Full moon, Half moon...
For a few days, Nele had not been feeling her top form, feeling feverish and out of sorts. We all thought it was just a passing thing, and thought nothing of it, but on the day of the Full Moon party, her fever seemed to get really bad and she retired to bed. We were all upset that she couldnt face the party - as the general feeling of excitement was building all over the island - hundreds of people arriving and posters and flyers everywhere. By chance we had met with one of Laura's friends, who had turned up at our hostel-on-the-beach with a group of her friends, so now we were a ready made raving team!
Nele reassured us that there was nothing to be done, and that she just wanted to go to bed and stay there for a day or two....
In true Abster style, I had come prepared for the party - false eyelashes, UV garments, fairy wings and hair bobbles! wicked! Laura had also bought wings, and a spair set was given to one of the others (this was Neles wings - poor thing!) so we looked like we were about to flyyyyyyyy!!! After a few drinks at our hostel (looking out at the clear shining sea floodlit by the moon) we were flying......15 of us in the back of a truck down the to the party zone - a beach called Hat Rin. You could hear the bass pumping from about 3 miles down the road - bring on the parrrrrrtttyyyyyyyyyy!
When we arrived, we flowed with the crowd beachwards - where there were many bars and soundstages all set up on the sand. The central part of the party was absolutely crammed with people like a gig, and they only thinned out towards either end of the two mile long beach. There were tents and sound stages dotted along the whole beach, which was being lit not only be moonlight, but also lasers, fire and flashing strobes! WOW! It was a ravers heaven. People were dancing on chairs, on the sand, in the sea, on boats and all over the place! Within about 30 seconds of being there, I lost everyone (I think the music tooooook me baby!) and also lost my shoes, my disposable camera, my spare glasses, my nose stud and I managed to rip my top almost completely off. I had the remaining rags stuffed into the top of my bra, just covering the essentials (mind you, a lot of people had a lot less on than that!! just body paint in some cases!!) Each stage had different music, but it was mostly Trance and Techno - my favourites. Also, there was a drum and bass stage as well as some excruciating and inexplicable cheese (like Grease megamix and Saturday night fever)
I flew about for an hour or so before I came across the others again. We danced and danced for hours, ending up in an amazing UV covered pagoda type tent, which was playing it hard! LOVELY! Laura fell asleep on the sand, and I raved until the sun was well up in the sky. It was really beautiful to see the sunrise over such a party - all pink and orange - just like a perfect dream.
Got back to the hostel about 9am and went in immediately to see Nele. She wasnt any better, and I started to worry about her symptoms - which were suspiciously like Malaria......
After an hour or so's sleep, I was up again shifting Nele - I wanted to get her to a hospital. We all went to the main town, and (amazingly for a Sunday) managed to find a clinic which had a nice doctor on duty. He agreed that she looked suspicious, and that he should do a blood test for Malaria and Dengue fever. The test came back clear (phew) although it proved that she had less than 47% of her normal water in the blood - meaning SEVERE dehydration - caused by flu apparently. She had been suffering for a while he said, and now the dehydration was really dangerous. She was given a drip and was made to stay in the hospital while she got better. It was amazing once the drips had finished - she was like a new person.
After that little scare, we decided to go to the North of the island and have a bit of recovery time - we went to a lovely beach called Had Yao, and checked into a new resort which was doing special offers (as its so new) - we got a room for 600 Baht (about 10 gbp) for the three of us- which was amazing as the resort was really posh and had a lush swimming pool overlooking the sea. Brill!
Not much happened in Had Yao as we were there to veg for a day or two. One night we went to a Rasta Bar and saw an amazing live show of bongos and digeridoo playing, thats about it really.
After Had Yao, we decided to have a look at the neighbouring island of Koh Samui. When we were queing for the ferry, we came across two of Nele and I's friends from India - what a coincidence! Lovely to see them too. We were now a band of 5.
