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Koh Lanta - heaven on earth.
Published: April 9th 2013Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta
April 9th 2013
After yet another horrific journey which should have taken 4 hours but instead took 10 (including a 2 hour wait in someones front garden - only in Thailand!) we were dropped off at our accommodation in Koh Lanta. The owner of the huts we had booked to stay in was very friendly but the huts were like being back in the jungle, it was made of bamboo with holes so there was plenty of wildlife in there and we had a big mosquito net all around our bed, and one little fan which did little to cool the room. But we thought we would suck it up and enjoy being at one with nature.. Our first impressions of Koh Lanta weren’t great, we had heard so many good things about the place, the beautiful beaches, the ... read more
Ko Lanta and Ko Phi Phi - Playing Motorbike Dominoes
Published: March 28th 2013Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta
March 21st 2013
Hello all. I came to realise something while we were on Phi Phi that I'd like to share it with you. In many ways travelling is very similar to normal life - it revolves around 3 main things - eating, shitting and sleeping. I would say, roughly speaking that about 30% of your time is spent sleeping or finding somewhere to sleep, 20% of your time is spent shitting or finding somewhere to shit (or indeed not shitting and worrying about why you are not shitting) and another 20% of your time is spent eating or finding somewhere to eat. Another 10% roughly is spent talking about how good or bad your sleep was, how good or bad your shit/toilet was, or how good or bad your food was. The last 10% is just literally travelling. ... read more
March 18th 2013
Koh Lanta, 5-11 February Koh Ngai, 11-24 February Koh Samui, 24 February-4 March Bangkok, 4-5 March Koh Lanta was very relaxing and very beautiful. We spent the first few days just enjoying being settled in one place, wandering around Saladan where we were staying (the main dive and tourist site) and sampling fresh seafood caught just metres from where we ate. It was my birthday a couple of days after we arrived so we booked a boat trip out around the islands. The day began with an early morning drive from the north of the island right down to to the boat port on the east coast near to the Old Town. As we drove, it got more and more green and lush, the jungle ferns got bigger, the undergrowth around us more dense and the ... read more
Beautiful beaches, friendly people, tasty food and good times - leaving Thailand on a high
Published: March 22nd 2013Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta
March 18th 2013
After the madness of Phi Phi we needed to relax, unwind and get away from the party scene, as well as restore our faith in the country and its people, so arrived on Koh Lanta hoping to have a nice last few days. Thankfully, it provided just what we needed and having had no real expectations before we got there, it also surprised us in a good way. Getting off the boat at the pier there were a lot of taxi drivers and hotel touts vying for our business, and one guy seemed pretty genuine when he told us he had room at his resort on Khong Klong beach which he would take us to for free and it sounded nice so we went with him. We usually avoid touts like the plague but this guy ... read more
All good things must come to an end...
Published: March 2nd 2013Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta
March 2nd 2013
Well, the last two days have been excellent. Great weather and more good diving. The food has been very good and last night I had the the incredibly hot/spicy 'Tom Yam Goong' soup the lips have yet to lose some of the numbness but it was excellent. I'll post some more pictures on here when we get to Bangkok of sunsets, (more) fish! etc Today is our last day at Pimalai. We leave at 13:30 on the speedboat then minbus limo to Krabi airport then it's a 1 hour flight to Bangkok. We're staying there for 1 night then its a 13 hour flight home :-(... read more
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February 28th 2013
Today was the all day dive. We were going to Hin Daeng & Hin Muang - a 2 and a half hour boat ride away! We met at the jetty at 7:45 and after a slight delay we set sail at 08:15. There were only 11 divers so we had the run of the large boat . The weather was excellent (i.e. flat sea) so armed with a good book I settled in for the 70km trip. This was a 3 tank dive (we didn't get back till 19:00). I won't go into the details of the dive's, I'll let the pictures do the talking. The dive shop 'Scubafish' were excellent - recommended should you ever dive this way. Suffice to say it lived up to it's reputation of being one of the best dive sites ... read more
February 26th 2013
I'd packed all my gear the night before so I'd set the alarm for 07:15 giving me enough time to get ready and then walk along the beach to the jetty where our boat was moored. We were soon joined by the other divers, the dive guides and the crew. It was an hour to the dive site so we settled in with chocolate croissans, bananas and hot coffee - this is the life. Because of the unseasonal weather we all stayed inside as the rain kept sweeping in at regular intervals. Not that I minded because as soon as we were under the water it didn't really matter. As soon as we arrived we were ready to go. Rmembering to take the camera and put the mask on (!) in I went. We descended without ... read more
February 26th 2013
Having sluiced away all the salt water I'd accumulated we made or way up to the Sea View at the top of the resort. We wanted to have scout out this restaurant for another night so it was a good excuse to sit at the bar and sip a Negroni. We made our way back to the seafood restaurant on the beach where we shared some excellent barbequed prawns and a whole silver snapper. The next day was a 'no dive day' so up at a reasonable time and off to the restaurant for breakfast. I won't bore you with the details, the only difference from Sunday was more sunshine and a lot hotter! In the evening we were eating at the Sea View restaurant - a change from seafood and Thai - but first we ... read more
February 25th 2013
We awoke on our first morning at Pimalai to a sound that brought fear into my heart... it was raining! This was not good, though at least we could still walk about in shorts and a t-shirt once it had stopped, which it did after 30 minutes. Sunday was the lazy day, after breakfast (excellent) we headed for the beach and despite the fact it was a little cloudy you still needed sun tan lotion to avoid being burnt (as I learnt to my cost!) The only other thing on the agenda was to seek out the dive centre. This was duly done in the afternoon and after the ever present form filling was complete I'd booked myself for 3 dives starting tomorrow. Later on it started to rain so we headed back to the room ... read more
February 12th 2013
So here we go, the next chapter titled Asia has begun about 12 days ago. Lukas and I met up in Kuala Lumpur -he flew directly from Melbourne I made two overnight stays, one in Sydney in a luxury apartment in the very centre ad the other one was rather forced due to a missed flight in Singapore at the airport. The contrast of the ensuite master bedroom to the hard floor in front of gate 5 couldn't be bigger. Anyway, I made it a day late, which gave Lukas the freedom to chose our accommodation for the first nights, the princess chose a rather nice hotel. Still cheap but something I'm not used to as a backpacker :) We stayed in K.L. For a couple of days to relax and et used to the new ... read more
