Beach Babies and Film Buffs

On Tuesday night we walked into town to check out what Ko Pha-Ngan - tho it wasnt easy, we must have asked about half the people in the hostel how to get there and they just kept on telling us that the restaurant was in the hotel, it was like the twilight zone - had to offer. Finally we found an English speaker who told us we could walk it in 10 minutes so we headed off along the dirt track in the dark (yes, very safe!) and into town.

After thankfully arriving on the Full Moon Beach safe and sound we went in search of something to eat, and found that every restaurant was playing movies and even more exciting for me, Friends non stop (see picture) !!! So we settled in a restuarant which was playing "Knocked Up" and had dinner. We went for a massage afterwards, which turned out to be one of the best ones we had had on the whole trip. After that we went back to watch "The Breakup"at 23.00 in the same bar (as we had been being grandmas for the past few nights and figured we could stay up past midnight and not turn into pumpkins) Although we figured that they didnt really want us to be there as the barstaff kept on talking really loudly and we had to move 3 times so that we could hear the film!!

On Wednesday we decided to go to the Full Moon Beach during the day as it had seemed so beautiful the night before. We weren't disappointed (see picture). Its amazing, clear blue water, soft sand and cliffs as the backdrop. Its a wonder how they keep it so nice with all the parties that go on there..... We had breakfast in a cafe that showed Friends non stop and ended up staying for about 5 episodes as its so addicitive....

After the beach we went to watch another film (we were really getting into it - film buffs now!) but couldnt find anything we wanted to watch and ended up being lured into a bar with buy one get one free cocktails on happy hour (although it was happy hour all night, so I dont think you can really call it happy hour - more happy night) which was playing films, but they were all really rubbish. We ended up spending 1200 Baht, of which only 120 was for food. You can only imagine the consequences (see picture).

On Thursday we went to the Full Moon Beach again and to the same place for breakfast and Friends and then went for one beer (which was difficult given that we had drank the bar dry the previous night) at this chill out bar after our tanning. The owners were all totally stoned, but very nice nevertheless :) We then went and watched Juno, covering our eyes as we passed the bar with the happy hour cocktails. A quiet night, but all in good preparation for birthday night and the pool party at our apartments the following day....