Sunday 17th February 2008

We woke up in our crazy little bungalow this morning with the sound of the ocean just outside our door. When we finally left our room, we went and had some breakfast and then decided to jump in a taxi and explore some of the island.

First we got a lift to the next beach along, which is called Haad-Yao. It was very nice along there, with more restaurants on the beach and people milling about. We took a walk back across the cliffs to see how long it took to walk to our resort, before jumping in the taxi again (they're free from our place to the next) and going back to exactly where we started. From there we jumped in a pay-taxi and travelled down to the port area of Thong-sala. We had a quick look around before being bundled into ANOTHER taxi and taken to the beach area of Haad-Rin.

Haad-Rin is the area where they have the 'world famous' Full Moon parties. We were expecting it to not be very nice, but it actually wasn't that bad. We started by getting some lunch, which was pretty good - and cheap, and then took a walk around the beach. It was definitely different here, with loads of young people on the beach - playing football or frisbee, but there was a good atmosphere! We're not gonna be here for a full moon party this month, but i'm sure we'll catch one somewhere else. Plus, if we don't, there's always the half moon or even black moon parties

We spent a couple of hours floating about and then caught a taxi back to the Thong-sala area. When we got there there was a huge market, full of hawkers selling the most amazing smelling food. One stall was selling these crispy bug things, but they only had one kind and I wanna try them all - crickets, grasshoppers, etc - so I left it till next time. When we got back to our place this evening we did a Skype call with June, Andy and Katie. We spoke for over an hour which made a change - plus it was nice to see Andy, because we've only spoke to him about twice since we came away... 10 months ago!

Full, Half or Black Moon... every day is a party in Thailand!