Long Beach Ko Lanta

Early start today as at 7.15am we were collected from our hotel and driven down to the other side of the island to Phuket city where we embarked a ferry boat set for the tropical isle of Koh Phi Phi. It was only a couple of hours away and on our approach to the island it was clear to see why so many people were on the boat. It was beautiful. The …

Today was a slow start as our ferry to Ko Lanta was only 11.30am, so we had a late breakfast and chilled in the guesthouse. We grabbed a long boat to the pier and managed to get some good seats on the ferry. We ended up booking our guesthouse on the ferry at Garden home Lanta from one of the workers which looked very nice. Once we arrived at the …

Koh Lanta's first impression was not very positive in terms of tone as it seemed to me smaller than Phuket and Phi Phi Island, but I think it will improve later this assessment.
It is different from the other two as more quiet and relaxing with long beaches with water that slowly thins out, family friendly and in fact we find many couples with …

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After Ao Nang we decided next stop should be a bit more rustic and chilled and those of us new to this travelling vibe fancied the thought of some beach bungalows. Koh Lanta here we come.

The journey there was a long and interesting one, we were picked up from …

... sunny and amusing as we begin our obsession with word games that doesn´t end for the entire trip.  Once at Long Beach Lanta Resort, we hit up the perfect waters of the immaculate and relatively private beach.  Our bungalow is right on ...

... THe beach is really nice as well and makes for a perfect retreat after long climbs, long hikes, or after previously long beach sessions.  I spent several days doing not much but reading and writing before I decided it was time to do something ...

... of the truck as they struggled to stay upright and onboard while sitting on their rucsacs. We finally arrived at Bamboo Bay, Ko Lanta's last beach and third last resort. A nice restaurant area sat perched over a rocky beach with twenty or so bungalows ...

Hello from Heaven ... er ... I mean Ko Lanta ... a beautiful little island in the south of Thailand. It's so nice here, we may never leave. Before I tell you about Ko Lanta ... we hope everyone had a nice Christmas surrounded by the love of friends and ...

We managed to fit in one last stop in Thailand, on the island of Ko Lanta Yai.  Lanta is a quiet place with some lovely beaches, they only got mains electricity and phone lines on the island in the last ten years.  A minibus took us from Krabi ...

... all worth it though as Lanta is spectacular and really very quiet considering it was high season. We decided to stay in the Long Beach area on the west side of the island and were rewarded with an expansive, beautiful sandy beach with crystal clear ...

... Jacky was at the bar serving drinks.Whilst we were there we hired mopeds and toured round the island. We stopped off at a place called long beach. Zara and dad went for a little walk and there they found loads of pretty shells! ( some of which had to ...

... dive. We didn’t explore the Island too much, just venturing into town one day via tuk tuk to stock up on sunscreen (which in Thailand seems to be a luxury item and will cost you almost double what it does in the UK.) It was pretty easy not to do a ...

... cat which was nice.  We regrouped on the beach where we chilled and watched the sun set into the sea.  Indeed long beach was a lovely chilled out area, with restaurants, bars and massage palapas just a stroll away from unspoilt beach.  In ...

... place on Khong Klong beach, which is not the main beach on Koh Lanta. Khong Klong was just what we'd been looking for, a long beach to stroll along, rock pools at low tide with millions of crabs and tiny fish and a variety of little shack restaurants ...