Blogs from Ko Lanta, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 20

8.8.10 Ko Lanta - Staying with Graeme and Ae. Leaving Ko San in the early evening just as the heavens opened, we caught the first of 4 buses. (We were promised a direct bus) The first was an overnight bus to Suratanni arriving at 4:30am where we were abandoned onto the pavement to await our connection. Sun up and the 2nd bus arrived to transport us across Thailand’s southern strip to Krabi. Krabi is a small town we remember all too well (nothing good) where we were dropped at a ticket sales agent. We insisted we did not need accommodation, ferry or anything else. The next mini bus took us to an undisclosed location where again we confirmed to the pushy salesmen we did not need accommodation or anything else. Once believed, we were driven by ... read more

After a two hour boat ride from the mainland we arrived at Ko Lanta, one of Thailand's more overlooked islands. Occupying the same general area as better known islands, Ko Phi Phi and Phuket, it slips under most tourist's radars. I had missed it on my first tour of the Andaman coast and both Becca and I were excited to see it this time. After spending four days there I can say that I loved Ko Lanta and would rank it as one of my favourite spots in Thailand. Ko Lanta is relatively flat compared to the Phi Phi sisters and only its Western coast has swimmable beaches. These are a few of the reasons why it sees far fewer tourists than either Phuket or Phi Phi. When we arrived in mid May, peak tourist season ... read more

Krabi to Koh Lanta, 26th to 29th April 2010 We were the only westerners in the mini van from Malaysia to Thailand and it was quite funny trying to interpret what the Malaysians and Thais might be saying. The border crossing went smoothly except we always seemed to join the slowest moving queue. The difference between Malaysia and Thailand was apparent as soon as we crossed the border with things looking a little less unkempt and yet more people piled onto mopeds. We arrived into Krabi at around 5.30pm and checked into our room at the Grand Tower Hotel. We ate that eve at a small food market down by the harbour. For desert I indulged in one of my favourite Thai delicacies, a Thai pancake with banana and chocolate, yum! We walked off our dinners ... read more

I went to Ko Lanta by myself to have some chilled time out and to go on some adventures. I didn't get too far as within the first day I had met 2 great guys form London who were staying in the bungalow next to mine, who I joined in sitting in hammocks, smoking and drinking cocktails all day and all night for 5 days. The bar of the hostel was made out of all big lumps of drift wood and had lots of fairy lights, bits of coral, baloons and general brick brack hanging from the ceiling, and pillows, lows tables and hammocks too. So for 5 days all I did was that! It was great! Started to realise more that I was living the dream, I am in absolute paradise and soo soo soo ... read more

I moved from Phuket cause it seams a bit hectic and busy. I found a cool place. It's an island called Ko Lanta. I am staying right on the beach in a bamboo bungalow with a fan ( No A/C ), no TV and no hot water - not like any of that is really needed- all for $10 per night. Plus there is fantastic snorkeling right off the beach. It has a nice chill bar. The whole place is a garden, everything is built of bamboo or drift wood. Really cool. Got here last night after a 5 hour minivan ride that included 2 ferries. Went diving to Ka Haa today. It was really nice. We saw like 5 giant morrey eels, lion fish, scorpion fish, octopus, sea slugs, lobster and assortment of fish. Dove ... read more