Koh Pha Ngan is undoubtedly linked to drinking bucket after bucket of long island iced-tea while dancing around a campfire with neon paint in every shade of the rainbow on your face. The full moon party that takes place here once a month is famous worldwide and draws in huge crowds of young backpackers that come for nothing else than partying. But is Koh Pha Ngan any fun if the moon is not showing its full face? I decided to travel there exactly in the middle between two full moon parties to find out.