What am I up to?
I had already agreed to meet Jilly, Chrissy, Pete, Stuart and Hannah (Friends from home) in Vietnam in early March so it would make sense for me to be heading North. Oh no! I’m heading in completely the opposite direction to meet some Australian girls I met in India. I know ill end up regretting it when I have to spend three days solid on a bus. But hey a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do. So here I am heading to the island of Kho Phan Ngan for a full moon party and no doubt a few days of heavy drinking and partying!

Kho Phan Ngan

I didn’t really like the whole Kho phan Ngan experience. From the moment I was hearded on to the tourist boat like some kind of sheep with about three hundred ‘think their cool’ teenagers. I knew it wasn’t going to be a place I had much time for. I got there a few days before the party, so that I could go and check out some of the nicer beaches in the north of the island. Don’t get me wrong this place is stunning, but the whole over touristy thing just made me feel like i was heading off on a ClubMed holiday. Not what I came away for.

Anyway.. enough grumling, It was great to meet up with friends from India and we did have a great few nights partying. More people than I expected from the India posse were there so that was cool. The full moon party it self was a bit pants really. Just like any other night but more crowed and with too many bars all trying to play their music other one another which made for one big distorted noise. We end up partying for three nights in a row and i got no sleep to help me face my manmouth journey. I wasn’t particularly sad to see the back of the island itself but one more night for sleeping would have been nice. Next ive got 4hours on the boat fromhell! Followed by back to back night trains heading up the far north of Thailand and the border with Laos.