Ko Pha Ngan

My first destination outside Bangkok was the island of Ko Pha Ngan. I arrived in Hat Rin on 2nd December, and was dismayed to find that the island was being battered by unseasonal rains. It came down in buckets, sheets, and sheet-filled buckets all day and all night, and the roads frequently turned into rivers. There was barely a soul there, so after two miserable nights I packed up my things and went back to the mainland and Bangkok. I found out later that two girls were drowned in the sea a few days after I left, due to the stormy currents. The camera's still on the blink, so here's a photo from the interweb that sums up the mood of the place.