The full moon party is supposed to be one of the biggest parties in the world. Sometimes in the height season there are up to 50,000 people all packed on to one beach. After my experience in the low season I could imagine what it is like in the high.
Dur ring our stay at Ko Tao thanks to Kun we were able to get a hold of Jack. Jack was one of our tour guides from last year. He was awesome. He happened to be leading a tour that was coming to Ko Tao the same day as the party...it's funny how things work out. So we got everything planned out with Jack and we joined his tour group and we all went to the party together which was nice because Jack has been a time or two. As hopped on the catamaran for the 45 min boat ride to Ko Phangnang where the party is I didn't really know what to expect. We arrived to the island about 6:30 or so and we took a short taxi ride to the main strip were all the magic takes place. Jack took us all to a restaurant right at the edge of the beach were we all had dinner and drinks before the party began. This was also our designated meeting place for the morning or just if you needed to go to sleep. We didn't have any accommodations booked because the full moon party doesn't end. After dinner we all gather round and let Jack do his magic with the paint brush. One of the big things there at the full moon part is the florescent body paint. I hope I can get some pictures of the all the art work he did on us...I didn't take my camera because I didn't want to loose it or get it stolen. So by the time that Jack finished painting us all up it was time to make our way down to the beach and take part in the famous Full Moon Party.
As soon as we hit the beach you can feel the music basing all over. It is on a beach that is about a quarter to half mile long I would say. Then entire beach is lined with bars, from end to end. Each bars has the music blasting the lights going and a people everywhere. There was probably a couple few thousand people here at this party, which is why I couldn't imagine a big one. I spent the night roaming up and down the beach just watching all the madness. People were partying like it was the last chance to party in their lives. To be honest I didn't really see any of the crazy things I thought I was going to see. Once I got used to to just the size of the party it nothing special. Don't get me wrong I have never seen anything like it before, but it was as crazy as I thought it was going to be. The coolest part of the whole party was when day light came. The sun came out and the party did not slow down a bit. Music was still going and drinks were still being served. To me that was a sight to see, and with it being light out I was seeing it from a whole new perspective.
We all met up at the restaurant with no problems then headed over to the ferry back to Ko Tao. This was another funny sight. The waters were not that bad, but everyone on the boat was chumming up because of the night before, I thought it was quite funny. Luckily the weather was better and we could all be outside and not stuck in the cabin. We spent another day at Sea Shell just recovering before heading across the country to Phuket where we were hoping to find some sunshine. All in all the party was fun and a sight to see, but it's not something that would be dying to do again.
Dur ring our stay at Ko Tao thanks to Kun we were able to get a hold of Jack. Jack was one of our tour guides from last year. He was awesome. He happened to be leading a tour that was coming to Ko Tao the same day as the party...it's funny how things work out. So we got everything planned out with Jack and we joined his tour group and we all went to the party together which was nice because Jack has been a time or two. As hopped on the catamaran for the 45 min boat ride to Ko Phangnang where the party is I didn't really know what to expect. We arrived to the island about 6:30 or so and we took a short taxi ride to the main strip were all the magic takes place. Jack took us all to a restaurant right at the edge of the beach were we all had dinner and drinks before the party began. This was also our designated meeting place for the morning or just if you needed to go to sleep. We didn't have any accommodations booked because the full moon party doesn't end. After dinner we all gather round and let Jack do his magic with the paint brush. One of the big things there at the full moon part is the florescent body paint. I hope I can get some pictures of the all the art work he did on us...I didn't take my camera because I didn't want to loose it or get it stolen. So by the time that Jack finished painting us all up it was time to make our way down to the beach and take part in the famous Full Moon Party.
As soon as we hit the beach you can feel the music basing all over. It is on a beach that is about a quarter to half mile long I would say. Then entire beach is lined with bars, from end to end. Each bars has the music blasting the lights going and a people everywhere. There was probably a couple few thousand people here at this party, which is why I couldn't imagine a big one. I spent the night roaming up and down the beach just watching all the madness. People were partying like it was the last chance to party in their lives. To be honest I didn't really see any of the crazy things I thought I was going to see. Once I got used to to just the size of the party it nothing special. Don't get me wrong I have never seen anything like it before, but it was as crazy as I thought it was going to be. The coolest part of the whole party was when day light came. The sun came out and the party did not slow down a bit. Music was still going and drinks were still being served. To me that was a sight to see, and with it being light out I was seeing it from a whole new perspective.
We all met up at the restaurant with no problems then headed over to the ferry back to Ko Tao. This was another funny sight. The waters were not that bad, but everyone on the boat was chumming up because of the night before, I thought it was quite funny. Luckily the weather was better and we could all be outside and not stuck in the cabin. We spent another day at Sea Shell just recovering before heading across the country to Phuket where we were hoping to find some sunshine. All in all the party was fun and a sight to see, but it's not something that would be dying to do again.
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Wow, how fun! I can't wait to see photos of the legendary party!! Thanks for the great write-up!
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