Ko Ma - Snorkeling!

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after sleeping for 2,5hours Robert and me decided to go snorkeling! 

After getting home from the half moon party I searched my cellphone because of the alarm clock. But I didn't found it anymore.... I thought, that I was too bucketed but in the end it just was not there any more... So I thought I lost it in the taxi last night.... Robert and me were laying in the back of a Pick up truck, which was prepared with lots of pillows... so I thought, that it just slipped out of my pocket.... So we went to the taxi driver (his name is Sorn) and checked his truck... but there was nothing... luckily his neighbor took my cellphone out of the car, because the alarm clock was just too loud in the morning.... hahaha so I got it back... after getting it back we asked him if he also can help us with the snorkeling trip... he told us a price and we just went with it! 

Half moon party - One of the biggest party events in Asia!

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last night Robert and me joined one of the big party events in asia!

Once upon a time people started to realize, that the moon and the stars are unbelievable intensive in Kho Phangan. I think it is because there is no light pollution around here, because it is in the middle of the ocean and here are really just a few houses. No streetlights!  I have never seen so many stars in the sky! In the cities we just see the big bright ones.... but over here it is like there are more than twice as much as you can see at home.....Of course the moon is even more intense than the stars.... It is really like a huge lamp in the sky.... 

Anyway people thought, that they have to celebrate the moon once a month! So they started to dance for the full moon and called it full moon party! Every month approximately 10.000 people from all over the world come together to celebrate this nature phenomena! And because people always wanna get more and more money nowadays they celebrate also half moon and black moon.... so there is a huge "rave" every week....kkkkk

And because people want to glow like the moon they get shiny tattoos! We got them too! Now you can guess which arm is Roberts and which is mine! kkkk

Kho Phangan - Neverland!

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The first day on Kho Phangan was more than perfect! We had the best breakfast I had in a year! Everything you can think about was at the buffet.... Even if we spent the last weeks in hotels.... This one was perfect, maybe because we were dining in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand, maybe because we have 32°C with a soft wind on our skin, but maybe because we start to relax..... or the buffet is really just too good!

Night train or freezer?! - How to get from Bangkok to Kho Phangan

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our journey from Bangkok to Kho Phangan took over 24hours! And yes the trip was worth it! I think we took all vehicles you can think of! At first we had to take a taxi to the Bangkok Central Station! And this Central station looked like old.... very old... like built up in the colonial era... And I think it was build during the time....

The second we entered a guy came straight to us and asked us where we wanna go....like everywhere, but after checking his outfit and his ID I told him and he sent us to an agency.... in the end we met the first ladyboy (he told us immediately) he took us to the agency and Robert was really really surprised, that he didn't figured...kkkk

Anyway with agency we booked our trip from Bangkok to Kho Phangan.... So the whole ride.... And for Thailand the service was kind of brilliant... Even if you had to trust the people... but sometimes it is good to trust people, right?!

Last night in Bangkok!

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Out last night in Bangkok was shorter then expected! 

With this very characteristic sunrise in Bangkok our night started....

I was laying in my bed in the hotel when the light suddenly turned into a very warm and at the same time aggressive yellow light.... it was twilight time.... good for edward and Bella, but for Robert and me it was time to enjoy the last party...

Wat Arun - Porcelain temple

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the last temple Robert and me visited during our stay in Bangkok was the big temple Wat Arun! It was a different kind of temple in compare to the others....

No gold, not so many statues, but a lot of porcelain! 

I think it was the most adventurous temple in Bangkok we explored. The stairs to the highest platform were so f***ing steep! You had to take care not to fall down again.... 

The grand palace - phra borom maha ratchawang

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The great palace is really a masterpiece of culture and art! After the laying buddha we were very impressed and I didn't expect to get more flashed as before. But the grand palace in bangkok, where the kings of Siam (today Thailand) from the later 18th century till the 20th century lived, was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. I can compare it to the big monuments I have seen in europe and Korea and this palace would be in the top five! Definitely!

I don't want to describe all the single pictures, but you have to check them out!