The following is not actually a single narrative of one continuous evening, but a composite of many. It’s written as a representative summary of my average night out in Kyoto. Nothing is exaggerated. It’s Saturday […]
Picture yourself looking up at a blue sky peeking through a huge canopy of leaves on a perfectly clear day in Kyoto. As the faint sound of Japanese flutes recedes softly into the background, it’s […]
Warning This post contains some graphic images. If blood makes you queasy, you may want to skip it. I’ve mentioned a few times how, although I do travel mostly without plans, I also do so […]
On December 20th of 2006, I received an e-mail from my dad. It contained this Powerpoint file. The forwarding messages all included such phrases as: “I CANT EVEN LOOK AT THE PICTURES WITHOUT GETTING DIZZY!!” […]
KaZantip 2011: Black Sea Paradise
Warning: This post contains a few NSFW photos. View only in good company 🙂 The Republic of KaZantip, the legendary Eastern European Shangri La of parties, lasts for just one month a year in a […]
Somewhere around six months ago, I was sitting in my apartment talking on the phone with my mom. From just outside my window I could hear Buddhist monks chanting at Ninnaji, an enormous wooden temple […]
The sprawling island of Phuket is home to a surprising array of vastly different environments. It’s got dense untamed forests, isolated sandy beaches, small Thai fishing villages, and concrete urban jungles. But undeniably the island’s biggest draw, the place that attracts more visitors than any other, is its resort city of Patong.
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Throughout my travels, I’ve had my fair share of problems – but I’ve had my fair share of luck as well. A life on the road is a life of the unknown, and that’s part of what I love about it. One day you might find yourself getting pickpocketed by Bosnian gypsies, but the next, you maybe falling asleep in the spare bedroom of an Internet billionaire’s private oceanfront villa.
Yes, it really did happen. Thanks again to Stefan and our wonderfully generous new friend Kelly.
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Our trip back to the mainland was characterized by bright blue skies and glassy-calm waters, though I personally barely noticed – for me, it was yet another journey spent recuperating from the previous evening’s (Christmas) festivities 🙂
Our route to Phuket took us first to the docks by taxi, then to Surat Thani by boat and finally to Patong by minibus. It was one combination ticket, meant to get us there no later than 7:30pm.
Or so we were told.
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Now that the Full Moon Party was behind us, the time had come for our next decision: where to spend Christmas.
Originally we’d hoped to stopover in Ko Tao so Herb could get SCUBA certified, but as we already had plans to meet Stefan in Phuket on the 26th time was just too short.
So upon learning that Christmas on Phangan is even bigger than the full moon – and that our bungalow was holding a huge buffet-style dinner party – we decided just to extend. Besides, staying would give us the chance to hang out with Sarah, the Californian we met on our elephant tour, for a quick taste of what local life on a Thai Island might be like 🙂
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Believe it or not, amidst all the partying we actually did manage to devote an entire day to some good old-fashioned tourism.
Two days after the Full Moon Party, we finally got around to renting those motorbikes we’d planned for our first day on the island.
Man, was it ever fun!
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