Thai full moon parties

**cluezo** · 7th May 2012 03:49

These tings are legendary ... anybody ever been to one?

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Koh Pha Ngan, in southern Thailand, is known as the party island, its Haad Rin beach infamous for hosting full-moon parties of up to 10,000 fluoro singlet-wearing, whisky bucket-drinking revellers in a debaucherous free-for-all on the sand. A few years ago I was part of that beach crowd, wearing fisherman's pants, twirling glow sticks and drinking into the wee hours. Returning to Koh Pha Ngan older and a little wiser, I'm seeking to explore the island's holistic side, so I bypass the parties and head over the island's spine to the Anantara Rasananda resort on the edge of Thong Nai Pan Noi village. The resort will be my base while I unwind and detox.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/a-postp...#ixzz1u7oL6f2q

**Fleabag** · 7th May 2012 04:09

Naff, but it serves the purpose of keeping most of them in one place, away from me.

**cluezo** · 7th May 2012 05:04

**goo_stewart** · 7th May 2012 06:25

I have been to 3 FMP. Shite each time. I first went in the early 90s when they were just starting. It was a bunch of ravers all getting hammered, now the attendees tend to be either puking Aussies or lobster red English yoofs thinking they are different.

Really, the whole thing is sad, but, for some strange reason, the FMP have become part of SEA folklore and people plan their 2 month flashpacker stint around them.

**cluezo** · 7th May 2012 06:51

Originally Posted by goo_stewart

lobster red English yoofs thinking they are different.

ah, great visual

**Bird71** · 7th May 2012 07:18

I went to a half full moon party on Koh Lanta once.

The nicest thing about it was the gentle breeze . . .

**po3try** · 7th May 2012 10:49

I thought it was quite fun... but then maybe i was a ...

lobster red English yoofs thinking they are different.

The mushrooms helped...

**8ball** · 7th May 2012 11:15

Originally Posted by cluezo

anybody ever been to one?

Oh yis lar

a few

many many moons ago tho

---Update---

Originally Posted by goo_stewart

in the early 90s when they were just starting.

jus becummin popular u mean

they started a bit b4 that like

**goo_stewart** · 7th May 2012 11:26

There is no real need to go to a FMP anyway, just grab some random strangers off the street and sit them in your garden, having first pissed on the ground where they are to sit, ensure that you have a few females that can't hold their booze, as many with braided hair, tramp stamps and fisherman pants as possible, of course the males should be without shirts (if Aussie) and with football shirts if English. All the males require some kind of naff Gaelic tat.

Next, buy some plastic buckets, fill with mind bending cheap Thai whiskey, high sugar energy drink and a bit of sand. Then piss in the buckets. Hand the buckets to the aforementioned idiots, force them to drink in 1 minute through straws. You need a sound system, actually, you probably need 10 blaring sound systems all turned up to 11.

Once everyone is puking, snogging and generally in a state of totally delirium, rob them all of their wallets and cash. For full authenticity, stuff a few joints into the pockets of the more drunken ones, then call the filth. When the filth arrives be ever so friendly and act as the go between and negotiate the bribe down to 100k baht each and take a cut of 20%.

Job done. Enjoy.

I forgot to mention that for the full effect, you should probably be arranging at least one drowning (drowning in the toilet should suffice here), you probably need a murder as well, so get a kitchen knife and stab one of the guests. You should ensure that a couple of your guests are raped as well.

**Amanpour** · 7th May 2012 13:50

Originally Posted by goo_stewart

I have been to 3 FMP. Shite each time.

+1. Utter crap. I'm sure that many who go romanticize about the experience. "Yeah man, there's thousands of people from all over the world dancing the night away on the beach. You have to do it man. It's once in a lifetime". It's rubbish.

In reality, it's more like thousands of people dancing to awful rave music, drinking overpriced buckets, throwing up on the sand, pissing into the sea, being harassed by hookers who have taken a boat over from Samui, and being hassled by drug dealers that are working in tandem with the cops. Quite possibly the worst of the west and the east on one beach for one night.

**po3try** · 7th May 2012 14:07

maybe you guys didn't get wasted enough to enjoy it?

**goo_stewart** · 7th May 2012 14:25

^I tried, I really did, but I just don't drink crap Thai whiskey, and I especially don't drink it sitting on a piss soaked beach with wankers covered in tribal tattoos. I have been to the FMP 3 times, I thought the first time it was crap (I met a group of people listening to whale 'music' on that first occasion), but I thought I should give it another go to be fair. The problem was the second time, some fat English (lobster pink) girl, with tramp stamp puked on my shoes. The third time was just a mistake, I went there because of work and intended to miss the festivities, but ended up embroiled in the 'party' because of a weakness of will I have. I have learnt my leasson.

**fred flintstone** · 7th May 2012 14:39

thai full moon parties...haven't been ; don't wanna go.

**Bubba** · 7th May 2012 18:13

Originally Posted by goo_stewart

There is no real need to go to a FMP anyway, just grab some random strangers off the street and sit them in your garden, having first pissed on the ground where they are to sit, ensure that you have a few females that can't hold their booze, as many with braided hair, tramp stamps and fisherman pants as possible, of course the males should be without shirts (if Aussie) and with football shirts if English. All the males require some kind of naff Gaelic tat.

Next, buy some plastic buckets, fill with mind bending cheap Thai whiskey, high sugar energy drink and a bit f sand. Then piss in the buckets. Hand the buckets to the aforementioned idiots, force them to drink in 1 minute through straws. You need a sound system, actually, you probably need 10 blaring sound systems all turned up to 11.

Once everyone is puking, snogging and generally in a state of totally delirium, rob them all of their wallets and cash. Full full authenticity, stuff a few joints into the pockets of the more drunken ones, then call the filth. When the filth arrives be ever so friendly and act as the go between and negotiate the bribe down to 100k baht each and take a cut of 20%.

Job done. Enjoy.

I forgot to mention that for the full effect, you should probably be arranging at least one drowning (drowning in the toilet should suffice here), you probably need a murder as well, so get a kitchen knife and stab one of the guests. You should ensure that a couple of your guests are raped as well.

Like you goo, I too feel that I am more intelligent, worldly and informed than everyone else. These people should know their place.