Moons and Parties

First of all, thank you so much for the birthday wishes and to Mike for the great day at the spa. Appartently all of the guys on the island usually go to the spa with their girlfriends and I found out why... let's just say boobies are not left out on the treatment list ... Mike all of a sudden has a new interested in aloe vera wraps, oil massages and facials!


Here's Mike and I at dinner for my b-day.

We've been really busy this week. March 14 was the full moon party on Ko Pha Ngan. For those of you who don't know, the full moon party is a huge event every month where thousands of people congregate on a beach to stay up all night to dance and do other things that are not pg rated for our family website. Along with 4 other people from our diving center, Mike and I set off for our 12 hour adventure armed with bug dope, our cheap film camera (those of you who remember Mike on St. Patty's Day 2005, know why), my serong and 2000 Batt. After a 2 hr boat ride, where poker was played and beer consumed, dinner at a bar where Simpsons played 24/7; we made it to the beach. The full moon was shimmering on the ocean water and was breath taking. Knowing we had to pace ourselves in order to last the full nite to catch our 7am boat back, we started at a reasonable pace. But this resulted in warm beer. Soon we were introduced to "The Bucket" - a medely of a Mickey, a can of coke, ice and a Red Bull. Mmmm!!! We walked the beach that was filling up with people, and found a bar that was pumping out great tunes. We actually stayed there all night dancing. At one point we looked out onto the beach and saw a sea of people dancing in the moonlight. At 5am, Mike and I were starving and stumbled along the beach, waking up our friends on the way and headed back to the pier. We missed the sunrise while we were gorging ourselves on burgers, but that's okay. What an amazing party!!!

Sorry no pictures developed yet for the party, but you can imagine, I'm sure.

What else have we been up to? We did another day dive yesterday at Sail Rock, one of the famous dive sites of Ko Tao. It has an 18 m chimney that you descend. Still don't have an underwater camera, so check out the link instead. This is a picture of the rock from 0 meter depth.


After logging the dives in our books (up to #19 now!), we got ready for St. Patty's day celebrations. Although we were lacking the green clothing, we didn't lack the spirit. We went to a bar on Sairee Beach (western part of the island) called Choppers with a bunch of people. Not an Irish bar, but they did have 2 for one specials and free Guiness (only for 5 minutes). Another great nite. Tomorrow is a border run day (I can't believe that we've already been in Thailand for 30 days).

Mike & I with our 2-4-1's.

Mike with two of our fellow Full Moon Partier's Matt & Tom.

Take care everyone, and Happy St. Patty's day!!!!

Kendra and Mike