Schnitzeleria

Me and Ayms didn't have too many plans set in stone before we came away, we had certain things that we knew we wanted to do, certain places we knew we wanted to see and certain beach huts that we have dreamed about since we became friends!

I think this may have been the beginning of our extensive travelling plans - one day you might be feeling a little stressed...maybe a little tired, bored at work or maybe just a little sad...and what makes you feel better?! I know what, lets imagine we are in a beach hut in Thailand...laying on the beach, looking out at the open horizon, maybe the sun is setting...there are definitely palm trees...clear blue seas, white sands! And suddenly all is well with the world.

We managed to live the dream and all in all it was pretty wonderful. The beach hut - we booked before we came away, we thought it was a bargain at 90 pounds for the week (normal spending money for a whole week in Thailand, including accomodation!) Aye well! It was beautiful! Comfy bed, gorgeous bathroom, right on the beach overlooking the sea, sunsets just around the corner, great restaurant, and lovely staff and guests!

We ran into a group of Irish folk just after we arrived...Derek, Dave, Iain, Keira, Ste and Owen and bonded over the football! World cup fever and mosquito bites soon took over! I watched the first England match (in between power cuts) in the company of 9 Irish, 1 Scot, 3 Thai and 1 Jack Osbourne wannabe...so obviously everyone was rooting for them to win!

Our resort was based half way between two main towns, this meant that the taxis ran between them constantly - convenient huh, the best of both worlds - quiet and peaceful when you want and crazy party towns just a taxi ride away...well, that would have been ideal had the taxis ever been empty! They rarely left either town unless the back of the taxi was almost full so the chances of being picked up along the way were pretty slim...even slimmer when it was either roasting hot or raining! Then when you did eventually get in the taxi you had to hang on for dear life while the taxi soared over the log-flume style hills.

Our main reason for coming to Koh Phagnan this week was to experience the much talked about Full Moon Party. Some poeple rave about it others tell you not to bother, so the most objective thing to do is to go and partake in a few beverages and see what all the fuss is about - it's a hard life! We went with our new found Irish friends and it is very much like a party on the beach with market-type stalls selling buckets of alcohol and the bars blaring out different kinds of music up and down the beach. Then throw in some kids selling flower necklaces, paint and flashing headbands...(kids that most definitley should be tucked up safely in bed) and there you have it, oh, and the othe few thousand people of various levels of drunkeness.

We purchased some flower necklaces, borrowed somebody else's paint which Amy then managed to wipe on a girls white top as she walked past ;) Some poeple see elephants when they go to the full moon part, we saw 118...and you can only imagine how excited we were to see our long lost triplet! I reckon we may have danced on a table that was too small to be dancing on and then we jumped in a truck and got a lift home...and the night doesn't end there! Amy befriended a little dog on the way home and walked it all the way to our hut!! The main thing is we SURVIVED!!

The rest of the week looked a lot like football, going out, eating (even though tummys and budgets often disagreed) and I think we discovered where the taxi square was on our last but one night, useful :) Then we hop back on the uncomfortable boat - that's right, they still haven't added the sofas and cushions!

To Krabi....