Cycling the past 2 weeks from Bangkok to Surat Thani with the exception if visiting my uncle I barely had much interaction with westerners. I mean of course it's great to see the proper culture of Thailand and its people but sometimes being able to have a fun filled, non broken up conversation with someone who speaks English (or Spanish) helps me keep sane and continue this bike trip. This is why I headed to Koh Phangan to the full moon party and also to have a few or many drinks and enjoy myself.
Coming here was a hell of a lot more expensive than I anticipated and I know that the largest beach party in the world is overrated as I have been here twice before but I was in the area and needed to experience it for the last time.
I met some great people while I was here along with some quite the opposite 'meat-heads' who would do push-ups in their rooms before going out (actually!) but all in all I had somewhat of a good time.
Personally i like to be in a chilled environment where I can talk, have a few drinks, show some magic tricks and tell stories of my 8 years of venturing around the globe. Obviously there is more to me than just this but going to a place with loud music, dancing on tabletops and having to yell at an individual in the hopes that they can understand really does not appeal to me.
I was able to find a happy medium between these two situations and as such I had a great time.
I did cycle a little bit around the island where I tackled the hardest climb I have ever done on a bicycle, when cycling from Thong Sala to Had rinn beach (where the full moon party is held) the road gradient went from horizontal to almost vertical, a 20% grade! My gear ratio does not adjust to this excessive climb and as such I had to dismount and push my bike up 120 meters in altitude to get up and over it. With no exaggeration i can say it was painful to say the least... And I had to do it twice!
Ill admit that the previous two times I came to the full moon party I enjoyed more but that was four years ago and perhaps I have matured since then... What am I saying... matured? Of course not.
For those who I met on Koh Phangan and who read this, thanks for a great time!
View Ko phangan in a larger map
This is just where I cycled around the island not including the day I hired a scooter to see the scenery in the North West of the island
I know looking at this terrain profile doesn’t look like much but those two peaks were the hardest climbs I have done on a bike.
Just ruined after cycling pushing my bicycle up that crazy hill into Haad Rin
The dogs of Koh Phangan
The Sunsets of Koh Phangan
The beaches and scenery of Koh Phangan
The people I chilled with in Koh Phangan
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