Blogs from Ko Lanta, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 17

This entry will be a bit short since I'm a bit drunk on mojitos right now. I only had two, but man, they really getcha! Also, I don't have Zach's camera (which is waterproof) so I can't upload the underwater pics tonight. I will pop on tomorrow to do that. Well last Sunday... I think it was the 29th or something... we planned on going to Koh Phi Phi. We got rained out so ended up lounging around. Annie, from our bungalows, had her son drive a few of us around Lanta for a free tour because she felt bad we couldn't do our tour. It was really sweet of her and her son, and it just ended up being one of the many kind things the staff here did for us. Monday, the weather could ... read more

I left you whilst still in Krabi where i managed to tone my leg muscles fairly impressively by walking the 1237 steps at the Tiger Temple; I had decided i should do a little site seeing after the previous day of doing nothing, so after much deliberating over the cost of tours versus hiring motorbikes versus buses i decided that by far the safest ,and actually cheapest way, would be to take a local bus. On the bus i met two lovely German girls who i then spent the day with! So, whilst climbing up the aforementioned 1237 steps i think i must have lost my own body weight in sweat ... and by the time i reached the top (which did seem to take quite a long time?!) i looked like i might explode! ...and ... read more

Hej på er! Nu skall vi försöka sammanfatta våra tio fantastiska dagar i Thailand... Den andra november lämnade vi Vietnam och flög till Bangkok. Vi var lite trötta på storstäder så vi bestämde oss för att skippa Bangkok och ta nattbussen till Krabi, som ligger på Thailands sydvästra kust. Eftersom Mia kom ihåg att det inte var helt säkert att ta en buss ifrån Bangkok centrum så ville vi ta oss till Bangkoks busscentral där man kunde ta de säkra government VIP-busses. Vi tyckte att vi hade riktigt god tid på oss när vi satte oss på bussen från flygplatsen till busscentralen. Vi hade dock inte räknat med Bangkoks galna trafik! Det stod helt stilla många gånger, så vår bussresa som egentligen skulle ta max en timma, tog istället TRE timmar! Med andan i halsen hann ... read more

12 November 2010 7:30 am and no rain. I looked out of our bedroom window towards the sea. Where, yesterday, there had hung heavy grey clouds today there hints of blue. However, yesterday started this way and the last weather forecast we saw predicted more of the same for today. This made deciding what to do today difficult. There are two things in particular that we wanted to do, firstly walk to the island view point and secondly take a boat trip snorkelling which includes a stop at Maya Bay - “The Beach”. It may not entirely surprise you to discover that the day passed without either of these outings having formed a part of it. We met Scott & Sara for breakfast during which time the sun came out to play and the temperature began ... read more

Last night consisted of Luke and Scotty going out for a few beers with the Sweedish girls, with Luke and Scott returning home at 3am (local time) to wake Al and Mikey up for the Manchester derby. Luke and Mike regretted sitting through the 0-0 bore draw as they had to be up early the following morning for the snake show! This mornings snake show was an experience Mikey and Luke said they would never forget, attacking their fears by holding snakes and coming face to face with king cobra's. The rest of the day was a bit of a 'wash out' however the evenings entertainment came with a DF pool tournament in which Mikey beat a 'supposedly' former champion of Thailand and increased his lead to 2-1 over Luke on the Thailand strip. Koh Lanta ... read more