THAILAND: Phuket, Patong Beach and Koh Phangan

This past weekend I had the most amazing opportunity to travel to THAILAND!  This has been on my list of top things to do while travelling Southeast Asia and it was incredible!  There was tons of travelling involved but it was well worth every single shuttle, ferry ride, and plane.  It was beautiful and I cannot wait to travel to the other parts of Thailand soon enough!

Island Ko Pha Ngan is about a 5 hour bus from Phuket

Once landing in Phuket on Thursday afternoon, we decided to head into Phukettown and check out the hostels.  There was no beach in sight so we decided to take a taxi down to Patong Beach which is a major tourist zone.  Lauren, Lauren and I found a hostel right in the centre of the town which was perfect for walking everywhere.  We dropped off our bags and explored the beach and town for the afternoon!

Street right outside our hostel

Girls at Patong Beach...beautiful!

After exploring around Patong Beach, we decided to have a quick dinner and then head out on the town.  The streets were crazy, packed with tourists everywhere and tons of bars and clubs!  No shortage of stuff to do and see...

Grabbing a beer by our hostel

Lauren and I

In the morning, we continued our journey to Ko Phangan to attend the famous FULL MOON PARTY!  We had to take a bus from our hostel to get to the ferry which we were told would take 4 hours.  However, it took WAY longer for us to get there and we barely made the ferry on time!  It was absolutely exhausting however we finally made it to the boat and were on our way to the island!  

Laur and I on the ferry

View from the back of the ferry

Once we arrived in Koh Phangan, it was full moon eve.  We checked into our hostel which we found within minutes of arrival.  It was truly the funniest experience thus far.  All 8 of us girls slept in one giant room with 14 bunk beds all pushed together.  It was super cheap for the night and although it was on top of a travel agency/nail salon, we had the best time ever!

Our huge California King for the weekend!

Buckets with a Mickey and chase for about $5 

FULL MOON!

Morgan, Tasa, Lauren and I on Full Moon eve!

After an extremely fun night on the beach, we decided to spend the day on the beach at Haad Rin.  It was so pretty and there were young travellers everywhere!  This was probably one of the best parts of the trip.

The pals 

Cheers!

View from a Bar up top

Bucket stands lined across the beach

After a great day tanning on the beach, we were all getting super pumped for the full moon party.  We all went to the local stores and bought amazing neon outfits for cheap!  We also bought body paint as well that glowed in the dark.  Once we were on our way out, unfortunately a terrible bout of food poisoning hit me.  It was the WORST feeling in the ENTIRE WORLD.  I felt so sick that I had to run back to the hostel where Lauren was already feeling sick as well.  We spent the night comforting each other and wishing that we were out with the others livin it up..........

Girls ready to go

Laur and I all decked out

Sick girls making it out for 10 minutes...!