The FULL Moon

The New Moon Party on Ko Pha Nang Island was just a 20 minute speedboat ride from Ko Samui.

It was nothing but beach fire shows, music and dancing. The main event was a HUGE flaming jump rope that everyone was attempting to jump WITHOUT getting burned. Everyone was covered in neon paint. At one point some girl handed me a bottle of white paint and a paint brush so I turned a handful of locals and tourists into cats. It was great to see how excited they were to be turned into a kitty with white face paint.

We really enjoyed the night lit by the full moon. Eventually, Kevin and I couldn't handle the same songs looping in the one area we chose to hang out. So, after scoping the length of the beach in each direction, we made our way to the dock to get our boat ride back.

Of course, everyone else wanted to go at this time too so we picked up some food and attempted the 3am boat instead.

I met a Thai local on the boat who started telling me about the practices of Buddhism. He concentrated on telling me about the 5 Precepts and which morals rules he has broken.

Soon, the boat stopped and I'm glad I wore flip flops because for the second time we had to step into the ocean knee-deep to get to the beach and into the minibus.

Made it back safe and sound.