Christmas time, no mistletoe, but wine. (and lots of it!)

So we spent Christmas at Coral Bungalows. (Your home away from home (tm) ) A lovely bungalow complex on Koh Phangan run by a shady gun-totin', bungalow robbin' gangster called Ping Pong. And home to the friendliest staff we could hope to come across.

Our Christmas really started with a trip to Tesco on Koh Samui, to pick up supplies. Unfortunately, they were out of Afternoon Tea biscuits, Cadbury's Roses and didn't even have our second choice of Quality Street. However, we made do with a boatload of Danish butter Cookies, some assorted sweets, a nice bottle of wine and a good old fashioned bottle of Jameson. (because it's christmas and we're irish)

Of course then, we had to do our christmas shopping (so difficult when you've so many people to buy for!) And strangely enough, we all got exactly what we wanted! it's almost as if we had picked them out ourselves...

Christmas day kicked off with breakfast and some quality time out in the sun, under the palm trees, watching the sea lap in gently. I found out that my name was on the sign for a 'Christmas Jam' -
MC Xander (uk) - Human beatbox
Ender (USA-nti Bush) - Didgeridoo
Andy (Ireland) - Guitar.

So I spent the morning practicing chrismtas songs (concentrating on ones about the NYPD band still singing GALLLWAY BAAAY!!) Unfortunately, it started to rain really heavily, so we were forced indoors, and consecutively, really, forced to start drinking irish coffees & watching films for the afternoon.

Christmas dinner was a buffet, with everything you'd expect, as well as a whole roast pig, seafood and spring rolls. We were sitting at a table with some English Lads and Pejman, an Iranian/French painter we'd met before. (howyis!) The Christmas concert was a middlin' affair, although there was some excellent singing from the english lads (well done guys) during the fairytale of new york. Add some freeform improvisational hip-hop jamming (which i really tried not to, but MC Xander was all over the idea) and we had our concert.

Then, the good folks of Coral bungalows topped it all off with a festive rave. Hooray! Merry Christmas.