Bamboo Bay Resort Ko Lanta

 Apparently I have 25 minutes to write a post a photo as my internet will run out. what to say, what to say. The only interesting thing that I can think to write at the moment is of that beach dog the other day that strolled up to my bag when sitting on the beach with camera inside and me playing ...

... I must be still carrying my bad luck, cos I didn't stay that long.
I found a monk ceremony going on in the actual town, which involved people running over fire carrying various trinkets and paintings, and then depositing them in a room at the other end of the street. People were also being knocked out using pressure point arts, I guess for some kind of initiation. I didn't understand the meaning, but it was quite cool to see it.
When I got back to the ...

... swings, bad headaches and fatigue to add to his complaints. Once Mike recovered, Sinead fell victim to the same symptons when we reached Ko Phi Phi.
Ko Phi Phi is a picturesque beach lovers island that is a bit overrun with tourists. The Tsunami struck Phi Phi badly, but the island rebuilt itself very quickly and is now busier than ever. It is famous for having the beach where the movie "the beach" was filmed on so we set off ...

... rather (she looked it up on the net in one of her rages) to tell them off for making such revolting medicine!

Anyway, we were picked up in a luxurious van after two nights to take us back to Kantiang Bay were Anne, Ziggy and Remi had been holed up. We daren’t mention the luxurious hotel!

So we slowly got back into the swing of things.

Ziggy had been bugging Tim for a “big night’ at the bar and so one night when we had a couple of Samsong shakes ...

... this and you're going to have to see it out. On Wednesday myself and two guys I met took the ferry across to Ko Lanta which is much more chilled out, hardly any development and quiet. It's a shame its low season which means rough waves, cloudy weather and the beach hasn't been cleaned up. So I've not been able to top up the tan like I thought I would have. So I've got myself a very cheap bungalow to myself and been lazing about with ...

... key than the phuket crowd, alot less people traveling south to Krabi to go to the usual resort style places. And there was less of the Older men with the much younger ( rented) thai girlfriends along for their vacation....that is one thing that really gets to me, and I have to control myself to not say anything to them, enough about that subject. I am staying in TonSai Beach, known as the rock-climbing place in the ...

... But it was always a good time with those boys. Lots of good stories & we plan to meet up again in Phi Phi...maybe next winter? I even changed my ticket to Bangkok a couple times so I could go out one more night with out group. The night before I was to leave, we were out at Rolling Stoned Bar, & I said to myself, how can I leave this? So I changed my boat/bus ticket the next morning to leave a day later...much to the delight of the group. One of our last ...

... zipping round the island is an absolute must as once you get down to the South End you will find a Sea Gypsy village and some real island life as well as a small selection of bars on the coastal roads with epic panoramas of the sea. I recommend riding down to the south**n beaches for the aft**noon and then stopping off at Mong Bar on the way back for a Thai green curry on the beach and a sunset that will take your breath away, and it's called the Mong Bar which has gotta be worth ...

... how they make the stuff. Simply cutting the bark of the tree every night results in a steady trickle of white rubber from the tree, which flows into a bowl tied lower down the trunk. From Ko Lanta we had planned moving east to the islands of Ko Samui, Ko Phanghan and Ko Tao. However, a tropical storm in that area meant that there wasn't much point in going there. So more time to enjoy relaxing Lanta! The island is very popular with divers, and we decided to take ...

... before seen tropical beach scenery this spectacular. Pictures capture a portion of the beauty, but in no way do it real justice. In Ao Nang, we checked into a little gem called the Ao Nang Palace (not to be confused with the Palace Ao Nang, a few meters down the street, three hundred baht more expensive, albeit with a less than mediocre pool attached). Sue and Eugene had been guests at the Palace for about a week before we arrived, and had raved about the facilities and ...