Surat Thani has to be the most boring, lazy town we have visited. Trying to get any information or service from people is like pulling teeth! Also, it seems to be in a time warp, its like nothing has happened in the town since 1979, you walk into a restaurant and the waitress looks shocked you’re there.. Anyway, I suppose the point is that you don’t hang around long as it is the main gateway to the eastern thai islands and our port for the ferry trip to Koh Phangan.
Surat Thani je jedno z nejvice nezajimavych a nudnych mest, co jsme doposud navstivili. Pokusit se dostat z lidi nejake informace a zadat o nejake sluzby je skoro nemozne. Vypada, jakoby se tam nic nedelo od roku 1979, takze kdyz jsme vkrocili do restaurace, servirka na nas s uzasem a otazkou ve tvari zirala, co nas tam asi prinasi. Jeste, ze jsme se tam nemuseli zdrzovat dlouho. Hlavnim duvodem proc jsme navstivili tohle mesto, byl pristav, z ktereho nam vyplouvala lod na ostrov Koh Phangan.
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We arrived around midday and jumped straight in a truck which took us a little way up the west coast of the island to a beach called Baan Hinkong. Just before Christmas we spent quite a few stressful days trying to book something last minute for new year, and even though we’d paid about triple price, we still weren’t sure what we were going to get. We were pleasantly surprised, although the beach was a bit of a state, there was something quite charming about the view and the sunsets were spectacular. There was some confusion as to what was gonna happen on new years eve though, we’d paid a fair chunk towards a “Gala Dinner” and this place certainly didn’t have anything planned for us so we told them they’d have to work something out, we‘ll come to tat later.
Na ostrov jsme dorazili kolem poledne. Sedli jsme na dzip, ktery nas odvezl na zapadni stranu ostrova podel plaze, ktera se jmenune Baan Hinkong. Nekolik dni pred Vanocema jsme stale nemeli rezervaci na Novy Rok, coz bylo trosku stresujici. Nakonec to dopadlo tak, ze jsme si rezervovali misto na teto plazi za asi 3krat vyssi cenu a ani v podstate nevedeli do ceho jdeme. Byli jsme mile prevapeni. I kdyz plaz zrovna nevypadala, ze se na ni da vegetit, sledovani zapadu slunce z teto plaze byl prekrasny a pokoj byl velky a utulny. Jak jsme dorazili hned jsme se snazili informovat o tzv. Gala veceri na Silvestra, kterou uz jsme meli predplacenou. Jak nam bylo zdeleno, nevypadalo, ze by se nejaka vecere konala na onom miste, ale recepcni rikala, ze neco zaridi. To nas trosku znepokojilo, protoze to zrovna nebyla nejlevnejsi vecere, ale k tomu se dostanu pozdeji.
We spent the next couple of days exploring the island on a moped, including some nice dinners on the beach, a trip to an almost dry waterfall, and the lovely Haad Salud beach where Veronika went crazy and got a tattoo . . . a henna tattoo. We also decided to do a little recon of the beach that would be our new years full moon party Haad Rin and tried some of the buckets (to see if they were up to the task of getting us drunk on the night!).
Par dalsich dnu jsme strvavili na motorce jezdenim kolem ostrova. Tak jsme si mohli zajet na veceri na jine plaze, taky jsme se jeli podivat na skoro vyschly vodopad a stravili den na plazi s nazvem Haad Salud. Na teto plazi jsem si nechala asi hodinu masirovat telicko a taky jsem si nechala udelat hennu (tetovani, co se smyva po nejake dobe) a pripravit se tak na oslavy Silvestra se vsim vsudy. Jeden vecer jsme se rozhodli omrknout plaz, kde se ta velka plazova party bude konat a taky ochutnat par kybliku s koktejly at vime, do ceho jdeme a jestli nas tyhle thajske kybliky udrzi v nalade az do rana bileho.
Then before we knew it the main event was upon us, we spent the day relaxing and building up energy, and then found out that our guesthouse was giving us a ride to another hotel where our Gala Dinner would be served, and where we get a lift down to the beach. The dinner was lovely, a buffet of all kinds of meats, fish and yummy thai dishes all washed down with as much punch as you could take. And so it began . . .
