Dear curators! I want Phangan will share history of the travel on the fantastic island. The island Phangan or To Phangan (Kho Phangan) is in the Gulf of Thailand, in Surattani's province, at distance of 15 km from the island Samui. The name To Phangan has happened from Thai "To" — "island" and "Ngan" — "tongue of sand", during otliv which near Panggang are brightly expressed, it is possible to observe these tongues of sand around the island.
About 168 sq.m. of 70% of the area occupy the island space the mountains covered with rainforests, other 30% — beaches and coconut plantations. On Phangan the king of Thailand – the Frame of V very much liked to be. The first time it has arrived to the island in 1888 and after that came 14 more times here.
The island is very similar to paradise … I do not know how paradise looks, but, probably, on feeling also, and on beauty too.
Ocean, jungle, palm trees, fruit and heat.
The island all the time sounds. In the morning birds sing, in the evening of a cicada and still some living creatures issue the symphony sounding from palm a grove. In the afternoon Thais and white men drive on mopeds. On foot especially nobody goes.
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The external silence and sounds of the nature give feelings of the house. I understand why people decide to remain to live here. Here you hear what you feel in case of meditation inside outside. That house that inside, you can find outside in this place — on Pangana — the island in the Pacific Ocean.
In case of such silence it is very heard itself. Even not habitually somehow. Too simply. Mind refuses to trust.
And directly the choice dilemma rises — to be fair and courageous to look and recognize … Or to suppress this wave of OM of Fm of radio all possible means.By New year and Christmas the island was filled with tourists from around the world. Someone has arrived for 2 weeks, someone for a month or to winter on all three. Traffic circulation became more brisk and filled with funny things, incidents. But despite it, approach of a przdnik was felt. I the first time then celebrated New Year not in Russia.Locals and tourists not of the first year on Phangan, showing on scratches, scars, tell "Phangan a tattoo". It means that if in spirit you go on difficult roads of the island, then for memory receive here such "tattoos" which will long remind of the islandFor these 3 months I have made friends with the nature and climate, have got used and I feel very well. Also I have made friends with Thai cuisine. Our food became to a large extent vegansky as we were on vegetarianism. In Thai cuisine there are no dairy products. The climate and abundance of fruit promotes the facilitated food and improvement.
To meet a decline and to see off the sun in is one of traditions on the island tomorrow. Every day new paints and shades. Sometimes people gather on some beaches together to meditate at sunset and to sing mantras.
The island is complete of yoga, seminars, occupations, versatile training, ceremonies and initiations. Such feeling that all yogas and leaders of seminars, and also pilot "seminarshchik" are flown here on wintering. Heat, sea, tasty, slowly and quietly. The island dazzles not only paints of the jungle and flowers, and talented and unusual people. Here almost everyone — the master something, some practice. People are flown from around the world. I here have made friends with Turkish women as it has appeared, not absolutely simple too. One of them — the professional master to a massage vats (in water), the second — the popular TV host and the film actress.
People are as one more feature of this island. Some longsteyshik joke that fault to all pink quartz which loads and loads on the island. Magic properties of pink quartz, maybe, attract all these unusual people on the island?! We have met many acquaintances. As it has appeared, here it is absolutely normal. The island is very popular among "".
On the island there are also beautiful falls to which it is necessary to make the way through the jungle. It is good that tourists have trodden tracks. On falls it is possible to be refreshed well as water is more cool, than in the sea.
Naturally the island is divided into zones. There is a place for family and silent stay with children, is — for a separation and spirit, parties, is — for training by yoga, seminars, is — for immersion in local culinary culture and shopping, is for — a snorkeling and diving. There is a bungalow and houses which are far in the jungle, on the mountain or on the rock, it for a complete privacy and silence. The mood will determine where to you today.
It is possible to feed not with one yoga soul. On the island also 1 Chinese temple in honor of the goddess Guan Yin is a lot of Buddhist temples. But the nature is the great temple and the teacher at the same time. Here just you sits down in shadows of palm trees, or at itself on a porch, or on the beach … you close eyes and … in the internal temple …
Generally, when you will be in Thailand, surely get on this island. You will not regret.