the first full moon party
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Re: the first full moon party
god, what bullshit!!!
I have been living in Phuket since 1985 so do know what was going on in samui as i was back and forth alot in 88-89 working for a magazine.
i went to a full moon party in 1988 and it was nothing like the photo, there was very little there, maybe 1,000 people partying stayed at hat rin in a bungalow with generator over the water for 150 baht
Someone should write the author an time
even wikipedia states 1985...
The first ever Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan was in October 1988 ......
First, we were doing Full Moon Parties on Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, for about six months before that — maybe a year. I had a restaurant-bar on the beach and was the only farang [foreigner] with a business there at the time. We had a generator like all the other resorts, but it was only operational from about 6pm to 10 pm.
I lived in samui in 1984 for 6 months and there were tons of farang run bars, bungalow, gh's all with electricity.The first Full Moon Party was improvised at a wooden disco not far from the beach in 1985, for giving thanks to about 20–30 travelers
I have been living in Phuket since 1985 so do know what was going on in samui as i was back and forth alot in 88-89 working for a magazine.
i went to a full moon party in 1988 and it was nothing like the photo, there was very little there, maybe 1,000 people partying stayed at hat rin in a bungalow with generator over the water for 150 baht
Someone should write the author an time
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Re: the first full moon party
Right, if he can remember it, he wasn't there.phuketrichard wrote:god, what bullshit!!!
even wikipedia states 1985...
The first ever Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan was in October 1988 ......
First, we were doing Full Moon Parties on Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, for about six months before that — maybe a year. I had a restaurant-bar on the beach and was the only farang [foreigner] with a business there at the time. We had a generator like all the other resorts, but it was only operational from about 6pm to 10 pm.
I lived in samui in 1984 for 6 months and there were tons of farang run bars, bungalow, gh's all with electricity.The first Full Moon Party was improvised at a wooden disco not far from the beach in 1985, for giving thanks to about 20–30 travelers
I have been living in Phuket since 1985 so do know what was going on in samui as i was back and forth alot in 88-89 working for a magazine.
i went to a full moon party in 1988 and it was nothing like the photo, there was very little there, maybe 1,000 people partying stayed at hat rin in a bungalow with generator over the water for 150 baht
Someone should write the author an time
I was in Koh Phangan before full moon parties and all that, and the only things there were the moon, the beach, a couple of bungalows and us. I seriously don't remember all that much but it was very very cool.
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i was always under the impression that the first full moon party originated from about 20 odd backpackers celebrating someones birthday and the music was just a guy with his guitar
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I went to "full moon parties" in India that were like that. Fucking bongo players and didgeridoo and chilums and stupid counts with dreads talking shite about spirituality.Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2015 11:26 am i was always under the impression that the first full moon party originated from about 20 odd backpackers celebrating someones birthday and the music was just a guy with his guitar
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haha how on earth did you come across this old threadJohn Bingham wrote: ↑Thu Aug 30, 2018 12:18 amI went to "full moon parties" in India that were like that. Fucking bongo players and didgeridoo and chilums and stupid counts with dreads talking shite about spirituality.Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2015 11:26 am i was always under the impression that the first full moon party originated from about 20 odd backpackers celebrating someones birthday and the music was just a guy with his guitar
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Re: the first full moon party
I am pretty sure the photo is current. Does it say it is from 88??phuketrichard wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2015 10:05 am
i went to a full moon party in 1988 and it was nothing like the photo
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