Pimalai Resort And Spa Ko Lanta

... viewpoint cafe which looks over a massive chunk of sea topped with chunky island nuggets. Nice. There I met a middle-aged American couple and we chatted solid sh*t (not liquid) for a while. <br>We rode back to the beach to watch a rather spectacular sunset. That night there was a festival going on in the Old Town (Loy Krathong), so I scootered my way over there, taking heed of the warnings about the road to Old Town being 'under construction'. The road was a ...

... peculiar! We always knew that she had mental issues, one of the first things she ever told us was that she was crazy and that she had been to a mental hospital. Still, she has an amazing energy and her heart is gold but too much of a good thing, she was beginning to unsettle me. Always there, staring and bringing gifts&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br><br>One day it all came to a head&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.we (Anne, Tim and I) were all out riding when she came flying around the corner on her ...

... s character if we were to do that. Anyways, they informed me that the only way to get to it was to go on an organized tour and that would involve a full day on a boat visitng three islands in total. 'Surely I can just go to Maya?' I asked. 'Nope' the speedy reply came. 'Not unless you want to charter a boat and that will cost upwards of twenty pounds'. 'Upwards of twenty Pounds? I don't think so!' I retorted. 'That may well end up costing more than the spoils I recover!' I ...

... working one). On the domsetic animal front there is the usual third world dirth of stray dogs and cats. Best dog was the one that lifted his leg on someone's towel on the beach! At the end of our two weeks we are happy to say that we agree with all those who gave us advice. Ko Lanta is a special, laid back place. WE have loved our time here and if it were not for the call of more scuba diving up north in the Andaman sea we could have stayed here longer.

... slash - Convienence Store - slash - Travel Agency: rather deplorable - our room was two mattresses on the floor and a fan affixed to the wall, and the bathroom and showers were grotty and dark to-say-the-least. And yet, somehow it perturbed me less than other places perviously had, even though it had the most cause to! Perhaps the blithe vibe of the island had already descended upon me, enchanting me to my very core, or perhaps the friendly hotel staff ...

... a couple big bottles of Chang (a popular, and cheap, local beer). We both felt awful the next morning, and not from the amount of beer we drank, but because I swear there is poison in that beer. I have not had a sip of that poison beer again! On Xmas eve we ate dinner at a restaurant on the beach that had traditional Thai dancers performing. The beach was quite a ...

... Our trip started at Maya beach, to Loh Sama Bay for snorkeling, then we went through Pileh Cove to Viking Cave then to Monkey beach where we left fruit out for the monkeys to eat, which they ignored and ate the biscuits the instead then to (?) for a snorkel. The afternoon we started at Mosquito island, Bamboo and shark's point (Ton Sai??). We rolled up at the Maya beach, the water was dirty and there was boat loads (&amp; boat loads) of people coming into the ...

... all of whom lost their lives on that Boxing Day in 2004. He had managed to get back on his feet, but his eyes had an empty look. Today after a morning of admin; chasing up flight bookings, emails, facebook, and a check on budget we went on a snorkeling trip to Phi Phi Ley on a long tail boat. These are amazing boats: buy or make a wooden hull as cheaply as you can; source a diesel car or truck engine; rip off all the cooling and electrics, remove the gearbox, connect a long prop ...