Ko Pha Ngan

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Ko Pha Ngan (?????????, pronounced KOH puh-NANG) is an island off the eastern Gulf coast of Thailand, halfway between the islands of Ko Samui and Ko Tao. It is known as a land of coconut trees and full moon parties.

	ko pha ngan Travel Guide : 1 Destinations 2 Understand 3 Talk 4 Get in 4.1 By plane 4.2 By boat and bus 5 Get around 5.1 By motorcycle 5.2 By songthaew 5.3 By boat 6 See 7 Do 7.1 Full Moon Party 8 Buy 9 Eat 10 Drink 11 Sleep 12 Stay safe 13 Get out

Destinations

• Thong Sala - the island's "capital" and main ferry port
• Haad Rin (Hat Rin) - site of the famous Full Moon Party

Understand

Talk

Get in

By plane

The closest airport is Ko Samui (USM) which has frequent flights from Bangkok and Phuket, daily flights from U-Tapao and Singapore, and several direct flights each week from Chiang Mai and Kuala Lumpur. Transportation to the ferry dock is easy to find at the airport. Ferries depart several times a day with the last one around dusk.

By boat and bus

Buses arrive in Surat Thani, capital of Surat Thani Province, from all over Thailand and you will find yourself inexorably swept up in the machine that will, several buses and at least one ferry later, spit you out on the rusty pier of Thong Sala.

There are also ferries from Ko Samui directly to party town Haad Rin.

Get around

By motorcycle

Motorbikes can be hired for 150 baht/day. Avoid riding at sundown, when the bugs are out en masse, and result in brief periods of riding blind, while you desperately try to clear your corneas. Try not to go home with a 'KPN tattoo' - the result of your tender-skinned body sliding along a bitumen road at high speed with few clothes on.

By songthaew

Songthaew pick-up truck taxis criss-cross the island for around 50 baht a ride.

By boat

Boats cruise the bays with your snorkeling gear until somewhere takes your fancy.

See

• Visit the beautiful waterfalls and lookouts in the interior of the island
• If you're into fire, you'll find spinners and twirlers on many of the beaches, teachers abound and poi are easy to find.

Do

Full Moon Party

If you're after party heaven you can't go past Haad Rin, an expanded village of beach bars, cheap chicken burgers, and low cut figure-hugging outfits. It is most popular one night a month - the night of the Full Moon Party. Every bar is hopping, the beaches packed with trance, dance, buckets, and various other suspicious substances. However, if the sight of thousands of bottles and other trash repulses you make sure you leave the beach area before the sun comes up, or grab a garbage bag and help tidy up a little.

Buy

Like the rest of tourist Thailand, to find accommodation, transport, food, you only need to respond to one of the many touts that accost you on arrival - but don't be afraid to check a place out, and look elsewhere - there is a wide range of standards, and they don't necessarily coincide with prices.

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Try to arrive as early in the day as possible to have the most time and options for accommodations.

For a cheap bungalow, literally moments from white beaches (but no surf whatsoever), turn left from Thong Sala and you will pass strings of quiet bays, each with one or more 'resorts', featuring a bar, a restaurant, rooms and bungalows, and a few dozen laid back tourists and travelers for company. Try Hadd Yao, Hadd Son, or any of the others along the same strip.

For the North of the island, Chalok Lam, Ko Ma & Bottle Beach are popular.

Stay safe

Yes, the Full Moon Party is full of drugs, but these days it's also full of plainclothes policemen out to bust you. Be very careful. Roadblocks are sometimes common. It's generally not a good idea to accept drinks or food from strangers, and it's advisable to leave all valuables at your guesthouse instead of taking them to the party.

Get out

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