of the nicest places we've stayed so far.
We got out of the taxi at Lee Garden Resort and were greeted by a
puppy, who walked with us through the trees down to the reception and
our bungalow on the shore. Our room basically comprised of 4 beds and
an en suite with no hot water, but we also had a porch with a hammock
overlooking the sea.
For the first time on our trip, we took the chance to just chill on
the beach and catch some rays (some more than others - Marc's the
first sufferer of sun burn!).
About a hundred yards along the beach from our bungalow was a cool
little bar called Munchies, serving nice food and cheap beer. Instead
of chairs, there we're just scatter cushions and we could just relax
with a bottle of Chang, looking out to sea. Here we met an
English/Scottish couple called James and Emma, who are just coming to
the end of their three and a half month travels, so were able to give
us lots of tips about travelling around South East Asia.
One evening, there was a short power cut on the island and the barman
at Munchies kept us entertained by first playing his guitar and
singing and then putting on a fireshow!
Our last night on Koh Phanang was the Full Moon Party. Our friend
Webb, who is holidaying in Thailand, came to meet us at Munchies with
6 other Neath girls, so wild times were bound to ensue! We rave
painted ourselves up and started drinking.
To be honest, the four of us can't really remember a lot of the party.
Before we left Munchies, the aforementioned awesome barman gave us
all free shots of tequila, which along with the cheap bottles of beer,
set us up for lack of memory.
In the early hours of the morning, we got a taxi back to our bungalow.
However, the taxi dropped us in place we didn't recognise and we
started walking up the beach unsure of which direction we should be
going. We stumbled across a bar blasting techno music and entirely
full of German people, which was quite surreal. The lady behind the
bar was able to confirm that we were on the right beach, but had no
idea where Lee Garden was.
We kept walking, avoiding some angry dogs on the beach (they seem to
become territorial at night time!) and realised we must be going the
wrong way when we reached a place where the coast curved around a
cliff. At almost exactly that point, the sun came up, which added to
the surrealism of the situation, but it was nice to be able to see
where we were going!
We headed back the way we came and eventually ended up back at our
bungalow. The lady from reception was walking past as we arrived and
we asked her to book us a taxi. The taxi arrived shortly after to
take us to the ferry port. Still covered in rave paint and with no
sleep, we were off to the next island of Koh Tao!
