The Long & Winding Road

Well the last 5 days have been really good.  I took a bus from Bangkok to Chumphon again and then caught the ferry over to Koh Phangan.  I met up with Matt the the pier when he arrived.  We headed to Haad Rin which is the touristy beach that hosts the full moon party.  Saturday and Sunday we just hung out at the beach, played frisbee, football, volleyball and worked on our tans a little bit.  There was also a vast number of women, primarily Scandinavian, that decided bikini tops were not needed at all.  We weren't complaining one bit!  The bungalow we were staying at was at the top of a pretty big hill, far away from everything and everyone.  It was a long walk to town or the beach everytime but it was very quit and relaxing and the view of the sea was great.  On Monday we we signed up for the Snoop Dogg boat tour which went around the whole island.  It turned into a really good day.  There were free treats all day and if you know anything about Snoop Dogg you'll know what type of treats I'm talking about.  It was a very hazy day.  We went to a waterfall, chilled at some remote beaches, played volleyball and went snorkling as well.  We had a really good time and made some new friends from Switzerland.  After that day, Matt and I both slept for about 13 hours!  So yesterday was the full moon party, we spent the afternoon at the beach again and I now have the darkest tan I've ever had in my life.  We had a great dinner which was an all you can eat buffet of roast beef, chicken, veggies, potatoes and gravy.  It was the best meal of my trip so far.  It was even better than Christmas dinner on the beach in Cambodia.  So after hanging out there watching a band for a bit, we headed down to the beach to party with around 15000 other people.  It was a really fun night and it was definitely one of the coolest parties I've ever been to.  Insane and crazy would be the words to describe that night.  But we both survived and were now awaiting a taxi to begin our journey to Railay Beach over in Krabi province which is another of my favourite places here in Thailand.  We should be there for a couple days and then its over to Koh Phi Phi to do some more scuba diving where I've heard it's incredible