Here we come Koh Tao, Koh Phangan and Full moon party!

It was a Friday night when me, Marie, her roommate David and one french guy, whose name I can't remember, french girl Lea and the french guy's Thai girlfriend Pucca headed towards the famous backpacker's Khao San road. We were there early so we had a good time to wander around and for me to take in the atmosphere which was so awesome, relaxing, different and lively. Lots of backpackers, restaurants, massage places, other kind of massage places, tourist shops with cheap clothes etc etc etc. Anything you could ever imagine having or buying could be done there! Lots of small streets and food booths and since me and Marie were hungry we bought different things for us to taste.. I tasted some egg and coconut something and it was so delicious!!! If I would have that in Finland I wouldn't be eating candy! YAMMY! And of course I had some mango and sticky rise with coconut milk also ;) Pucca was like our personal tourist guide she got our tickets and these stickers for us to put on our chests. Four big buses full of people mostly young going to the famous Full Moon party! LET's GO! 

Our bus was the last one to leave towards a city called Chumphon from were we took a boat to an island called Koh Tao. Me and Marie talked on the bus for at least one hour before trying to get some sleep. We stopped at some place for a rest around 2 am and there was this night market going on with loads of buses at the parking lot. At there (and also everywhere else) I got stares from the local people being the only blond girl anywhere.. Our bus was the first bus the reach Chumphon at five o'clock in the morning. When other people went to sit around this closed and empty restaurant chairs our group (the six of us) headed straight to the beach to lay down on the sand. It was SO RELAXING looking at the starry sky and listening to the sea. We hang around there for around couple of hours and I went for a short jog on the beach. I was joined by four stray dogs. The view was perfect! Paradise.

Had to take a photo of the cigarette boxes! 

On the boat me and Marie went up to take the traditional titanic photos. We arrived to the port of Koh Tao and we could instantly see that we weren't the only ones there.. At the harbor there were at least 50 men with signs of resort, taxi offers, diving offers etc. We hadn't booked any place to stay so we decided to sit down on the harbor and wait for all the people to leave for their resorts and get time for us to think. We left our stuff at one place and one was looking after them all the time while couple of us left for a diving place to ask for prices, some of us went to a local 7 eleven supermarket and couple of us tried to compare the prices of hostels, hotels and bed/breakfast places. 

Eventually after 45 minutes or so we haggled the taxi and left for this famous Sairee beach where most of the hotels and diving places are located. The backpackers hostel was charging 300 BAHT per night and we thought that it was way too much and we didn't wanna pay it. We started walking towards the beach and when we first saw it, it was huge, magical and looked just like in photos! We girls went for a swim while the boys and Pucca tried to figure out a place for us to stay in. Eventually Pucca had talked a deal for us that we paid 360 each and stayed in a four bed room. The price included a breakfast buffet and a swimming pool. The rooms had an aircon. Pucca and her boyfriend were staying in their own room.

We hung around for a while by the pool and then it was time to head back to the main harbor for our half day diving trip. Me, Pucca and David didn't wanna dive so me and David only went for a snorkle. We stopped twice and on the first stop we went to snorkle for a long time! I really did enjoy it, I saw lots of colorful fishes and coral things! Suddenly it started to rain, and it wasn't just a small rain!!! I was so far away from the boat that I got a little nervous.. I'm a good swimmer tho so it was fine, total exercise.. At the boat I started talking to this young Norwegian girl and she told that one year ago she met some guy in  Koh Tao who worked there as a dive master and eventually she moved there too! Life in Norway just wasn't for her and she decided that why not to do something you enjoy and feel like being on a holiday every day! The others took a long time to dive so we just jumped from the roof of the boat with David and Pucca was our photographer! :D

Girls, girls, girls

Koh Nang Yuan

On the second stop me, David and Marie decided to swim to the famous Koh Nang Yuan island. It was rather far away but they told us that we can swim there if we wanna try. If you go to the island by boat they charge you to get into the island. There is this famous view point on the island if you google it you can see photos. We swam there and enjoyed the beach for a while when we decided we gotta go to the famous view point! So barefoot with our snorkles with us we started walking the wooden planks and the rocks on the hill.. The view was pretty breathtaking to say the least! 

Us

Heading back

On the boat trip back we were all really tired and the weather sucked so it was a bit cold on the roof of the boat and the sea was also rough.. Back at the harbor of Koh Tao we decided to rent scooters since it would be more cheaper than to pay taxi all the time.. So we rented three scooters for the price of 200 BAHT per one. We had a problem since we had to give at least two passports there or pay extra 800 BAHT for insurance if something happened. We didn't wanna give passport and we didn't even have them with us. Eventually the owner and David left for the hotel to get them. David was driving and me and Lea were on his scooter, the couple had one and Marie was driving the one. At first I was a bit worried since I had read about the accidents happening there cause the roads are so poor.. But David was a good driver. :)

Some hotel on the other side of the island

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Local wedding

After driving around all night we went back and took oil massages at our hotel paying for 300 BAHT for one hour. Then it was shower and food time. We went to eat at our hotels beach restaurant / bar. The atmosphere was amazing! I felt so relaxed and I really did enjoy my time there!!! Check the photos from the beach! After eating me and Marie left for a walk around and noticed that the whole beach was under water!! The water had risen at least 50 meters ! And we had actually been thinking of sleeping on the beach...

Fire artist on the beach

Beach underwater

CanCun bar next door where me and Marie hang around for a while! After couple of beers we were dead tired and headed to bed! Excited for the next day's full moon party!