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June 28, 2004
4-6 June - End of Hat Rin
The day after Full Moon Party, everybody left. Not just the night-trippers, but it seemed like more than half of the people who were staying in bungalows also up and left the minute the party stopped! It was a great contrast, from many thousand people, back to almost no-one.
A couple of nights later (and many hours of sleep later), Nick and I were back on target, back at the beach. We met some pretty cool German girls (Judith and Rebecca), who we found out later to be sisters. We all went to dinner at what had become our favourite street-stall like restaurant (serving the best Massaman Curry on the planet!), before having another night out on the town. To my surprise, Rebecca was studying Computer Science, like myself, so I thought there could be some common ground for verbal communication, but she was even shier than me (maybe in part due to the language barrier), answering questions and talking in a fairly closed manner. Anyway, the night ended with the Germans going home to bed early (after a long day of travelling) and I ended up being the counsellor to an Irish girl with many family problems.
The next night we saw Rebecca looking after Judith, who was drugged up with a leg in a bandage. Surprise, Surprise, they’d had a motorbike accident, requiring both muscular and skin stitching in her lower leg. An hour of stitching and medical support cost only 1000 baht (US$25), whereas repairs to the bike cost 8800baht!!! (you can BUY a second hand scooter for 12,000baht) Another statistic I guess. We also heard of a couple of westerners who didn’t actually make it from their bike accident… a fairly sobering warning about the danger of the roads.
At one stage during my stay on Ko Pha Ngan, the wind blew up a mighty gale! It was a little wet, but it seemed that it was mainly spray from the ocean, mixed with a little rain, than heavy rain itself…..
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The last night in Hat Rin was spent taking it easy at home… Nick and I being the geeks we are, we played Grand Theft Auto via our wireless networked laptops!
Posted by Dan at June 28, 2004 06:00 PM
Comments
G'day mate
Your stories sound great but i want to know more about all the Swiss, Swedish and Austrian backpacker girls that you must be meeting. If you don't wish to share it with everyone then just send me a personal email with photos.
Great mate and thanking you in advance.
Timmeh!
Posted by: Timmeh! at July 1, 2004 06:42 AM
Sounds like you've having a ball, more stories please!
Posted by: Laura at July 14, 2004 01:36 AM