It’s 2am and 24 degrees in Pattaya, Thailand. In a field outside of the city, dozens of people are creating a communal, ...

Thailand has attracted a colorful cohort of intrepid travelers since the 1960s. This trickle became a flood when Iran’s Islamic Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan severed the fabled ...

Warning: "White Lotus" Episode 5 spoilers ahead. HBO's "The White Lotus" had already lit the fuse on the Thailand Full Moon party celebration. In Sunday's episode, those bacchanal fireworks explode.

Colin Hinshelwood is a Scottish journalist living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He attended the first Full Moon Party on Haad Rin Beach in 1988 and shared his memories with TIME. “The first ever Full Moon ...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Season 3 of “The White Lotus.” The characters on this season of "The White Lotus" weren't the only ones to go to the Full Moon Party — at least two of the ...

When The White Lotus characters Chelsea, Chloe, Saxon, and Lochlan decamped to the Thai island of Koh Phangan for a Full Moon ...