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Poolside at the Panviman Resort in Ko Pha-ngan, an island in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand. "Ngan" means sandbar, and the island is named for the clusters of sandbars off of its coast. Besides the beautiful beaches, Ko Pha-ngan is mostly made up of inaccessible mountain landscape and tropical forest, and is famous for its monthly music festival called the Full Moon Party. (