We got up and had breakfast this morning and this music was still banging (not many people still on the beach mind). We spoke to the owner of the place we ate breakfast and asked how he copes with it every month. He said you just learn to get used to it as the party brings him so much business he can't really complain. He told us that there is a full moon on New Years Eve and he is booked up already.We checked out of the bug hut and waited for our taxi to pick us...

Oh dear!!! The effects of last nights drinking definitely took their toll on Rachael today. We both woke at 9.30am after four hours sleep and desperately needed some water. We stumbled down the road and came back to bed, but it was far too hot and we couldn't get back to sleep. Tom assured Rachael that if she had some food in her belly she would feel better, so we set off down to town. As we set off down our lane two Australian lads in a pick-up pulled over and a...

When we arrived back last night, the music from the beach was so loud we didn't get to sleep for a while, respect! Rachael got up to the toilet as the sun was coming up and the music was still going! At about 7.00am it finally stopped so we got a few hours of peace and quiet before heading out into town. After breakfast we headed to the beach for a couple of hours. We had successfully managed to cover ourselves and all our belongings in sand so popped back into t...

As the Ko Phangan port was a few miles from the main "party" town we wrestled with the touts and boarded a share taxi. The Rough guide, or Gospel, said there was a nice spot to stay out on a peninsular by the lighthouse so we headed there. Small bungalows were said to be cheap and reasonably priced. Unfortunately most places looked closed and very weathered, stuck on a peninsular the only direction is back where you came from, by this time we were exhau...