"Happy new year" I`ll come back to everything else but this was the reason for getting to Thailand at the time i did, the reason for leaving Laos fairly quickly and the reason for rushing from Bangkok to go south. Or to be more specific it was in order to get to the full moon party. This was so looked forward to by almost everyone i`d spoken to in the past couple of months in S.E asia. It had never landed on new years since its initial start up in the late 80`s, so had the potential to be huge. We met up with loads of people i`d met over the past few months, a little bit like friends reunited. I ended up spending most of the night with Keith and Jill who i`d met initially in Shanghai and then managed to bump into them again in Hanoi and vang vieng. I had the most amazing of times, it`s like glastonbury at night with all 30`000 people out to have a good time. The place is absolutely banging, i was fueled on red bull and anything else i could get my hands on and went at it on an epic scale from the initial taxi at 7.30 pm until the return taxi at 7.30 am.
Without doubt the largest party i`ve ever been to and a night i hopefully won`t ever forget.
Back to our arrival; We (well Will) had booked accommodation at a place called "sea view thansadet", it was on the north east of the island secluded from Had Rin (which, sorry Bangkok, is now firmly the seediest place i`ve ever visited) but after we got there on some of the worst roads known to man, we found the resort to be absolutely abandoned. No-one behind reception, empty `ant infested` huts. It was so creepy. Here we were on a remote island, on a remote beach in an empty resort. I`ve seen my fair share of horror films, i know what happens in places like this and for that reason we packed up and made tracks with the thought that if all else fails then we`d camp up here for the night.
Luckily we found a place down by the next beach. We had to spend one night in one hut, another 2 in another hut, new years day we had nothing but didn`t care and then the days after we`d sort out when we got there.
The days leading up to and following on from new years were spent doing exactly what i`d be doing back home. Eating to much, drinking to much, and promising myself that i`d get in shape after all this was over and so not to worry about stuffing my face.
That`s about it, if one things for sure, sitting around doing nothing has helped considerably with the catching up of the book and this blog. So Happy new year again and sorry its a little late..... take care and maybe i`ll cya before the start of the next one. Maybe.
1 comments:
nice blog richard...sounds a little like my night at the full moon for new years...good times!
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