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Travel
Sean Smith

The Full Moon Party at Koh Phangan

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
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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