After a long journey from Phnom Penh, Cambodia on the bus and yet another altercation at the Thai boarder (involving a Polish passport), we have finally arrived to the island of Ko Phagnan.
This place is very laid back and currently free of the large resorts and sex tourism that makes other islands like Puhket suck. We are staying in a beach front bungalow and have rented a scooter to get around the island. For the last five days, we havn't done much other than sitting on our asses, swimming in the ocean, or eating and drinking. Paradise! We really did need this as moving around so much can get very very exhausting. Not that we are complaining.
This island is infamous for these huge partys that they throw on the beach during the full moon when the tide triples the beaches size. Because these "Full moon parties" are so popular, they basically have one for every occasion now. Last night we went to the "Christmas moon party"...Wow!! A few thousand international tourists dancing to techno music, drinking "buckets" of mixed drinks, watching flame throwers, and being mesmerised by the many strobe lights blinding them from every direction. (Basically a huge rave) We definitly took part in these festivities all night long and had a great time!
Tomorrow we are moving up to another beach and will be trying out some snorkling. After tomorrow, we wove to Thailand's western coast to another island.
Though this has all been very fun, but as I mentioned above, we have been very sad to be away from all our friends and family over these holidays. Being away during these times makes us really appreciate all of you and miss you even more. We hope you all had an awesome Christmas and we'll write later on.
Michal and Sara
