Royal Lanta Resort Hotel Koh Lanta Ko Lanta

... Thais can be cruel! Whenever Mika plays card games or connect four with the staff at the resort and they win, they scream “yeh!!” It’s really quite funny.

No malaria and nothing out of the ordinary so we were free to leave Krabi hospital with some antibiotics and paracetamol. There was no way I was going to be stuck on an island with a 40 degree plus child so naturally we checked into a five star resort in Oanang! Lovely room and a pool as you open the ...

... off sometimes;) We we in board shorts and had the camera in a wet bag. This was very necessary as driving along the main road was an obstacle course of water fights. A fabulous atmosphere and a world away from the troubles in Bangkok! Other exciting events were our wildlife spottings.Namely: an unidentified long-tailed monkey crossing the road (baby Gibbon?), a barn owl being chased by two sea eagles and our first ever Asian elephant (all be it ...

So we had it all set, romantic meal on the beach with Fred and Arun the very large lobster. Guess what it's just like being in the uk when you want to have a BBQ. It rains. Who cares, we sat inside by a waterfall and it was just as romantic. Forgot to take the camera, those lobsters were huge. Have been up early this morning to see the sun ...

... of - one great thing about locals who speak English! - and we had Sangria there. K had been bigging himself up on how big a night he would/could have - but had a bit too much of everything at the same time. The bucket owned HIM rather than the other way around as he wanted to believe. So he went to bed! We left Steve to relax a little and winding down but later he came for Sangria. Which didn't agree with him unfortunately. But for the rest of us the night was cup after cup - I ...

... beaches all to yourself but we are getting pretty used to it now. I hope you are all enjoying the weather in England now. In the afternoon we did the hike to town again and bumped into Lucys mate Robin from Liverpool Uni randomly on the beach. So we went for dinner that evening with him and his mates at a cheap resturant called Papaya, rightly reputed to be the best on the island, bought beers at the 7-11 and went to a beach bar where they didn't realise we ...

... is sick again and i am feeling rough too as we head to the second dive site, again against a wave swept wall. Into the water and down to 5m where kim has problem, still feeling sick she surfaces, throws up and returns to 5m where we are waiting. Down to 10m for the Nav skills and an abundancy of fish, coral and as it turns out one black tip reef shark no more the 5m away from where we are doing the nav skills! Nav skills completed and we navigate the rest of the ...

... few days until the second last day where we took a sunset cruise to Koh Phi Phi Ley which is a the small neighbouring island where the film, the beach was filmed. The cove the beach was in was beautiful though the tide was out so it wasn't suitable for swimming. Back out on the boat we went out to sea again and watched a beautiful sunset. Unfortunately our time was up on Phi Phi and due to awkward ferry times meant (like they didn't sail that month) so we had to go to Phuket next.

... n hänen miehensä jostain. No, tehtiin työtä käskettyä ja vaivalla etsittiin ja paikallistettiin hänen miehensä sisältä (ja heräteltiin about puolet koko lautasta) ...ja ei kiitosta, ei mitään! Et silleen, *kele :-) Kokonaisaika upealle Phi Phin saarelle puksutellessa oli noin 2 tuntia ja merenkäynti hyvin tyyntä tänään. Phi Phillä odoteltiin vaihtoa Koh Lantan lautalle, hienosti palmun alla maaten about 1,5 tuntia ja jos edellinen lautta oli romu, niin tämä oli ehk ...