Koh Lanta

We flew from chiang Mai to Krabi on Monday with a stop in Bangkok. We stayed one night in krabi, checking out the night market and some coastside walking. We found more great cheap food, which has been easy to do on this trip. For dinner we had pad Thai with shrimp, stir fry morning glory with rice, BBQ tofu skewer, BBQ shrimp skewer, and large bottled water. For breakfast we had an omlette, fruit plate, toast, and 2 coffee's. Grand total for both meals? $6.60.

We took a van from Krabi to koh lanta needing two car ferry's to reach the island. We are staying at Narima in a great bungalow with a balcony overlooking the ocean. There is a pool, huge common area doubling as a restaurant, and it is very quiet. In fact, the whole island is very quiet right now.

We took a kayaking trip on the east side of the island which has a thick mangrove forest. Our guide took us down some smaller rivers whistling over some monkeys. Our guide had some local fruit and the monkey's know the routine. We handed and tossed the monkey's fruit and the went diving in the water if they had to. We continued on until we got a little out of control, heading for a tree and flipped the kayake. Luckily we had the camera in a wet bag, avoiding disaster. We took a break at the fish farm and saw some tiger sharks and king fish.

We rented a motor bike (Andrea was forced to wear the helmet) and we had lunch on the northern side of the island. Today we got massage/peticure's and hung out on the beach in the southern part of the island.

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Part of trip: Thailand, Summer '09

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