Lanta Darawadee Hotel Koh Lanta Ko Lanta

... to our beach. We're staying in a lovely little beach bungalow, we cant believe the price that we're paying for it, its so cheap! It's right on the beach and its surrounded by jungley mountains. Its so secluded in fact that you have to climb through the jungle for a half an hour to get to the town!<br><br>Phi Phi Don is really small, there are no roads here, so no tuk-tuks but you can walk everywhere so it doesnt ...

... 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 ...

It's Monday morning so time to note down what we've been up to at the weekend. A very pleasant day on Saturday and in the late afternoon we went on the sundowner cruise from the hotel round some of the island and into the mangroves. It was thoroughly enjoyable although we didn't see any monkeys. They served drinks and light snacks on the boat so when we came back to the hotel we just had a couple of cocktails and then went back to our ...

... a base to start off from, we then went for a wander further along the beach to suss out if there were any cheaper alternatives still nearby our friends. Finding one, we caught a lift back to where we'd left our packs to collect them and told we'd meet the driver back there for a lift to the reappointed abode... but after waiting on the side street for an hour in the peak midday heat, Steve decided to walk ...

... was completely empty. The sea was really shallow, so we cooled off for a while then got back on our moped. In the afternoon we rode down a quiet dirt track and a man on an elephant strolled past us!! We were quite suprised, the elephant was huge, not something you see everyday!! Our last stop was at 'Bee Bee's' a beach hut resort which served food. We sat in a treehouse eating thai curry &amp; noodle soup whilst the sun went down. That night we sat at our bar and chatted to ...

... hair. Although Webby and I almost fell out of bed with laughter Will didn't find the whole incident too funny. So after Will's nutrious drink we went and lay by the pool. The pool at the resort is an infinity pool. So when you swim your backdrop if the crystal sea. There are a few other things that make this pool particularly 'eye catching', but I must say sight is as far as it goes. Phi Phi is unfortunately swarming with Brits. I'm not talking about ...

... late and there was about 4 people there, no bother though the band played on with full enthusiasm regardless which was a bit weird. We stayed till the end anyway and it was a nice way to wind down Christmas day. As we were going to bed I was beginning to feel some unpleasant rumblings in my stomach. Looking back now I reckon it was the cod I had at the Christmas eve dinner, it didn't have the same texture as cod normally does and it was covered in a garlic sauce which was ...

... a jejich barky. Chteli jsme zustat jeste jeden den a jet se potapet, ale to bohuzel nevyslo, takze jsme se rozhodli presunout na ostrov Phi Phi. Odjizdeli jsme s tezkym srdcem, na Ko Lante se nam moc libilo, hlavne nas bungalov byl zdaleka nejlepsi druh ubytovani za poslednich nekolik mesicu. Ko Lanta sice nevypada jako raj na zemi (vetsina ostrovu v Andamanskem mori jako raj na zemi vypada), ale i pres to nas okouzlila pohodovou atmosferou a paradnimi bary. :-)

... watch from his dive at 8pm so he went to watch that and I met him afterwards along with most of his dive group for a meal. There was Carlos and Edu (Spain), Carlos, 17 and Melissa, 21 from Colombia originally but now the USA, and also Alex, 20 from England. Had the meal and then went for a few drinks at Carpe Diem and ended up at a few bars on the beach- sunset bar amongst others! Day 42: Koh Phi Phi Deliberately hadnt got too drunk last night as we were rock ...

... big scene up north in Bangkok. <br><br>In short, I got what I asked for and have been pretty much bored to tears for two days. The dreary, overcast weather hasn't help. The one positive thing about the past few days: watermelon juice. It's my new fav....I have no idea how they get the juice so strong. It's like a whole melon in every glass! <br><br>Off to Bangkok tomorrow on the overnight bus.