i'm officially in love .. with koh phangan sorta regret staying so far away from haad rin though, the people at the blue lotus are really nice, but its quite a walk (about an hour along the shore, nice walk though .. and thats probably cuz i spent half the time jumping around in the water). my favorite beach is srikantang (or is it leela .. whatever its called), 10 mins walk from haad rin, beautiful white sands and clear waters. and Coco Hut, which is right next to it, looks really nice, too bad they dont take reservations for full moon party (or something like that). but a definite recommendation.

the other is Sarikantang (or Bum bee Lodge), which looks pretty nice too, had dinner at their restaurant (with an extensive menu mind you), also right by the beach and just hung out and watched movies feeling the evening ocean breeze come in. i'm staying there next time. and being right in front of the beach means i can wander in and out without having to lug all my stuff with me (like I am now .. towels, sun block, water, my mammoth SLR) .. makes it tough if you wanna hang around town and go for a drink.

haad rin sunrise (east) is definitely beautiful, much better than the west side beaches ... but its also a little crowded and full of half nekkid, beautiful people, great to look at, but makes you wanna find a quiet little corner so you don't offend anyone with your body. but that was a day before and the day off full moon party, naturally more crowded. haad rin looks empty today (the day after), i expect the beach to be the same, although might still be dirrty from the night before. speaking of which, yes, yesterday was the FMP .. man what a wild nite.

started off sorta chill, got there around 9ish, people were still wandering in, there was partying in the clubs but on the beach everyone was just chilling and drinking and watching poi (fire twirling and spinning) .. there was this one thai girl who was just amazing and incredibly sexy when she went at it .. and then as the night progressed random ravers came up to try their hands at it, amazing with no incident .. except for this one guy who forgot to shake the excess burning kerosene off his thingies and ended up spewing burning globs of fire and setting at least one guy on fire without realizing it.

so yeah, just chilling, hanging out ... and then the buckets came .. and everything was justa blur after that .. the party rocked hard all night long, people were dancing, chilling, making out, or just passed out everywhere (beautiful scandly dressed people mind you), people were being ferried in by the dozens by speedboat and long tails from samui and other parts of phangan, right up to the beach, it was amazing. i think i made out with at least one random person, problem is i cant seem to remember who the hell she is or what she lookd like.. but the 8 or so odd hickeys on my neck and one on my chest tell me i wasnt hallucinating. dont think i slept with anyone...hmmm...

anyway i remember feeling extremely woozy and sat down on the sand .. and then laid down .. and then next thing i know it was 8am and i watched the sun rise over haad rin east (true to its name), while the music pumped on and the party rocked on in some parts .. while everywhere people were passed out or partying or just sitting (recuperating?) or wading in the water .. i gotta come back. next time i'm staying at sari kantang or coco hut.ok .. last day in phangan, gona get my train ticket, get a couple of things, and get my last tan at leela beach. if i can find it again....