Boater Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 The Full Moon Party has become a rite of passage for young Westerners travelling to Thailand - but these pictures reveal the event is not necessarily fun for everyone. The photos were taken this week during the latest instalment of the monthly party on the island of Koh Phangan, which is attended nearly exclusively by tourists. They show how travellers snap up buckets containing bottles of spirits as well as mixers for as little as 150 baht (£3) each. After a day of eating and drinking on the heavenly beaches, the party really gets going when the sun sets and revellers don glowing face paint to create a striking scene. But the end, when it comes, is much less pretty - each month, dozens of Westerners who have over-indulged in drink and drugs are treated in medical clinics. Party time! Hundreds of Western travellers attended the full moon party in Koh Phangan in Thailand this week Getting ready: Two young women shop for headgear at the start of the party Welcome: Entry to the full moon party for curious tourists costs just 100 baht (£2) Tradition: Koh Phangan has been one of Thailand's top tourist destinations since the founding of the full moon party in 1985 Hedonistic: Spirits and mixers are sold by the bucket for the equivalent of as little as £3 Discount: The availability of exceptionally cheap alcohol is one of the main draws for many Western students and young people Sumptuous: A touch of class at the party is provided by the selection of cheap snacks cooked fresh on a beachside grill Excitement: Two Japanese women dressed in exotic costumes soak up the late-night atmosphere at the monthly event Atmospheric: The elaborate facepaint donned by some of the more imaginative partygoers provides a festive air Foolish: One party trick is to set a skipping rope on fire and then jump over it without getting burned Trippy: It is possible that revellers thought they were hallucinating when they saw surreal sights like this Limbo! A man lights a cigarette off a burning log as he shows off his flexibility to the other tourists Enthusiasm: Revellers marked themselves with logos showing just how excited they were to be attending the event They'll never forget: Nathan Pinkus, from Sydney gets a moon tattooed on his finger as Lauren McCudden feeds him from a bucket of alcohol Until we hit the ground and pass out: An overwhelmed reveller catches 40 winks towards the end of the party Tired and emotional: Another exhausted partygoer, surrounded by empty bottles of beer, takes time out from the celebration Passion: A couple snuggles as the sun rises above the revels at the monthly event on Koh Phangan Chillaxing: The party became slightly less raucous with the onset of dawn but not everyone was ready for bed yet He won't stop: This partygoer took to a water slide after the sun rose as he defied the advent of the dawn Irrepressible: Scottish tourist Jamie Harris drinks from a bottle of beer even as he sits on the treatment table after injuring his foot Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2400894/Thailands-monthly-moon-party-passes-customary-hedonistic-style.html#ixzz2co4lle1Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngThong Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Yee-haw. One day I'll maybe understand where the 'fun' is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pokerspiv Posted August 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2013 Cue the moral panic about young adults having fun in 3....2....1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGS75 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Cue the moral panic about young adults having fun in 3....2....1 fab ....cheers daily mail advertising this crazy party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaz Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 No! I want to keep my rose coloured glasses on and pretend that it's just like Rainbow but on a beach. Dang it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sustento Posted August 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2013 I'd never have guessed that this was an article from the sanctimonious xenophobic hypocritical Daily Mail... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Thank God we didn't have Youtube when I was in college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) Looks like an interesting night. Wish that I was 40 years younger Edited August 24, 2013 by Tropicalevo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Great photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Note the 'entrance fee' only appears in English! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Note the 'entrance fee' only appears in English! I guess not too many Thais going to the FMP's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Very good photographic report. Nice pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Note the 'entrance fee' only appears in English! I guess not too many Thais going to the FMP's. Around 25 to 30% 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Note the 'entrance fee' only appears in English! I guess not too many Thais going to the FMP's. Around 25 to 30% Didn't know that and not obvious from the pictures..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltel Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 When did they start charging? If it wasn't for the Daily Mail story on the full moon party 17 years go. I would not be in Thailand now. But the party was different then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Tamson Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 The OP and the Daily Mail are of course kidding! The report and published photos will only encourage more kids to come.. Be a bit careful and it looks great fun! Party from Sunset til Dawn on a tropical beach? Come on! You'd love it if only you were younger! This will of course attract all the 'humbugs' reporting on the scams, the rapes, the spiked drinks, the drugs etc etc., but that happens everywhere (and we have heard it all before) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post angiud Posted August 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2013 You can like or not, the FMP is fun for the greatest part of the tourists and the Thais. It's 2 or 3 years Haad Rin community charge a ticket of 100 Baht to enter inside the Haad Rin village the night of the Party. Haad Rin Tourist Association says to use the money to improve the security of the party, the cleaning, CCTV, infrastructures, etc. The FMP is safe as can be safe an happening of 30 to 50 thousand revelers. Accidents happen, sometimes due to fighting, sometimes bike accidents, ODs, but less than you can expect from a so big party and so small police control. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Tamson Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 You can like or not, the FMP is fun for the greatest part of the tourists and the Thais. It's 2 or 3 years Haad Rin community charge a ticket of 100 Baht to enter inside the Haad Rin village the night of the Party. Haad Rin Tourist Association says to use the money to improve the security of the party, the cleaning, CCTV, infrastructures, etc. The FMP is safe as can be safe an happening of 30 to 50 thousand revelers. Accidents happen, sometimes due to fighting, sometimes bike accidents, ODs, but less than you can expect from a so big party and so small police control. Exactly! And the beach is immaculate again within a day of the parties. 100 baht is a pittance for that alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy chef 1 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Party people enjoy it as long as you can! Yeah ! I just hope some of our honored TV members are still remembering their great party times when Elvis or the Beatles where new. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalpha Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Nice photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantisMan Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I thought you were NOT obliged to pay an entrence fee? What about the folks that come over that night from Samui? The boats land right on the beach. No cover charge there, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantisMan Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 When did they start charging? If it wasn't for the Daily Mail story on the full moon party 17 years go. I would not be in Thailand now. But the party was different then 20 years ago when I was there, it was buckets of drugs and bad music. Now, buckets of booze and great music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerspiv Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 If you like Acid House/Trance music I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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