It was a beautiful day as we left Koh samui, thank goodness because I remember the last boat trip to Koh Phangan a few years back when everyone was being sick because it was so stormy and rough! We took the fast boat which was 30 minutes and arrived to catch the last rays of the sun. The beach was lovely here in Baan tai and the sea was calm, unlike Koh samui. I really hope I can get some diving in if the weather stays like this! It is the night before New Years Eve and we have decided to go to the half moon party in the jungle. We head out about 9 ish and make our way down there. When we arrive it looks really quiet and we don't know whether to stay and see if it gets busy or go to Haad Rin. We have a bucket and wait to see if it picks up.
We decide to stay and start chatting to some guys from Australia (surprise, surprise), they are in their early twenties and really sweet. They had never done a bucket before so we thought it was only fair to introduce them to one!! Felt really bad though when I saw Aaron puking up later in the bar queue! Felt better about it when we caught sight of them walking into the New Year party on the beach though the next day!!
It started to get really busy and the music was quite trance, not my favourite so at 3am I thought it was time to go as I needed to save myself for the next night, and had lost all the girls anyway, not that I minded as was plenty of nice, helpful young men to keep me company!!!
We spent New Years Eve chilling out on the beach and doing not a lot! Then it was time for the big one! The countdown party on the full moon beach at Haad Rin! It was gonna be massive!!! We set off about 8pm and got some food when we arrived, followed by some body paint just to get in the spirit of things :) then we hit the beach for the biggest beach party in the world!!
I often find New Years Eve a big hype which often ends up in disappointment, and this time was not really an exception! Although it started out as fun the more drunk we got the less fun it became. I miss my friends a lot at times like this, it is not about where you are it is about who you are with, and much as these girls are lovely I don't really know them that well and there is a big age gap, and at times like this I just want to be around the people I have history with, and I can relate to, and give a big hug and kiss, and this just brings it all home to me. The party was ok, I nearly ended up in a fight with some girl over nothing, and wasted my bucket by throwing most of it on her, then I cut my foot on a bottle, then argued with Nicola over nothing because we were drunk and ended up in tears!!! So another eventful night out! I think I may be in need of some therapy now ha ha!!! Was glad to finally get back to the hotel at 7am!!! Slept all the next day until 5pm as the weather is crap again now and rain and storms are forecast for the whole week we are here! Not the best start to the New Year!!! But can't really complain as don't have anything else to worry about except my foot going septic ha ha!!
The weather is still awful, stormy and raining heavily, think my diving is out now, and I am really disappointed about that, as so wanted to dive Ko Tao, but guess can't control the weather! So now gotta find something else to keep me occupied! Not easy to do as we are on an island where most activities are based around the beach, snorkelling, boat trips, diving etc….and my foot has left me fairly incapacitated.
Totally bored and fed up now and frustrated because I am tired and can't sleep with the pain in my foot or do anything, went out with the girls as have to do something to stop myself going crazy to watch them wake boarding! Both Carmel and Tracey were naturals and made it look so easy, was gutted couldn't do it, but might try it when hit south america instead!! The weather is still cloudy but stopped raining for a while when we were on the boat and looks like it is finally changing and the storm is moving away :)
Tonight we decided it was high time we hit the party scene once again and made our way back to Haad Rin beach the home of the world famous full moon party, for another night of fun & frolics, as needed to cheer up! We chose the Drop in Bar where we had such a good time a few years back, nothing had changed!!! Had the most fabulous night!! Better then the New year Party, everyone was just up for a good time, men were even getting naked and skipping over ropes of fire, very brave of them ha ha and class entertainment, we met loads of people including a couple of hotties from Rio De Janeiro where we will be soon, always networking me, and danced all night on tables to the best music on the island, although I did have my havianas stolen and so did Carmel. People must pick them up off the beach and sell them the next day in their shop!! Should have learnt with my cut up foot not to take my shoes off!!!
I finally dragged myself away at about 5ish to get a kebab, some things don't change! We bumped into the 2 guys from the half moon party that we introduced to buckets, and Aaron, one of them, came with me to eat and made sure I got a taxi ok by carrying me over a load of broken glass in the road as I had no shoes and did not need any more injuries. Then to his disappointment I left him and went home to bed, well in need of some sleep :) We seem to have fallen into the rhythm now of sleeping in the day and staying up all night! Gonna be a hard habit to break!
Ok, last party night for us on the island! decided to go to a pool party at Coral Bungalows! Supposed to be the best. Although we were torn between that and the waterfall party in the jungle which was on the same night! What to do? Tempted to do both but after hanging around at the pool party for a couple of hours which was not that busy, I got bored and tired and just wanted to get some sleep. I decided to leave and went alone to get a motorbike taxi to take me back! The ride back was exhilarating, I held on for dear life at the back, zipping round the corners and up and down steep hills, with people shouting and singing out of the tuk tuk's passing by, and by the time I got home I was ready to go out again and had second thoughts about going it alone to the waterfall party, but I was here now and just decided to stay put and try and get my foot better as it was still agony and maybe infected, and I could enjoy a final day on the beach tomorrow!! Well after a couple of hours I woke up with a start, someone was in the room, I was sure! I felt someone sit on the end of the bed! Nicola was not back, I reached up and put the light on, checked in the bathroom, not that I would know what I would have done, probably just screamed the place down, I was so scared now and the adrenalin was pumping, I had left the door unlocked for nicola to get in, and could swear there was someone there. Well I could not find anything out of the ordinary and now could not sleep! Have been having bad nightmares again, not even on the malaria tablets anymore, not sure what is causing them, wonder if we are getting our drinks spiked, because was totally freaked out now!! Ok party over until Rio, need to detox!!!
Our last day in Koh Phangan and finally the good weather is now here, we just chilled on the beach and went for a nice dinner in the evening at the Fishermans Restaurant. How very civilised :) Early start of 5.45am to get the ferry to Surat thani and then bus to Penang, Malaysia! We will arrive there about 10pm as they are 1 hour ahead!!
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