Koh Phangan

juz came back from a 11days holiday in koh phangan, thailand. it has been almost 4yrs since i last went to the island. i can still remember the times tat i was there. 1st time, i celebrated my 20th bday & got really sloshed. insisted on riding the bike back & ended up falling off when trying to start. laughed n cried at the same time while walking back to our hut, scaring the shit out of my fwens. the 2nd time, the three sacrifical leambs (aly, yun, miss jamie aka wen jun) & the dodo bird (me la! 1 & only!!) was born. 3rd time with luanne, the clam & our near death experience on the bike out in the mountains. 4th time with the whole gang including momo, zad & tim.

koh phangan has always been a secret getaway sort of place for me. a place where i can throw away everything n juz party, laze on the hamock, on the beach, sun tan & do watever. but the place has since changed a lot. its like a small, pure island being invaded. more n more 7-11 popped up, more n more tourists, simple huts bcame resort like. no longer simple n laidback.

this trip has to be the most drama filled one, right from the start.

1) momo met some prob and had to leave koh phangan b4 we could reach there.
2) costa's visa problem at the thai border.
3) aly forgot to take her bag from surathani. (stupid woman!)
4) costa got into a fight bcoz of bike prob. the locals actually took out a GUN to threaten him! n paid 2500baht for the bike.
5) hong paid 6000baht bcoz his bike got a few scratches.
and there' a saying, bad things come in 3s right. so the 6th incident...
6) ME! we paid 2000baht also bcoz of the BLOODY bike rental!!!

i thought i would be able to 'siam' bcoz 1 more day & i would be leaving the island but noooooo...... so wat happened was that some1 took a picture of me pillion-ing 2 people (miss jamie & yun) on the bike & in the bike rental agreement, it writes :"you could be fine up to a maximum of 5000 baht if more than 2 people is on the bike". so the owner try to extort the amt from me by showing the picture as proof & by claiming tat its the police tat wants the $!!!! the girls were furious and refused to give in. so we called the singapore embassy in bkk & finally ended up in the police station. n guess wat, the police said tat its not them tat wants the $, its the shop owner. so after much drama n negotiation (3hrs to be exact), we managed to settle the price at 2000baht. so in total, our group paid 10500 baht all bcoz of bike rental!

but all the incidents aside, i still enjoyed myself. the sea was really clear this time round & full moon party was a blast. we danced on the beach from 12am to 10am! went to some jungle party the day b4. quite a different experience to dance inside the forest. and i rode on the bike all the way to the other side of the island. such liberating feeling to ride. topless, with the sun and wind on you....