Considering how much time and money it took me to get here, I was a little worried Full Moon was overhyped, but happily, it lived up to my expectations.
Here's a brief rundown of the events of the past few days:
- Arrive after a day and a half of traveling.
- Find a room on our first try - even though there was a giant hole in the floor, we couldn't complain at 300 Baht (10 USD)/night
- Pool party
- Pear loses the room key, and I spend at least a couple hours sleeping on the porch in a soaking wet dress before one of our neighbors finally takes me in
- Eat. Nap. Eat.
- Buckets and body paint at Clare's and Rose's
- Beach party, night one. Flaming jump rope. Death slide. Dancing to the same ten songs over and over again.
- Julia, discovering her roommate has the key to her bungalow, breaks into ours. I find her there when I return.
- Eat. Nap. Go for a run along the beach (the only good thing I did for myself this whole weekend
- Visit one of the dozens of clinics on the island (which I believe make up a substantial portion of the economy here) to remove a piece of glass embedded in my foot (extremely painful, by the way - and my nurse had the nerve to tell me to suck it up)
- Order nachos for dinner (I found this appropriate in keeping with the theme of doing nothing good for myself the whole weekend)
- Beach party, night two
- Watch the sun rise with hundreds of other Full Mooners
- Take a short scooter ride around town
- Come back to the bungalow at 8am, soaking wet from last's night's downpour
- Take the ferry to Koh Tao with hundreds of other hungover backpackers, most of whom still have their body paint on from last night
Though I am definitely ready for a little downtime (and scuba diving!) in Koh Tao, Full Moon was definitely worth it :)
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