Koh Samui and Koh Phangan

I was picked up at my hotel early to catch my flight to Surat Thani, where I would take a bus to the ferry, and ride the ferry for an hour to Koh Samui. There were people on the other side offering you a place to stay/free ride to the other side of the island - so I jumped in a mini van with 4 others to check out "home bay". First glance this place looked fantastic! Little bungalows on the beach with a fantastic view, with your own shower! (not always common). I jumped the gun a bit, because as I was putting on my swimsuit to head to the beach I heard some scratching in the walls! ahhhh! I told the guy I thought there might be mice in the walls and he said they would take care of it. Since I was already on my way to the beach and I thought it could just be a fluke, I stayed.
Well, you can pretty much guess that I was out of there first thing in the morning (before 7am). The nice driver I found took me to "Samui Mermaid" - a fantastic, nice, clean, beautiful place a couple towns down with a swimming pool! I am glad I will be staying here for the next two nights :)
I bought my ferry ticket to go to Koh Phangan for the day (the home of the full moon parties - too bad it's a new moon!). It is an island just north of Ko Samui, about an hour ferry ride. The main town is right off the pier, with sunset and sunrise beach within 10 minutes walking. I think the island is well known for parties all the time as they are advertised all over town (the one I saw advertised was a cross dressing pool party....) and when you walk onto the pier you are welcomed with club music no matter what time you arrive. I took a stroll through town, down to white sandy beaches and found a great place for lunch looking out over the water (just as a 30 min. shower rolled through). My boat back was at 5:30, so I missed the cross dressing pool party (bummer), but I enjoyed lounging on the beaches people watching! One of the best parts of the day was being able to go back to my nice, clean, beautiful, rodent free place! :)