Lanta Old Town Ko Lanta

From Krabi we made our way by mini bus to Koh Lanta. This was also a funny bus journey as it turned out the mini bus driver was also the local paper man for the island and made stops on the main land to pick up papers and a lot of stops on the island to drop them off. The mini bus was also packed to the rafters and when the driver braked suddenly …

... ourselves to eggs, meat and veggies for breakfasts, we make the most out of it. After breakfast we pack our backpack and head out to Lanta old town on the east side. The ride to the town is quick, and we arrived even a bit early. So we park our bike and ...

... , pharmacies and a bank. A t-shirt and basket full of toiletries later and we were back on the road heading for Lanta Old Town, a thirty minute bike ride along the dusty west coast road before turning left to cross jungle and rubber plantations that lead ...

... are not unlike many northern Ontarians. I pictured Pete and I fishing for Walley at Lac De Milles suddenly became home sick. Lanta Old Town was deserted, I was the only tourist for miles and miles. Which was very nice, I was enjoying the solitude. If ...

... other couple joining us, so it looked like we were in for a peaceful day...very good start! Within half an hour we arrived at Lanta Old Town on the east coast, everything was shaping up very nicely - the sun was in the sky for the first time in a few ...

... is toch wel een hele bijzondere! De dag begon na een goede nachtrust, om 7u locale tijd, in onze bamboe hut in Ko Lanta, Thailand. Snel de 500 meter sprint naar het strand om in de nog jonge zonnestralen, na onze dagelijkse work-out, het warme water ...

... good too, with some great meals at Roi Thai and at Relax Bay. We dodged the rain one day and took a trip over to Lanta Old Town.  The east of the island is so green and quiet compared with the small tourist towns lining the beaches on the west ...

... advertised on sale.  We found a scooter a great way to explore the island and the next day traversed the island to visit Lanta Old town and the mangrove side of the island. To be quite honest, this was a bit of an anti climax, although we found a ...

... and we spent the rest of the day by the pool.  Then, at 6;00 the hotel mini-bus took us to the Lanta Festival in Lanta Old Town, about a half hour drive.  This is the island's festival and is very much an event for locals rather than tourists ...

... group and having some independence after a successful day riding we both wondered why we hadn't tried more earlier on in the trip. We saw Lanta Old Town a beautiful little town with all the houses on the sea and on stilts, we sat in a restaurant and ...

... a fullmoon, and here all over Thailand they celebrate the fullmoon, so we hopped onto the moped and went over to Lanta old town where there were lots of parades and celebrations and fireworks it was lovely to see so many people celebrate the fullmoon. ...