Blogs from Ko Lanta, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 43

Hello again! So we have left Ko Lanta and travelled for 12 hours today to find ourselves in Kanchanaburi, 150 kms east of Bangkok - home to The River Kwai, Hellfire Pass and The Tiger Temple. We have 2 nights / 2 days here before heading off for Cambodia so I thought I would give a rundown on our time in Lanta. The good and the NOT so good!! Originally this blog was titled Ko Lanta - From the Pits of Hell to a Slice of Paradise (and you will soon work out why!) however I found a better title! Hehehe! However lets start where I left off with one of the previous blogs and we had just gotten off the ferry from hell and were on our way to the perfect resort where nothing could ... read more

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!!!! I hope everyone had a safe & fun New Years Eve.... while we missed our close friends and family we had a ball and wish we could of shared it with those we love! You have to do a New Years overseas at least once in your lifetime!! But where to start?! Finding Nemo - A day of snorkelling fun We started our day off with a day trip to the islands surrounding Ko Lanta with our new friends that we met in Phuket - Pat and Alison from England. I had originally booked a private day trip with Lanta Long Tail and when we found out that Pat and Alison would be on Lanta at the same time we invited them along... we are so glad we did! We all ... read more

Sawaydee-krab en sawaydee-kaah!! gelukkig nieuwjaar! Wel een beetje te laat, maar het duurde effie om de boodschap tot in belgie te krijgen. We hebben, veel langer dan voorzien, 11 dagen op koh lanta doorgebracht. Zeer druk bezig wel altijd, op strand liggen, naar de zee sleffen, effe erin duiken, terug sleffen, ietske eten, brommerke rijden (bart, cis, jawel, ik heb met vallen en opstaan met vitessen leren brommeren, er was wel geen koppeling aan, maar dat is slechts de volgende stap) naar ander strand, gaan liggen, naar de zee sleffen, etc... En daartussen een paar keer gaan duiken natuurlijk. We zijn drie keer naar dezelfde plek gaan duiken (hin daeng), want daar waren de condities duidelijk het beste in de buuurt. Dat zijn twee onderwaterrotsen in het midden van de zee (4 u met de boot ... read more

happy christmas and a smashing new year! hannah and i have just unwillingly reaquainted ourselves with bangkok after a few weeks on the beautiful island of koh lanta... we had intended to be sensible and head to ko chang for our well - deserved holiday....what? travelling is hard work. not as hard as say, actual work mind....no, who am i trying to kid? we wanted to get a tan in time for australia. superficial are we? you're damn right we are! koh chang is only five hours travelling from bangkok, where we need to be to get our flight next thursday. so it would make more sense to do that than to travel a whole extra day out of our way, right? trust The Cockneys to go and fling a spanner in the works! we'd never ... read more

Well, I'm on Koh Samui and I can honestly say, despite the fact the place is gorgeous, I've been happier. For starters, my money appears to have dried up somehow, so I'm waiting on that to be resolved, and today has been pretty much a nothing day, just staring at the sea (albeit not a bad thing to be staring at), trying not to spend too much money on the 'unimportant' things (ie food, water, haha) and wanting very badly to do just that. Secondly, I've not been able to access my email for two days, which is bad news because all the info for my next hotel booking is on there. Damn you Gmail, damn you right down to internet hell! On the positive side though, I spent a few gorgeous days on Koh Lanta, ... read more