Blogs from Ko Lanta, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 4

This trip started off with a few scary moments. I woke and noticed a brightness outside despite it only being 4am in mid winter. Looking out the bedroom window the thing we'd been dreading had happened. Everywhere was covered in a blanket if snow. Our taxi was due to pick us up at 5.15am to take us to the airport. By 5.20 when it hadn't arrived I began to feel nervous so phoned the taxi company who assured me a cab was on it's way. 10 minutes later it pulled up outside, the driver jumped out and proceeded to scrape ice from his windows. He confessed to us that he'd just been woken up and asked to take us and to be quick about it, apparently non of the drivers on the nightshift were prepared to ... read more

They say bad things come in threes. We had three things in one day and thought our bad luck was over. Little did we know what was about to hit us the next day! Our time on Ko Lanta started out pretty perfectly. We’d heard from the locals when we arrived that it had done nothing but pour rain day and night for seven consecutive days prior to our arrival. You could see it in the roads. The normally sandy road leading down to the beach from the main paved road was covered in deep ruts, the type that suck flips flops into an untimely death. Maybe we brought the California sun with us, or maybe it’s because we bought umbrellas, but somehow it came sunny the very next day and stayed that way, minus a ... read more

I'm in Koh Lanta now, nice island. Also a place where I'm realizing how little time I have left, before I need to be back in Bangkok. I planned a little on this rainy day. I'm going to Koh Lipe (snorkling/diving) next, on the 27th. Then back to Krabi (Ao Nang) and arrange some climbing on 'climbing paradise' Railay beach and Ton Sai. It's a bit more expensive, on the islands. A lot of items and food, are about twice the price it was back in the north. Probably just the price for supplying an island.. Slacklines hostel is nice. I prepared this review for later: "Good place! There's a dorm for about 8 people and a couple of bungalow huts. I stayed at the dorm, which is spacious, has fans and mosquito nets. Relaxed atmosphere,small ... read more

We arrived in our guesthouse in Koh Lanta and went to the beach. We walked to a beach we had seen on a guidebook that was said to be a beautiful long white sand beach... Imagine our disappointment when it turned out to be a rocky brown sand beach where swimming was unsafe! Unimpressed with the north of Koh Lanta island, and considering going to the south was 300 bath per person for 20 Kms (which is very overpriced!), we booked a ride to another nearby island. On the next day, we planned to go to Ko Mook for a few days, and then come back straight to the south of Koh Lanta (so we don't have to pay for the overpriced journey!). After our ride from our guesthouse to the pier, we get told our ... read more

Southern Thailand (Krabi, Koh Lanta, Koh Rok, Koh Mook (Emerald Cave), Koh Ngai) This part of our holiday is brought to you by the letter “s” … here it goes … S̄wạs̄dī (Hello) Sunsets Scorching Sun Searching for shade Sand following us everywhere Surf Snorkelling Sea Lice that Stings Soccer volleyball Scooting on Scooters Screaming kids Slacker Sunburn Suntan Sleeping in Swimming pool Saved by air conditioning Singing So many Swedes Sailboats Sea life Shells Swaying Coconut trees Suite upgrade Slow season starting Spicy (Seven)7-Eleven (really) Salamanders Sea monitor lizards Spiritual Solitude Study Stairs Steep... read more