Ko-Pha-ngan...Preparing for the full-moon party

We made it down to Ko-Pha-ngan on Hat Rin Beach yesterday after 3 flights! Our flight from Chaing Mai just stopped down some place to pick up or drop off a few passengers on the way to Bangkok. It's not a bus, it's not supposed to stop so much! Anyways, we got our connecting flight to Ko Samui and headed straight for the pier to get to Ko Phangan. The full-moon party is on March 24th so the backpackers are coming here in herds. It's crazy how many people (gorgeous!) are here at the moment. We walked for 2 1/2 hours with our backpacks yesterday to find a bungalow to sleep in. We finally found one with lots of wildlife around us. We had a team effort to help a cicada escape our room and a bat almost landed on Tanya's head in the process. Very classic girl move with us both screaming and running into our room! The beach is beautiful here, but so many bars. We had a good night out with some Irish lads we met yesterday and now we are still recovering. The full-moon party will be very crazy tomorrow I am sure. I'm not really sure what to expect. It's the biggest party in the world to celebrate the full moon and it happens every month on the same beach. It should be very interesting at least! We will be staying here for a few weeks while our friends come to join us. The Amys will be done with their course on Friday...congrats! They will be joining us shortly after. And, Vickie Bunny will finally be released from Korea on April 2 and she'll make her way down to meet us as well. We can't wait to see them! Hopefully after most of the backpackers recover and make their way to other places, we will be able to find better accommodation closer to the beach.

It's been 2 months that I have been traveling and I can't believe it's gone by so fast. I've seen so much and I'm excited that I will have 2 more months, but also sad that it will be over. Enough for now. I'll let you know how the full moon party goes...Hopefully I will remember it! HA HA!!!!!