Thailand Full Moon Party

Wow!!! Finally we got to Koh Samui…what a beautiful place, it’s full of nightlife and crazy people.

We stayed in Koh Samui 3 days before going to Koh Pahgnan, I rented a scooter, and I spent the most part of my days in the massage place with John, ha.

At night, we went to different places, the most original place there was the ICE BAR, it’s a small bar, divided in 2 rooms, the main room and the ICE BAR which is at -7º so to get in, you must wear a coat and gloves. Most people are wearing beach clothes, so here they supply you with a big coat and gloves so you can be able to enjoy this original bar.

The ice was brought from Canada, (the owner said that in Canada has a special way to make ice) the bar is all decorated with ice Buddha’s, ice tables, and a beautiful ice Rickshaw and the drinks are served in ice glasses.

We also went to a bar called Mint… the music was very nice and around it was full of bars, which normally are connected by a small street so you can mix with the people in the street and in the other bars, because they are very close to each other.

On Friday we took a speed boat to get us to Koh Pahgnan, we stayed in a beautiful place called The Sanctuary, which was in a hidden beach, with organic food, yoga, spa and Thai palm houses, which were beautiful!!!



On Saturday, it was the day of the Full Moon Festival, John and I worked on doing a plan for filming on the night.
Also we were celebrating our 6-month anniversary in the Smirnoff 10!!! Everyone was super excited about the full moon festival and Kung was in the DJ line up of that night.

So, the main festival was in Had Ran, a beach 20 min in a boat from our Sanctuary, so we got there in a boat, we danced and talked to the people over there, we worked hard the first hours and then we left Had Ran, and left to our Sanctuary, because they had another full moon party over there…Which was awesome!!!! The DJ was a French guy: he played progressive trance and minimal techno (my favourite genres of music) so I danced all night 'til the sun came up!

After the party was finished, some drum players took their drums to the beach and made a small drum battle while we were taking the sun and drinking a healthy smoothie from the Sanctuary.

This festival was the best festival in a long time… the moon was beautiful, on this island the moon looks a lot bigger, the people were so nice and the place was such a beautiful dream, so calm and chilled out.

Now we have to leave because we have a flight to catch to Takashi’s hometown JAPAN!!!!!!

Thailand

Bangkok reminds me of my hometown, the city its pretty similar, but the difference here is that here its packed of
Vegetation, Buddha’s and flowers, the weather is humid and warm but very nice.

The first day we were here Kung took us to a traditional Thai massage place, Oh my God, it was extremely good and cheap, the massage ladies are like massage machines, super strong.

Bangkok night life counts with a nice music scene, you can find R&B, Hip-Hop, trance music and obviously Drum n bass! The first night we went out, we went to a very popular club in Bangkok called Club Culture, this club host nights of drum n’ bass and minimal techno mainly, the tables of the place are the most originals, because they are acrylic cube lamps with the design of a wooden table and they look super nice in the darkness of the place. After there, because here places close at 2.00am, we left to Kung’s House… ha-ha it was so strange to meet his brother his friends, his city and his house and being in his room talking and be able to see the lifestyle of my new best friend in this trip was a very nice experience.

We had busy days with media here in Thailand, we had a conference press in an Official Smirnoff bar, which was the place where our Thailand party has hosted. The party was on Saturday and it was super packed, we got two different areas, in the upper level Kung played some drum n bass with an MC, there were very refreshing drinks with watermelon and the place and the people were very nice.



The city also is invaded by the smell of the street food, that its quite spicy and super super, super hot!

There’s a street called Khao San Road, which is a tourist street, with stores, bars, restaurants, hostels and lots of hidden bars between the small streets that sneak between the stores.
You can find there all kinds of noodles and unusual salads and my favourite dessert here; sticky rice with mango and coconut milk.

There’s a super big weekend market called Chatuchak, this market is awesome, you can go spend all day there, eat something and shop very cheap and beautiful stuff… lamps, wooden frogs, fabric key chains elephants, candles, dresses, shoes, bags, pins, toys, CD’s, electronic stuff, and all you can imagine, you can find it here, Kung took us last Sunday, it was nice but exhausting!

By the way, the traffic in Bangkok its pretty busy, so if you are in rush hour… you just can take a moto taxi! Wow this is the best and the most original thing I have seen here, it’s super cool, because you get faster to anyplace and I have to admit that its super fun and I love it!



Next week we are flying to Koh Phagnan, ready for the Full Moon festival and Koh Samui Island, yes!!!!
Beach again!!!!

INDIA

Rickshaws, fabrics, colourfully religious images of a thousand colours everywhere…The incense smell gives you the welcome in the International Airport of Mumbai.

Traffic is very busy, you can take a walk through Bandra street which is lit by this huge market of accessories, fabrics, cheap clothes, shoes, bags, etc.

The first few days here, I took the time to take just few rides by rickshaw so I could feel closer to the real India.
India is packed with colour, food, spices, cows and chivas. In the streets you can get the best Masala Chai (tea) in the world, because obviously, it’s the original one, for just 5 rupees.
You can also get curries of all flavours and colours imaginable.
India Gate is located in the downtown, where there are lots of streets for shopping, you can get everything you look for, from wooden Ganeshas to clothes and powder paint with Indian design stamps for the body.

India has lots of contrasts, is very busy and crowed by the traffic in the city, but also its pretty relaxing and chilled out, people here its very friendly, and you can hear music by everywhere in the streets mixed with the sound of millions of horn sounds from the traffic in the city in the rush hour.


India Nightlife is very alternative; you can find lots of different scenes. Places like “Blue Frog” offer different music every night, the party officially ends at 1:30 am because they have a restriction on bars and dancing places. But that’s when you can go to the famous house parties… Yeah that’s right, everyone goes to someone’s house and spend the night partying there till 9 or 10 in the morning.

India’s music scene is famous because of their Bollywood scene, which is pretty strong, but India also has different music like hip-hop, indie rock and alternative music like techno, psychedelic trance and trance. India has one of the biggest scenes of psychedelic trance music in the world.

Mumbai, Taj Mahal, Goa, Delhi… India has lots of world icons including Gandhi, Shiva, Siddhartha, Buddha, incense, curry, spices, elephants, karmas, mysticism…India has lot to offer, beautiful beaches, beautiful people, beautiful culture and very strong beliefs.

We had busy days in India, because we had photo shoot sessions, radio interviews and we had a brunch at Zenzi Club - a special brunch organized to show a photo exhibition of the pictures that us the Smirnoff Ten had taken since we started this trip, and the brunch was great, with a big variety of Indian snacks and food, and green apple martinis, Djane Pearl from Mumbai span nice progressive trance.


Also Paul Van Dyk was playing at a special party sponsored by The Smirnoff Experience, the place was completely packed and. They had a variety of martinis, and vodka drinks

I have always wanted to go to India, and as well India was exactly what I was expecting, I had an incredible experience here, and for sure I will come back, because there’s still lots of stuff that I haven’t seen before here, I really loved India.