Blogs from Ko Lanta, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 39

This blog by Jacqui: In Ko Lanta we continued on our Harley wild hog adventures, muay thai fight nights and engagement celebrations! Ko Lanta is a beautiful long island, and somewhat strangely the second home of the Danes and many other Scandinavians (Jake and Alexis felt right at home with their blonde locks). There are beautiful beaches all along the western shore and dense mangroves and traditional villages along the eastern shore. We took a great motorcycle tour the length of the island where we saw ancient Chinese shophouses in Old Lanta, toured some Sea Gypsy villages and then stumbled upon "same same but different bar" for the afternoon. We also discovered that Ko Lanta rivals Bangkok's Muay Thai for entertainment. We took Alexis (poor Jake was suffering from Thai tummy) to a wonderful local Mauy ... read more

We arrived on the island of koh Lanta after spending hours squashed into a sardine can on wheels and a crazy driver! The island was relatively small and had plenty of beach resorts, more family holiday orientated I think, (after almost 3 weeks of staying on beautiful beaches with clear warm sea we had had enough of chilling out), so we hired a moped and drove around the island, it was quite poor, I am judging this by the state of peoples houses and the littered markets lining the edge of the road. The island was hit by 2004's tsunami but there was only considerable minor damage to be had. I booked in for another dive a few kilometers from Koh Lanta out towards koh Phi Phi (where the film The Beach was shot) I ... read more

Well it's been awhile since we have written, We were leaving Ko Tao, loved it there, what a cute little island, should have stayed there longer. We both got a little sick leaving Ko Tao, but got over it in about a day and some resting. We left there and went to Ko Samui which was very busy and touristy. Not quite as nice, but still had it's cool and beautiful things about it. We stayed at a cheapy little bungalow called "Moon Bungalow". Very quiet and not much to do but good for relaxing. Ray found a wicked little restaurant up the road the food was frickin fantastic. We ate there 3 times in a day and a half. Leaving Ko Samui we took a ferry bus combo through the PP Family Tour Co. and ... read more

R&R In The Land of Beautiful Beaches It’s funny how on a trip like the one we are currently on, one feels the need to constantly be doing something. If you stop to take your time and sit around for a day you feel like you are wasting valuable time when you could be seeing something or doing something extraordinary. I struggle with this more than Kel does because I am the one who does all the writing for the blog. I often find myself thinking, what am I going to write about and how will I make this seem interesting to others who may read. It’s probably really dumb to think this way and I have been doing my best to convince myself that I shouldn’t beat myself up. With that disclosure out of ... read more

A couple of days ago we travelled up the island to Long Beach, which is an amazingly long stretch of beautiful soft sand. However, we decided that the quantity of bars along the beach probably meant that this would not be the place for us at night (far too loud). Yesterday I had another massage (it seemed a shame not to use the second discount voucher). I finally got the courage to try a Thai massage, which is all about putting pressure on your 'Zen' lines and quite a lot of stretching. Given the nature of the massage, I was given a change of clothes - a top and the biggest pair of trousers ever (fortunately they could be tied at the waist). I was then escorted to the massage platform which is located in a ... read more