We didnt know what to expect of Samui, but we were hoping for some deserted beaches and some time in peace in the sun...we couldnt have been more wrong!!! Samui turned out to be highly overdeveloped and the pits really. We ended up in the main tourist town, that reminded me a lot of San Antonio in Ibiza- streets awash with chavs, British bars and old people with gold chains on. Lovely...NOT. We managed one night before heading back to Pangyan...our haven of palm trees and stunning beaches.
Unfortunately, the day we returned to Pangyan, was also the day I had to say goodbye to Nele -it was time for her to return to India, and she was going back to Bangkok with our other two friends. It was very wierd to say a final goodbye to my closest travel friend ever. Im certainly going to miss her! I think a few visits to Belgium and Barcelona will soon be on order though! Here's to YOU Nele my LL! x x x x x
So, now we were back to just two - Laura and Me. After a heinous journey back to Pangyan - the ferry was so bumpy we both got sick - we retreated back to our lovely hut on the beach on Leam Son, where we still are now...planning the next move.
In the time we have been back on Pangyan, we have explored this island in full - by hiring a jeep for the day and going overland all around the island. We found some absolutely fabulous hideaway beaches on the East coast - which we both agreed were amazing, but a little out of the way when we didnt really have transport. We also walked to the islands major wild attractions, where were several lovely waterfalls. In one day we fully explored the place and still liked best the place we came to first! nice.
The other excitement of the past few days has been the "Half Moon" party, which is a proper party in the jungle in the middle of the island. We thought it would be rained out, as a massive tropical storm hit on the morning of the party, but in true party island stayle, everything went ahead anyway! Laura and I went clubbing in Hat Rin for a couple of hours and then, with our new adopted party possee, we went to the party in the jungle. Laura didnt come in, as it was strictly hard house and techno, and so, not really her bag. Me and the rest of the crew continued to party hard in the beautiful jungle clearing - all decked out with UV art and sculptures. As luck would have it, I had my UV body paints with me ( of course!) and proceeded to get to know a lot of people by painting them! what fun!! Once again I managed to stay up till well after dawn and then ambled home, just in time to have breakfast and lie on the beach in the sun for a day..... wicked.
Since the party, we have done absolutely nothing but sit in the sun! very nice too.... Now we are trying to decide on the next move! Wait till the next party (in three days) or move to another paradise island....its a tough choice....
Nele reassured us that there was nothing to be done, and that she just wanted to go to bed and stay there for a day or two....
In true Abster style, I had come prepared for the party - false eyelashes, UV garments, fairy wings and hair bobbles! wicked! Laura had also bought wings, and a spair set was given to one of the others (this was Neles wings - poor thing!) so we looked like we were about to flyyyyyyyy!!! After a few drinks at our hostel (looking out at the clear shining sea floodlit by the moon) we were flying......15 of us in the back of a truck down the to the party zone - a beach called Hat Rin. You could hear the bass pumping from about 3 miles down the road - bring on the parrrrrrtttyyyyyyyyyy!
When we arrived, we flowed with the crowd beachwards - where there were many bars and soundstages all set up on the sand. The central part of the party was absolutely crammed with people like a gig, and they only thinned out towards either end of the two mile long beach. There were tents and sound stages dotted along the whole beach, which was being lit not only be moonlight, but also lasers, fire and flashing strobes! WOW! It was a ravers heaven. People were dancing on chairs, on the sand, in the sea, on boats and all over the place! Within about 30 seconds of being there, I lost everyone (I think the music tooooook me baby!) and also lost my shoes, my disposable camera, my spare glasses, my nose stud and I managed to rip my top almost completely off. I had the remaining rags stuffed into the top of my bra, just covering the essentials (mind you, a lot of people had a lot less on than that!! just body paint in some cases!!) Each stage had different music, but it was mostly Trance and Techno - my favourites. Also, there was a drum and bass stage as well as some excruciating and inexplicable cheese (like Grease megamix and Saturday night fever)
I flew about for an hour or so before I came across the others again. We danced and danced for hours, ending up in an amazing UV covered pagoda type tent, which was playing it hard! LOVELY! Laura fell asleep on the sand, and I raved until the sun was well up in the sky. It was really beautiful to see the sunrise over such a party - all pink and orange - just like a perfect dream.