Pres den na Silvestra jsme nedelali skoro nic a snazili se tak nacerpat energii na vecer. Nas hotel nam oznamil, ze nas vyzvednou v urcitou hodinu, aby nas mohli odvest na jiz zminenou Gala veceri. Vecere byla, po tom vsem, nad nase ocekavani. Spousta dobrod, thajska kuchyne a taky celkem silny punc, ktereho jsme mohli vypit, co hrdlo racilo. A tak nas vecer zacal. . .
. . . We were whisked down in a truck (me and 7 girls, I got some rather jealous looks from trucks full of guys), as we were approaching all the trucks and stopped in traffic, so we all jumped out and waked the last killometer, every step of the way there were people pour out going in the same direction, we got a bucket enn route, our entry wristbands and we were in, the biggest, craziest party in the world! Its difficult to put the Koh Phangan Full Moon Party into words, its like nothing you can compare to back home. 50,000 like minded people going at it from 10PM until 10AM and then added to that a New Year in between. We found ourselves walking around in the daylight, covered in body paint at around 8AM witnessing the carnage around us, bodies half covered in sand, smaller pockets of people still pumping to the music bellowing out across the beach and others just staring out at the sea with very glassy eyes. We got back to the guesthouse around 9:30AM and slept . . . woke at 4PM and ate . . . . back to bed around 5:30PM before waking again and watching a couple of films before sleeping until January 2nd!
Po veceri jsme byli odvezeni smer Haad Rin plaz, kde se party konala. V dzipu nas bylo asi 9. Protoze na silnici bylo tolik aut a lidi, byli jsme nuceni zastavit a dojit ten zbyvajici kilometr pesky. Ale to bylo to nejmensi. Uz po ceste tam, aby nam nevyschlo jsme si koupili prvni kyblik a nasledovali dav lidi smerujici na stejne misto. Pote,co jsme dostali vstupenku v podobe styloveho naramku jsme se ocitly na plazi. Nejvetsi plazova party, co si kdo dokaze predstavit. 50 000 lidi, kteri zacinaji se zabavou v 10 vecer a konci v 10 rano. Plus, to ze je konec roku taky udela sve. Takze v 8 hodin rano, za prvniho denniho svetla roku 2010 se prochazime po plazi, nekteri lidi vypadaji, ze uz pro ne party skoncila,jini uz jen tak posedavaji v pisku a jini jeste plni energie nadsene tanci, vsude kolem jsou odpadky. Do hotelu jsme dorazili asi v 9:30 a spali....probudili se kolem 4 odpoledne, pojedli..... a spali.....mezitim se probudili v noci, podivali se na par filmu a spali az do 2. ledna.
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After that lost first day of 2010, it was time to check out and make our way around the other Thai Islands ending at Phuket where my parents are due to come and meet us for a holiday, cant wait. But before the boat leaves, we decide to launch a lantern for the New Year that we were supposed to do on the night, although its pretty windy, we go for it anyway. What a disaster, lets hope its not a sign of our 2010. Imagine desperately trying to hold a paper lantern whilst wind gusts blow the flames around and then release it only to find it flies 10 yds and crashes to the ground. Still, the wind blows the ball of fire towards the boat port and we’re chasing it through a little park throwing our last bottle of water at it. I think we prevented a catastrophe J.
Po prvnich dnech noveho roku straveneho lenosenim je opet cas zvednout kotvy a jet navstivit par dalsich Thajskych ostrovu. Posledni bude ostrov Phuket, kde se potkame s Peteovyma rodicema, kteri v ten samy cas prijizdeji na dovolenou. Moc se tesime. Nez ale nastoupime na lod musime jeste zapalit balon stesti, ktery jsme na Silvestra nestihly vypustit. Jaka pohroma. Ne jenom, ze fouka silny vitr a ze nam balon pri zapalenim malem parkrat uhorel v rukach, ale jak jsme si mysleli, ze by se snad uz vznesl, pustili jsme ho a v zapeti utikali asi 10 metru za nim, protoze pristal na suche trave. V panice na nej nalijeme posledni pitnou vodu, co mame. Ja se muzu smichy potrhat, Pete tu situaci zase tak smesnou nevidi. To nam to ten Novy rok ale zacina, co?
Next, Island hopping, Koh Tao, Krabi, Chicken Island, Koh Lanta and Phuket . . . To be continued . . .
Dale navstivime ostrovy, Koh Tao, Krabi, Kureci ostrov, Koh Lanta a Phuket . . . Pokracovani priste. . .
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