Full Moon Party Results

All I can say is... what a freakin' week. The Full Moon Party was last night, and it was a spectacle to say the least. Let's start with the basics first, though. It starts getting really crowded here about three days before, and the parties leading up to it get progressively more crowded, crazier, louder, later and unfortunately more dangerous, but that's expected. I was hanging with these two really cool French couples my first couple days here about a week ago, but they left. Soon after I got together with a really chill dude from England named Tim. From there, we buddied up with ten other people from our bunglaow and for the last four nights have been gelling really well and having a great time together. The rest of the group comprised of two girls from Vancouver, a Heath Ledger look alike from Ireland who think NYC is the greatest place in the world, a couple from England, two Swedish girls who play soccer better than any guy I know, and an Irish chick (we already know how I feel about girls with Irish accents).

The Full Moon Party is the culmination of an entire week of partying leading up to it, set under the full moon. People dress up in costumes, get body paint designs, wear funny outrageous colors, and wear sweet arm bands. The DJ's start spinning at 9p.m. and don't stop until 11 a.m. on a beach about 2/3's of a mile long. At around 2 a.m. when the party is in full swing, roughly 10,000 people fill the beach end to end. Boats of people come from other islands just to take part. DJ booth follows DJ booth, beach bar follows beach bar, and the music is so loud you can walk through one set of speakers to the next and not hear anything else but the music playing right in front of you. As for drinks, you get a bucket. Yes, a bucket. You go up to the bar and ask for whatever you want with whatever mix, and they pour it into a big bucket. If your negotiating skills/people skills are up to par, you should be able to get a medium sized bottle of any alcohol with a couple of mixers for $4.



Every travel blog I read prior to this trip writes that roughly 3 people die at every Full Moon Party. I got to tell you, I am surprized it's not more. There's 10,000 people on a beach dancing to techno all night, drugged out and/or drunk like never before, and with an ocean in front of them. Something HAS to go wrong. I saw as one guy punched another guy, then two friends of the guy who got punched smashed a bottle over the other guy's head, and once he was down they kicked him and punched him until he stopped moving. The beaten man got up and stumbled ten feet, and the three guys went after him again. Come 5 a.m. half the people left on the beach are either sprawled out in the sand dead passed out, fucking, or crying on a telephone. Unfortunately, the beach gets absolutely trashed, bottles are all over the place, sandals and clothing are everywhere, and if you didn't bring shoes with you then say hello to stitches. And let's not forget, this is the time when people try alot of different things for the first time.

But amidst all of the bad there is so much fun to be had. If you're with a great group and the vibe is nice, what could be better than dancing on a beach all night under a full moon with a big ass bucket of whatever you want in your hand!? So for me, I took it in stride, as I feel alot of poeple do as well. You don't LOVE the Full Moon Party... you moreso love the concept of the Full Moon Party. So in my opinion, I'd say it's absolutely something that should be experienced. It's a spectacle, it's one of the most reknown parties on the planet, and it's great to be part of it. But one is certainly enough for me. If you are a raver, you love to drop E, and you don't mind people puking around you all night, well, call this place home.