Got back to the hostel about 9am and went in immediately to see Nele. She wasnt any better, and I started to worry about her symptoms - which were suspiciously like Malaria......
After an hour or so's sleep, I was up again shifting Nele - I wanted to get her to a hospital. We all went to the main town, and (amazingly for a Sunday) managed to find a clinic which had a nice doctor on duty. He agreed that she looked suspicious, and that he should do a blood test for Malaria and Dengue fever. The test came back clear (phew) although it proved that she had less than 47% of her normal water in the blood - meaning SEVERE dehydration - caused by flu apparently. She had been suffering for a while he said, and now the dehydration was really dangerous. She was given a drip and was made to stay in the hospital while she got better. It was amazing once the drips had finished - she was like a new person.
After that little scare, we decided to go to the North of the island and have a bit of recovery time - we went to a lovely beach called Had Yao, and checked into a new resort which was doing special offers (as its so new) - we got a room for 600 Baht (about 10 gbp) for the three of us- which was amazing as the resort was really posh and had a lush swimming pool overlooking the sea. Brill!
Not much happened in Had Yao as we were there to veg for a day or two. One night we went to a Rasta Bar and saw an amazing live show of bongos and digeridoo playing, thats about it really.
After Had Yao, we decided to have a look at the neighbouring island of Koh Samui. When we were queing for the ferry, we came across two of Nele and I's friends from India - what a coincidence! Lovely to see them too. We were now a band of 5.
We didnt know what to expect of Samui, but we were hoping for some deserted beaches and some time in peace in the sun...we couldnt have been more wrong!!! Samui turned out to be highly overdeveloped and the pits really. We ended up in the main tourist town, that reminded me a lot of San Antonio in Ibiza- streets awash with chavs, British bars and old people with gold chains on. Lovely...NOT. We managed one night before heading back to Pangyan...our haven of palm trees and stunning beaches.
Unfortunately, the day we returned to Pangyan, was also the day I had to say goodbye to Nele -it was time for her to return to India, and she was going back to Bangkok with our other two friends. It was very wierd to say a final goodbye to my closest travel friend ever. Im certainly going to miss her! I think a few visits to Belgium and Barcelona will soon be on order though! Here's to YOU Nele my LL! x x x x x
So, now we were back to just two - Laura and Me. After a heinous journey back to Pangyan - the ferry was so bumpy we both got sick - we retreated back to our lovely hut on the beach on Leam Son, where we still are now...planning the next move.
In the time we have been back on Pangyan, we have explored this island in full - by hiring a jeep for the day and going overland all around the island. We found some absolutely fabulous hideaway beaches on the East coast - which we both agreed were amazing, but a little out of the way when we didnt really have transport. We also walked to the islands major wild attractions, where were several lovely waterfalls. In one day we fully explored the place and still liked best the place we came to first! nice.
The other excitement of the past few days has been the "Half Moon" party, which is a proper party in the jungle in the middle of the island. We thought it would be rained out, as a massive tropical storm hit on the morning of the party, but in true party island stayle, everything went ahead anyway! Laura and I went clubbing in Hat Rin for a couple of hours and then, with our new adopted party possee, we went to the party in the jungle. Laura didnt come in, as it was strictly hard house and techno, and so, not really her bag. Me and the rest of the crew continued to party hard in the beautiful jungle clearing - all decked out with UV art and sculptures. As luck would have it, I had my UV body paints with me ( of course!) and proceeded to get to know a lot of people by painting them! what fun!! Once again I managed to stay up till well after dawn and then ambled home, just in time to have breakfast and lie on the beach in the sun for a day..... wicked.
Since the party, we have done absolutely nothing but sit in the sun! very nice too.... Now we are trying to decide on the next move! Wait till the next party (in three days) or move to another paradise island....its a tough choice....
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