Blogs from Ko Lanta, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 3

I am so happy on this island. I want to come for a month next year, but really need to be able to ride a scooter to get full advantage. YouTube it is, then! Today was something I’d planned to do since I knew I was coming here, to volunteer for a day at Lanta Animal Welfare, and see if I wanted to do it another day too. I emailed them before and said I’d turn up at 9 and stay until 5. The coordinator replied, no problem. I was super keen to hand over the bag of stuff I’d brought from home. Their website has a list of things they need, medical supplies, collars etc. Our lovely neighbour Helen had given me some worming tablets and I’d bought some stuff too. I was happy for ... read more

Travel day. I decided to come here by minibus. The other option was ferry via Railay to Saladan Pier, and then inevitably getting ripped off by a tuktuk driver. They know you have no choice. The minivan was cheaper, 350b, and offers a hotel to hotel service which may or may not work. In the case of the two girls going to Lanta Old Town, it didn’t. Only to the beaches at the top of the west coast. I got picked up at 10am, really promptly, and we made our way up the hill, picking others up in the cheaper hostels as we went. Got to the company ticket office in Krabi (there are many bus depots and one main station) in Walking Street and we all got out with our bags and exchanged our tickets ... read more

For our last few days on the island of Ko Lanta we moved to the south end of Long Beach. As the name suggests the beach is very long, about 2 - 3 kms. We'd been staying around the middle area but Sharon and Scott went to the south end when they returned from Australia. The area around us had become very quiet as we were getting into low season so we decided to move too. We found a lovely shady resort with a nice pool and because it was now low season we got it for a knock down price. 500Baht ( ( £11) a night. We've been spending time with Sharon and co at their pool and beach area and were also able to meet up for dinner easily in the nearby restaurant. One ... read more

Nach den beiden doch eher touristischen Orten Phuket und Phi Phi zog es mich dann weiter nach Koh Lanta. Mit der Fähre legte ich auf der Naturbelassenen Insel an und wurde mit einem Tuk Tuk direkt vor das Hostel gebracht. Es scheint als gebe es nur eine Strasse auf dieser Insel, welche die gut 30km lange Insel vom Norden Richtung Süden verbindet – und wie sich in den nächsten Tagen herausstellte, gibt es wirklich nur eine Hauptstrasse. Naja, Naturinsel halt. Sogleich im Hostel coole Leute kennengelernt und dann auch bereits am gleichen Abend eine 4 Island Tour für den nächsten Morgen gebucht. Tagwache 07:30! Und das obwohl ich eigentlich nach der Sauferei im Hangover Hostel auf Phi Phi mal dringend Schlaf benötigen würde. Noch am gleichen Abend ging es mit einer grossen Clique Abendessen und danach ... read more

Our first two months in Thailand hadn’t exactly been the relaxed chill out time we’d envisioned. As described in the previous blog, we were constantly nervous about news of the wildfires and the mudslides back home in California, and then there was my trip to Bangkok for surgery. On top of all this, Jake smashed his finger and couldn’t swim for over two weeks, making us both land-bound on a hot tropical island. We were determined our last two months would be better! Arriving back on Ko Lanta after spending a couple of days in Kuala Lumpur for a visa run felt so good. I remember our first evening back, walking down to the beach to see all the familiar volleyball players and feeling a sense of calm wash over me. We were greeted by our ... read more