but revelry is in short supply in Haad Rin, home of Koh Phangan’s legendary Full Moon Party. The deserted streets of this small town are a study in neglect, an impression brought cruelly into ...

How the Full Moon Party came about is a matter of some debate. Joe Cummings, author of the original Lonely Planet Thailand, believes it was started by Haad Rin’s Tommy Resort in 1987.

Full moon party are all-night beach gatherings that take place every month on the Haad Rin Beach on the night of, before or after every full moon. Thousands of backpackers attend the event.

The naked body of a 54-year-old tourist was found lying face-down on a beach by a villager who was out on his morning walk ...

However, Nattakit Libprapakorn, 33, who today runs Haad Rin’s Phangan Bayshore resort started by his mother, believes the original Full Moon Party was a going away bash thrown by neighboring ...

The White Lotus' Aimee Lou Wood, Charlotte Le Bon, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Sam Nivola in a scene set at the Full Moon Party The White Lotus' Aimee Lou Wood, Charlotte Le Bon, Patrick ...