Sean Smith 

The Full Moon Party at Koh Phangan

Patrick Kingsley and Guardian photographer Sean Smith travel to the popular gap year resort of Had Rin, on the island of Koh Phangan in Thailand, to meet backpackers attending the Full Moon Party
  
  


Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
New gappers disembark at Koh Phangan in time for August's Full Moon Party Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
Paradise Bungalows, where the Full Moon Party first began Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
British university students gather in a bar before the party starts
Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian Photograph: Action images
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The scene outside the Drop In bar in Had Rin Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
Koh Phangan's 'bucket' vendors Photograph: Sean Smith
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The famous buckets of booze Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The August Full Moon Party kicks off Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The night goes on... Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
...and on Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
Some lads on tour Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
Tourists - or backpackers? Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
You don't have to be mad to do this... Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The DJ claims that there are 10,000 people here at the party Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The morning after Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
Everyone's leaving Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Gap Year: The Full Moon party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
Until next time... Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
 

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