Arriving on Koh Pang Yang beach in December the year of 2019, I didn’t expect the trip to end the way it did, let’s just start from the beginning. My boyfriend surprised me with an amazing 3 week holiday for Christmas, we both decided to make it different this year, our friends and families were excited for us. It was a trip travelling to Thailand and then to the amazing Bali. I couldn’t have been any more excited than anything in my whole life. I had no fear of the unknown and was excited to just get going. We had a few days in Bangkok, exploring Koh san road, taking in the culture and settling in to travel mode and then we had a few days working in an elephant sanctuary, they were elephants that have been saved from torture and a life of abandonment, it was one of the greatest experiences to spend that time with my favourite animal. Anyway after a few days, we were of from there island hopping. We got a catamaran which is a large speed boat, to Koh pang yang, an island of off Thailand. It was such a lovely day, the sun was shining the waves were quiet and people were peaceful. Arriving on Koh Pang yang it was different, island life was different. We had our own beach hut on the front of the beach, we had a little bar/restaurant right next to us and a walk down the beach there was more entertainment. We met some of the locals who were happy enough to give us lift’s to places, on the last night we went and done the full moon party, now I understand why people say it’s a full moon, it was crazy! It was the day to leave, we got packing said our goodbyes and thank you’s and of we went back to get a Catamaran back to the main island. There was something different about today, it was busy, dark, and the weather was rougher than usual. we boarded the catamaran, managed to find a seat as it was very busy, they put our bags all piled on top of each other at the front of the boat but that was the least of our worries on this trip. I’m oblivious to sea conditions but it was very choppy, as we set of I noticed we were smashing into the waves coming at us from the front, they were quite large, people were putting there hands up in the air as the waves were coming in hitting us, making a laugh out of the situation. At this point I’m still clueless and don’t think anything of it. About half way in, the waves are getting bigger and bigger, the catamaran is now smashing full force into the waves, all I can hear is crash and bang and feel the boat tip up then down sharply. I can’t see outside, all I can see is water, it didn’t start to feel right. The staff are calm, however people are starting to be sick as it is not getting any better, I think that whole trip me and my boyfriend were the only ones who were not sick, it was a foul smell. We overheard a conversation, there was a cyclone hitting the islands and this was the last boat out, now I didn’t know whether to think if we waslucky or unlucky at this point. The staff changed the channels on the tv to the safety video, advising on how to put our life jackets on, why would they do that? Unless we were at risk. It was just getting worse, now the captain has changed direction so the waves are hitting us from the side of the boat. I can only describe it as a disaster movie, all we hear down the walky talkies was ‘MAE DAY, MAE DAY. Now if I didn’t know any better I’ve seen a few films in my life and that has never ended well. The crew run to the front of the boat, I dare look out the window, I did. There was a wave coming towards us, it was huge. The captain sped the boat through the wave, all I heard was crash, bang again and all of a sudden alll of the power on the boat went down. We were in pitch black, no power, in the middle of the ocean. I look out the window, the waves are coming in like crazy. We are like sitting ducks getting smashed around the sea, everyone’s life jackets are on, people are crying. Who will save us out here? We had no chance. A few minutes later which felt like a good hour, the boat’s power came back on, the relief that went through my body. We smashed the waves for another hour to get back to mainland, when we did, people were getting of in wheelchairs, I’m sure there was a lot of trauma from that boat trip.