Best Western Premier Maya (Deluxe Room) Ko Lanta

... concious. We also went snorkelling on the trip - it was good apart from the tiny jelly fish that stung you as you swam along like little pin pricks!<br><br>- Diving in a rainstorm. As we got onto the dive boat the heavens opened. The rainwater stung as the speedboat sped to our destination... got some good photos of this. The diving was good, we saw pufferfish, leopard sharks and mantis shrimp who are apparently pretty shy. It was absolutely throwing it down - was ...

... and our taxi (back of a Ute) took us to the resort. Because it's the monsoon season at the moment, it is the quiet time for tourists so a good time to visit. However the views of the ocean and swimming conditions aren't as great as peak time. But at A$25 a night for a Bungalow in a resort right on the ocean, this time of the year is perfect for us.<br><br>We just had time to catch the stunning sunset, followed by some delicious Thai food before heading off to ...

... t be coming to the jetty as the tide was out! We were then told to carry our cases across the beach where we would board longtail boats. We were then taken a mile out to sea where we waited for the ferry to arrive. The next procedure was to climb up the side of the Ferry onto the deck. Now can you imagine doing that on the Dover to Calais ferry!!? Oh we just take it all in our stride now! The crossing was smooth and the cabin air conditioned so it all turned out ...

... got the flight to Bangkok and slept for a bit at a hotel near the airport which was nice. Early flight next day to Beijing! We had a great late dinner for 3.50 each and had a nice sleep though I had caught a cold (for freaks sake) and I had to buy antibiotics at the airport the next morning. Ah well. Shane says: I'm watching CNN, the fires in victoria is the top story. Incredible. I had no idea before now how bad it was, those poor people. The guys at work will be flat out. We ...

... Party. There was live music, party games and firedancers. It was all good fun but the price of drink and the fact that you had to pay for the toilet everytime you went left us feeling like were getting milked for cash, more so than other places anyway! We had originally planned to stay 3 days on Koh Phi Phi but to be honest we couldn't get out of there quick enough. We found it to be overpriced, overhyped and just a generally unpleasant place. There ...

Our transit from Malaysia to Thailand was pretty painless, but long. We got to Hat Yai (Thailand) for lunch, before catching another 4 hour bus ride to Krabi. We had thought of going straight to the islands but decided the journey would be too long-winded and we wanted to do more research. With 200 hundred islands in Thailand we were spoilt for choice (and rather taxed our indecision streak)! Krabi itself had a nice feel. Though very ...

... the taxi but it suddenly went up to 400 Baht because there was 3 of us. Now, we were happy to pay 400 Baht for three, but not to this robbing git! I know that's a swear word, but I am sick to death of these Asians trying to scam me everywhere I go!! If there is one thing I hate about being in Asia is these scamming gits who don't give a toss about their country, all they want to do is rip you off!! And you don't get ...

... be honest. And to make matters worse we werent sure if they had managed to tell the tour operator that we wanted the early pick up to get back for Railay. Luckily someone did turn up and we were off! It was a grand 3 days but probably 2 would have been more than enough to do what we did. Still Railay was next and we'd heard good things... Railay Beach: We got back to Krabi and set off for Railay Beach and our first long boat experience (basically a wooden canoe ...

... when we managed to find a stray human, and practially jumped on them with questions. It turned out that we COULD have a room - for which we were eternally grateful - and that it was a lot cheaper due to the season. Brilliant! We settled into our room &amp; got our bikinis on before heading to the beach, and it was essentially like having an entire island to ourselves, which was very peaceful and strange! It turned out that quite a good little ...

... hanging with some locals, a Swedish friend I befriended who lives there 6 months per year with her boyfriend Bong. I done lots of yoga, writting, swimming however...a bit bored, need to climb and be somewhere I can something else other than swim and walk on the same looking beach. Although the place is sweet gota keep moving and not ...