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Travel Blogs from Koh Lanta, Thailand
Ow you bar-steward
This is a top pick! ... a trip to the Emerald cave. We were up for a spot of snorkelling, nice lazy lunch on the boat before heading back into Koh Lanta. We had a bit of a splish splash, spotting numerous fish in their underwater world before we headed off to the Emerald ...
I wish it could be christmas every day
This is a top pick! ... 7 of us squashed in a motor bike rikshaw going to a different bar at 10 miles an hour. We toasted the New Year in Australia and Thailand but could not quite make it for the UK at 7am! Hope you all had a great New Years and wishing good things for 2006 ...
First west coast island
This is a top pick! After arriving in Had Yai I took the next available mini bus and ferry (350 Bhat combined ticket) to the west coast island of Koh Lanta. I only stayed one night in a pretty nice private bungalow (250B) Emerald free upgrade not so great beach ...
Lanta - Land of Couples and Swedish Families
This is a top pick! Stepping off the ferry on Koh Lanta I just knew that this was going to be great! All I had to do was find Madame Lauren's Lanta Longbeach Resort, meet some other backpackers, and enjoy the beautiful, chill beach for the next couple of days. ...
The Reimanns Take On Thailand
This is a top pick! ... to the city of Krabi, located on the southern west coast. From Krabi, we took a minibus and a couple of ferries to the island of Koh Lanta, where we spent about the next week relaxing on a beautiful beach. At the end of the week, we said good-bye to Jan ...
"Swedes" and Yorkshire Pudding
This is a top pick! ... roast potatoes whatever it took. You can take the girl out of Yorkshire............. We have also made the hard decision that our time on Koh Lanta is up, however much we dont want to leave, so we'll be doing a tour of Phi-Phi island before we head ...
Thailand Hopping
This is a top pick! ... friendlier staff here with more personality than a Thai customs officer, which was the biggest bonus for moving. A quick stop on Koh Lanta, then straight to Phi Phi to sample some world class snorkeling and Diving. After our very chilled first few ...
So we went to Koh Lanta..................
This is a top pick! So we decided to go to Koh Lanta. The lonely planet didnt rate the place much, so that would hopefully mean that there wouldnt be a great deal of people there. We went with Johanna and Stuart to get the ferry across, and also met Warren, one of the guys ...
This must be underwater love...................
This is a top pick! ... a hard life.... Before the diving though, me and Sarah made the decision to hire another form of death on wheels a.k.a. the Thailand Moped. It was risky, but with our trusty plastic helmet's (which didnt fit properly and wouldn't have protected a 6 ...
Water Babies
This is a top pick! ... wrapped and under the tree and you are getting ready for food, relaxation and the Queens speech! We are on the beautiful island of Koh Lanta on the west coast near Phuket and Krabi at the moment for Xmas and New Year where its torrential rain one day and ...
Give me hope Johanna.....
This is a top pick! Well thats it. Johanna has left Koh Lanta. To say we were coming to this place on her reccomendation, and only planning to stay 3 nights, we enjoyed her company so much she kept us here for 2 weeks. As a leaving dinner, we went to Red Snapper, owned by ...
Island Hopping for the Holidays
This is a top pick! ... afternoon already so we didn't get to spend much time here. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way there was a helmet law on Lanta that is not normally enforced. But of course, on this day, the police realized that they were a bit short on ...
Moving right along... in search of....
This is a top pick! ... and Steve's last night. I spent most of the day in and out of my hammock reading an old 1992 Lonely Planet - Thailand reminiscing about the good ol' days and rehydrating. As our favorite time of day was approaching, we gathered on BnA's ...
They Call Me Goose
This is a top pick! ... figure, we found a chilled out bar on the beach playing reggae music with pretty girls smoking peace pipes in Thailand? Crazy! It was like a flashback to Koh Phanghan (not really) on a micro scale. I made a hard look around and it seemed ...
Not as Phuked as you think
This is a top pick! ... marine park, if you prefer it a little more developed and brash, or you want to go diving, Phuket is the place or you. Koh Lanta provides a happy medium. Look at the pictures, look out your window, what are you waiting for? In the meantime, we're off to ...
Same Same But Different
It's a restaurant by the way. We went there on the recommendation of Simon Crawley - he told Helen all about it during the bellringers tea back in January. It was well worth the visit. the taxi took about 30 mins from the hotel - a bit ...
Paradise Found!
After leaving the squalor of Phuket we arrived on Koh Lanta today having spent 1.5 hours pounding the waves on a rather large speed boat which we shared with two couples. The female part of one spent the entire time with a Vicks Vapour Rub inhaler rammed ...
Koh Lanta update !
Please see 'richworld' for an update. Laura is safe and well! Rich, Mon 27/12/04 ...
Finally!! Merry Christmas....
... Boxing in broken english on a broken PA. Fun....and so we begin.... We are currently on Koh Lanta...it's one of the southern islands of Thailand...famous for diving and, of course, the tsunami. But first things first...back to Bangkok the ...
The long awaited sunshine
... 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 ...
Soooooooooo beautiful
After a slightly scary boat ride (its not very comforting when people start shouting that the engine has a problem because the boat is too heavy.. but what do they expect when they cram so many many many people on the boat?!) we made it to the island of ...
Getting our Koh Lanta on!
... your responses and your prayers especially. we made it all in one piece! we stayed in koh phi phi for 3 days, then took a boat over to koh lanta. we are saying in bungalows with a fan now, so it's a little stickier! i will put in a picture of the hotel. ...
Finally..... bye bye bye Koh Tao
... rather crazy 2 days of travel from Koh Tao to Krabi and then a night there which was just extreemley bizarre and then on to Koh Lanta, so we have left Koh Tao finally, i never actually believed it would happen, but we haven't gone straight to Malaysia, ...
Part I: Pre-Wedding
... folk's bungalow gearing up for the big day. His parents had come down to see their only son married. Jeremy's dad had been to Thailand many times before, but his mom had never been and she was having as torrid of an affair with the land and its people as ...
Koh Lanta
... , and then left them here when they left, and so the island developed a large number of strays. Koh Lanta has a majority Muslim population (whereas much of Thailand is Buddhist) and apparently Muslims do not view dogs favourably. They are considered to be ...
sun, surf and sand, part 2...
... mention last entry that like many of the other andaman islands and surrounding area, tourism has become the primary source of income for koh lanta. tomorrow, we head to the beaches of rai leh near krabi. i got an email from my sister in which she ...
OMG how long did this journey take!!!!!
Ok then so i have been told that from Samui to Lanta should take about 6 hours..... 14 hours later i arrive at the accommodation, again booked through the same travel agent in bangkok. To cut a long stories short the ferry from Samui was late and ...
Snake house, Cambodian and Thai beaches
... . It looks like paradise, but unfortunately the prices to match. We stayed only two days before taking a boat to the island of Koh Lanta. Koh Lanta is also beautiful, but since it is a fairly large island, there is room for lots of different resorts, so ...
Arriving in Thailand, Koh Phi Phi & Koh Lanta
... got hit hard. All of the resorts have been rebuilt and tourism is well and truly back on track here. Caught the ferry to Koh Lanta and got our first motorcycle taxi to the Langhams Place Eco Resort. After all the travelling we adored this heavenly ...