The weather was distinctly monsoon-y, and this reflected very much in the choppiness of the ocean as the ferry heaved its way towards Ko Phagnan. This rendered a large proportion of the passengers seasick, and meant that I had to spend a lot of the journey trying to ignore that and hold on to my lunch.
Before leaving Ko samui I had learned that one of the people I had become friends with from my dive group, Jack, was already on Ko Phagnan. I had sent him a message telling him I had planned to go there too. He let me know where was he staying: at "First Villas" with a friend of his. So with this in mind after the ferry docked I found a taxi willing to take me there. It took about half an hour of insanely twisty and hilly roads to arrive. It was in the absolute middle of nowhere, and wasn't really a backpacker style of place either. It had numerous spread out individual bungalows and a pool, set next to the shoreline. I had to admit it was picturesque. After arrival I booked into a bungalow, fired Jack a quick message, and promptly fell asleep.
The next day heralded the half moon party, probably going to a [INSERT FRACTION HERE] moon party is the primary reason for most young people visiting this island - so I was eager to see what the fuss was all about! The half moon party is apparently not on "Had Rin" beach like the full moon party, but in a bit of jungle somewhere. Jack had responded to my message and agreed to meet up that afternoon. He told me his room number and after searching for a quarter of an hour I realised that his bungalow was just next to mine! So feeling thoroughly silly I knocked on the door but nobody was home.
I spent the rest of the day having a look around the surrounding area, which transpired to not take very long because I only found a bit of road with one lonely looking restaurant on it.
Later that evening I was enjoying a Chang on my porch, and began to wonder what had happened to Jack. Almost as I thought that I saw him and his friend shambling back into First villas looking a little bit disheveled. I got their attention. They wandered over and after a brief greeting they confessed that they had gone to Had Rin beach and taken a mushroom shake. Drugs! Dear reader, can you believe that? They then proceeded to describe various imaginary things they had seen in immaculate detail. It was actually quite amusing listening to them, so I tried to not laugh as they talked. Eventually Jack said he thought it would be a good idea to have a little nap, but was still up for the half moon party. As that should go on all night, it looked like we can easily accommodate a snooze, so they both went back to theirs, saying that they'd set an alarm for 12.
Well I dozed off, and apparently nobody set an alarm at all, so we all slept soundly through the night.
I woke up in the morning feeling thoroughly silly.
Before leaving Ko samui I had learned that one of the people I had become friends with from my dive group, Jack, was already on Ko Phagnan. I had sent him a message telling him I had planned to go there too. He let me know where was he staying: at "First Villas" with a friend of his. So with this in mind after the ferry docked I found a taxi willing to take me there. It took about half an hour of insanely twisty and hilly roads to arrive. It was in the absolute middle of nowhere, and wasn't really a backpacker style of place either. It had numerous spread out individual bungalows and a pool, set next to the shoreline. I had to admit it was picturesque. After arrival I booked into a bungalow, fired Jack a quick message, and promptly fell asleep.
The next day heralded the half moon party, probably going to a [INSERT FRACTION HERE] moon party is the primary reason for most young people visiting this island - so I was eager to see what the fuss was all about! The half moon party is apparently not on "Had Rin" beach like the full moon party, but in a bit of jungle somewhere. Jack had responded to my message and agreed to meet up that afternoon. He told me his room number and after searching for a quarter of an hour I realised that his bungalow was just next to mine! So feeling thoroughly silly I knocked on the door but nobody was home.
I spent the rest of the day having a look around the surrounding area, which transpired to not take very long because I only found a bit of road with one lonely looking restaurant on it.
Later that evening I was enjoying a Chang on my porch, and began to wonder what had happened to Jack. Almost as I thought that I saw him and his friend shambling back into First villas looking a little bit disheveled. I got their attention. They wandered over and after a brief greeting they confessed that they had gone to Had Rin beach and taken a mushroom shake. Drugs! Dear reader, can you believe that? They then proceeded to describe various imaginary things they had seen in immaculate detail. It was actually quite amusing listening to them, so I tried to not laugh as they talked. Eventually Jack said he thought it would be a good idea to have a little nap, but was still up for the half moon party. As that should go on all night, it looked like we can easily accommodate a snooze, so they both went back to theirs, saying that they'd set an alarm for 12.
Well I dozed off, and apparently nobody set an alarm at all, so we all slept soundly through the night.
I woke up in the morning feeling thoroughly silly.
