Koh Phangan – The Party Island
As morning came, with a heavy heart we bade goodbye to Koh Tao and made our way to Koh Phangan. We made the mistake of not booking our ferry through Lom Prayah and paid the price of a delayed ferry by over an hour and a half. The journey to Koh Phangan was smooth (Thankfully so! We had our share of sea adventures already).
We had a short stay in Koh Phangan and got a pretty amazing resort for our stay. Sarikantang, a boutique resort, right on the Head of Leela Beach next to Haad Rin beach is a delight for pretty much any agenda you have on islands. The resort arranged for a pick up as smoothly and before we knew it we were exploring the lovely property.
(Side Note: I have not been paid by the resort as I say this)
As our stomachs craved for food after all the delay we went in the hunt for some good food and my oh my did we find a catch. A small restaurant called “Moon Paradise” was just by the resort and we just stopped to explore the menu and it was pretty much perfect – Lovely view, an all comprehensive menu and excellent prices. Like it needed any selling, it also had the best waiters who reminded you exactly why the restaurant is the best, the guy just kept saying “The best food at cheap prices, only at Moon Paradise” and well, it was pretty much undisputable. So we decided to go with it and had an excellent time there.
As the setting sun approached, we walked by the coast inside the property and reached the lighthouse and parked ourselves among the rocks to view this magnificent delight below. It was the most beautiful play of colors in the sky I have ever seen.
Koh Phangan being Koh Phangan, of course, had a party going in Haad Rin despite being just a day after their glorious “Full Moon Party”. However, we preferred a quiet night by the beach and we did just that. We woke up early morning to catch the part of the rising sun and had a lovely walk by the same coast as we saw people coming back from the party still in another world altogether and realized with a deep sense of disappointment just how much we were growing old.
Nevertheless, we enjoyed the quiet breakfast by the rising sun and we had little time to soak in the property before we had to make our way back to the ferry point.