moon party
Ungh... buckets. So many vendors... all selling the same horrible 'whiskey'.
Happy Birthday!
The aftermath....
Clearly, when your beach looks like the one above the answer is to... rent a scooter and go find another one at the other end of the island!
Let me just say... the roads on Ko Phangan are really kind of crazy (especially at this end of the island... 20% grades, winding roads.) There was a close call but we got back to the rental place without a scratch (which is good because they don't have insurance on the bikes here!)
And finally... Mountain Bar
We've spent a lot of time here. It started on the full moon party night and then we liked it so much that we've been going back for some evening drinks and relaxing over the bay. It's pretty cool up there...
Tomorrow we start heading towards Japan. We're going to Bangkok first and then on Friday we head to Hong Kong and then Tokyo. I'm looking forward to leaving the tourists behind... I've found that over the last week it's finally gotten to me. TOO MANY TOURISTS everywhere. I realize I shouldn't really talk... I am after all a tourist too... It feels like I've been in Thailand forever now (it's been over a month with a little bit of Cambodia in the middle). It'll be hard to leave but I think what's coming up should be pretty amazing (in a very different way).
1 comment:
Nice pics!
That's probably way closer than I'd want to get to a hippo's mouth.
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