{"id":3309,"date":"2015-02-14T16:23:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T15:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2022-02-17T09:42:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T08:42:29","slug":"ko-pha-ngan-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/ko-pha-ngan-bangkok\/","title":{"rendered":"From Ko Pha Ngan to Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, Ru came back to Stuttgart and stayed at my place. It was the second time for her, and she liked it. She told me that she would open a hostel on Ko Pha Ngan or Koh Phangan so I said I visit her on the island when I get to Thailand. I never had the intention of going to Ko Pha Ngan in the first place. All you hear is the Full Moon Party, Half and Black Moon Parties.<br \/>\nThe hostel is in Thong Sala &#8211; the town where the ferry arrives. So far I did only see that part of the island. So I was quite happy when Ru asked me if I can take Elena on her free day around the island. Guess lazy me would just hang out around the hostel all the time.<br \/>\nAnd I have to say &#8211; I was wrong about Ko Pha Ngan! There are so many beaches &#8211; quiet, white sand and great watercolor. In the middle of the island, it is mostly forest and green with some waterfalls. In Thong Sala is a food night market and that was good as well. So it is an island where one can go!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/124.jpg\" alt=\"Ko Pha Ngan\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><br \/>\nThere are a few waterfalls to visit &#8211; not really my cup of tea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/125.jpg\" alt=\"Ko Pha Ngan\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><br \/>\nSo we went up to the view-point. Quite hot and humid &#8211; that makes for a lot of sweat. But then you have a nice view.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/126.jpg\" alt=\"Ko Pha Ngan\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><br \/>\nOn the way back down to the bike, we stopped here. Nice view as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/127.jpg\" alt=\"Ko Pha Ngan\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/133.jpg\" alt=\"But first....\" width=\"650\" height=\"418\" \/><br \/>\nBut first&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/128.jpg\" alt=\"Ko Pha Ngan\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/129.jpg\" alt=\"Ko Pha Ngan\" width=\"650\" height=\"478\" \/><br \/>\nTime for the first beach. It started to rain like hell, so we had to stop for some food and went to a bungalow place next to the beach. Friendly owner and restaurant staff. After the rain stopped, we walked to the beach and the girl went to get some waves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/130.jpg\" alt=\"Ko Pha Ngan\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><br \/>\nOn this site of the island, the roads go up and down. If you can ride a scooter, take one for a day and explore the island!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/131.jpg\" alt=\"Ko Pha Ngan\" width=\"650\" height=\"457\" \/><br \/>\nSleepy little boat parking<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/132.jpg\" alt=\"Ko Pha Ngan\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><br \/>\nThat was a wide beach with super fine white sand &#8211; great!<\/p>\n<h2>No time no time!<\/h2>\n<p>Since I had to pick up Laura in Bangkok and meet a few friends before that, it was time to leave after a few days. Got the bus &#8211; ferry &#8211; bus combo to the bus station in BKK. The bus leaves with the 17:30 ferry or something, so you still can enjoy a day on the island.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/57.jpg\" alt=\"Ferry Port\" width=\"650\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/59.jpg\" alt=\"On the Ferry\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><br \/>\nSee you again, island!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/58.jpg\" alt=\"On the Ferry\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/60.jpg\" alt=\"On the Ferry\" width=\"650\" height=\"419\" \/><br \/>\nWhen it gets dark it gets boring outside, so I went inside. It was boring too!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/61.jpg\" alt=\"On the Bus\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><br \/>\nLucky me &#8211; a girl had the seat in the front and her boyfriend the seat next to me. So she wanted to change. Yes &#8211; more legroom &#8211; thank you!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/62.jpg\" alt=\"Wires\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><br \/>\nHello Bangkok &#8211; Wires in front of my guest house. They gave me a room at 6.30 in the morning and I could sleep a bit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/63.jpg\" alt=\"Fried Rice\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><br \/>\nThen to the little park for some foooood!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/64.jpg\" alt=\"Police Speakers\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><br \/>\nOk &#8211; they do look loud!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/65.jpg\" alt=\"Big fat Lizzard\" width=\"650\" height=\"422\" \/><br \/>\nHello old friend &#8211; still healthy-looking<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/66.jpg\" alt=\"Melanie &amp; Me\" width=\"650\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nMelanie &amp; Me<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2015\/asia\/67.jpg\" alt=\"Gerben &amp; Me\" width=\"650\" height=\"482\" \/><br \/>\nGerben &amp; Me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, Ru came back to Stuttgart and stayed at my place. It was the second time for her, and she liked it. She told me that she would open a hostel on Ko Pha Ngan or Koh Phangan so I said I visit her on the island when I get to Thailand. I never&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":3317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kb_optimizer_status":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307,142,3,44,882,4],"tags":[86,349,371,308,881,350],"class_list":["post-3309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ko-pha-ngan","category-asia-travel","category-bangkok","category-food","category-koh-phangan","category-thailand","tag-asia","tag-bangkok","tag-food","tag-ko-pha-ngan","tag-koh-phangan","tag-thailand"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/129.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Marc Hastenteufel","author_link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/author\/marc\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/129.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13290,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3309\/revisions\/13290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}