Blogs from Ko Lanta, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia
May 10th 2012
The journey from Lipe to Lanta took six hours by boat and mini bus. We changed bus in Trang where we were ushered into a travel agent and told that due to low season we could get a hotel with pool, sea view, air con, mini bar, Wi-Fi and hot shower for the same price as the budget beach hut we had decided on! Our plans changed and it was booked! We arrived quite late had something to eat and went to sleep, without a mozzy net which was bliss! The next day we made most of the hotel enjoying the pool and cushioned sun loungers! If wed each had another book to read we could have done this for longer, but as you know I'm not very good at doing nothing and we were both ... read more
Amazing race, family edition: Samui to Lanta
Published: April 19th 2012Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta
April 19th 2012
"....on the next leg of the race, families must leave their hotel before it is even light, and make their way by high speed ferry from Koh Samui to the mainland of Thailand at Surathani. They must then take 2 poorly ventilated buses across the mainland to Krabi. En route, the youngest member of the party must find at least one roadside toilet necessitating the bus to stop. When they reach Krabi, they must find THIS man, who will eventually call a minivan to take them on 2 ferries to the Island of Lanta. This will be the pitstop for this leg of the race. The last team to arrive here may be eliminated from the race". It DId feel a little like this...a very long hot travelling day, but we did arrive here on Koh ... read more
March 20th 2012
Well the driver done as promised and dropped us off at some bungalows right by the beach and after some negotiation we had our own hut for 350baht a night for 3nights. The hut was cool as fuck with a hammock, our own brush to sweep my yard and attached shower/bathroom. The bed had a big mozzie net all the way round and a fan aiming straight at the bed. Perfecto. We spent 3days here at Long Beach pretty much on the beach from 10-1pm, a siesta while the sun was at its hottest then back out from 3-5pm before eating and sleeping. It doesnt sound like much but its heaven when you have been on the move for 2months. All the food places on the beach and some a bit further into the jungle done ... read more
Return to Thailand - Krabi and Ko Lanta
Published: March 24th 2012Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta
March 15th 2012
15th March ’12 Bye bye Vietnam, hello Krabi We set off very early for our flight to Bangkok and when we arrived we ended up in a massive queue for immigration, with time ticking down for our next flight on to Krabi. There were 2 queues and somehow we managed to pick the slowest. Then this Russian woman suddenly walked up the middle of the queues, got sent back and promptly pushed in the other queue and then got her mate up to join her. Then to my annoyance they both pushed in higher up our queue (and I thought Russians were used to queuing!), by now it’s obvious she has had a good few nips of the old vodka and she was kind of staggered a bit, glaring at everyone. Funny they picked the slowest ... read more
Koh Lanta, a more laid back Thai Island
Published: February 27th 2012Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta
February 27th 2012
On January 4th Aoife and I arrived in the island of Koh Lanta. We stayed in a hotel called the Ailf Apartments for around $20 per night. The hotel is about a 10 minute walk from the beach up a back road in the middle of nowhere. However, they provided us with a motorbike during our stay for free and we were allowed to use the beachside pool in their sister hotel, the Garden Hotel. This was where we spent most of our time in Koh Lanta! Koh Lanta is by far the least developed Thai island that we've been on and there was a very relaxed vibe about the place. It was exactly what we looking for from Thailand. The hotel worked out well with the free motorbike and the use of the swimming pool ... read more
BLOG 19 KO-LANTA. TRANG. BANGKOK
Published: February 28th 2012Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta
February 27th 2012
10 fÉVRIER, 2012, nS SOMMES AU LANTA PARAGON, RESORT, HAT (PLAGE) kLONG NIN. ce matin ... read more
February 23rd 2012
Curiosity got the best of us, and we said farewell to our island paradise to take a boat to check out another (less popular) island. Ko Lanta is significantly larger than Ko Phi Phi and has more local Thais than tourists. It's very chill, so things shut down around 10PM and nothing's crowded. Our 1.5 day stay was the perfect amount of time to soak up this island. We lucked out by finding a cheap and very cool guesthouse (with our own personal lizard) just steps away from where our boat docked as the sun set. Bags down, it was time to explore. We walked past an art gallery and both stopped at a giant, beautiful abstract painting. How much? $75 and our first art purchase was made! We expect offers of $2000 or more for ... read more
A long way down south.....
Published: February 18th 2012Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta
February 18th 2012
4 books down and Pauls crayons have run out... the challenge begins, the next ones got no pictures!! After 2 buses and a total of 19 hours sat on them we arrived in Phuket (12th February). We went to Patong for the afternoon, our first bit of beach, it was long overdue even if it did remind Paul of Magaluff... definately a tropical island next!! Koh Phi Phi (14th February) was our first island stop. In a word, beautiful!!! It has the bluest seas and the whitest soft sand! Our first day there we went snorkelling and go to go to Maya Bay where The Beach was filmed, it really was gorgeous but so full of tourists! (including us!) We then got taken to Monkey Beach which is a beach only occupied by wild monkeys, they ... read more
February 13th 2012
Sista dagarna i Thailand... På Koh Lanta fastnade vi på Lanta family Resort. Inget fel med det för det var ett underbart ställe, men hade inte Erics storslagna solsveda satt in parallellt med Karins repris på thailandsmagen hade v i sökt oss söderut på ön för ett lite mer öde place med Anders och Emelie.Sista dagen tog vi oss dock alla i kragen och anlitade Farouk tuk-tuk service en heldag till Lantas södra udde där vi fick både en djungelvandring med apfika (alltså fika med hungriga apor hängande över axeln, där en och annan bordsgranne blev bestulen på sin lunch av de små gynnarna). Eftersom alla i vårt gäng fortfarande dröp av svett efter klättringarna i djungeln tog oss Farouk till en strand med lunchställe i närheten, Same Same but Different, där vi till slut fick ... read more
February 8th 2012
Nu har vi kommit fram till kära Koh Lanta! Och Anders och Emelie tog emot oss varmt! Resan var väl inte helt smärtfri, kommunikationen mellan Malaysia och Thailand är inte helt fungerande och vi var nära att bli strandade på Lankawi. Jag som älskar att åka båt gjorde det korkade misstaget att sitta på däck i strålande sol i över 6 timmar! Lite Aloe Vera kommer att gå åt ikväll med andra ord.. Vi bor på hotellet precis brevid där vi bodde förra året, får se hur länge vi stannar. Just nu vill vi nog bara sova och sätta ACn på Max. Efter en bananasplit känns det helt rätt att ta kväller, Emelie är och får massage, men jag avvaktar till imorgon. Eric är lite värre bränd än vad jag är, så vi får väl se ... read more
