Drink, drugs and sex on the beach: Is THIS what your teenager is up to on their gap year?



By Laura Topham
Last updated at 2:34 PM on 25th September 2010

Were it not for the waves of green, clinking beer bottles, you’d think the hundreds of inert ­bodies strewn along the shore had washed up dead.
Behind them, many more youngsters are slumped, their heads between their knees, ­vomiting into the sand.

Then there are the men ­urinating in the sea and an array of naked couples bobbing up and down in the water. The sordid scene is lit by a beautiful, white full moon. But then this is the Full Moon Party on Thailand’s Koh Phangan island — the most renowned and revered experience on every backpacker’s itinerary.

Popular: The Full Moon Party on Thailand’s Koh Phangan island is a must for all backpackers (file pic)


Every month, 10,000 youngsters gather here and many of them are British middle-class school leavers for whom a trip to Thailand — and the rich cultural experiences it has to offer — has become a rite of passage


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