Thailand

I have wanted to travel to Thailand for about 10 years. We finally had an opportunity to go over Christmas 2004/New Years 2005 and we made the decision to take just under 3 weeks to live on the beaches, swim in the ocean, eat great food and explore the natural beauty of a few small islands. Sean and myself were travelling with Raquel and we spent a whole day 3 weeks prior to our departure date roughing out the details of our trip. We wanted to go to Koh Samui and Koh Lanto or Koh Phi Phi. Originally we were going to go to Koh Lanto or Koh Phi Phi first as they were faster to get to. Then, a friend of ours named Russ who has been travelling in South East Asia since September told us about a great all night Full Moon beach party on Koh Phangan just north of Koh Samui. We decided to change our plans around and go to Koh Samui first. We purchased air tickets that would bring us as far as Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia because they were a good deal and this decision, the above change in plans along with a few other unforseen occurences turned our trip into a string of fateful events that we won't soon forget.