Salatan Resort Ko Lanta

... were bats roosting on the side of Koh Cheuk and a strong current. We're not sure how natural the habitat is for fish - we know bread isn't in their natural diet (fish don't have ovens) and the number of tourist who visit each day and feed the fish must have something to do with the abundance of life. But it was still a magical day.

We liked Koh Lanta, definitely a more relaxed and less developed version of Phuket - lets hope it stays like that !

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Did you know that in Switzerland people who want to get a Swiss passport have to take an exam which probes them for knowledge on the countries history, culture, politics and the words of the national anthem, even if they have been in the country for several generations?
They get grilled on all sorts of sh*t, and they also have to prove that they know some Swiss people whio can recommend them (in common with other countries, that, yes ...

... 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!

Phi Phi Don is really small, there are no roads here, so no tuk-tuks but you can walk everywhere so it doesnt ...

... she was a mess. A huge storm blew in and perhaps more accurately described as a cyclone. The power went out as it usually does on the island at the slightest hint of bad weather! So no air conditioning, no light and wild winds! The 41 degree temperature was difficult to contain. At one good moment though (when Nurofen for kids had had some effect) we played shadow puppets with our torches in the middle of the night. I stupidly thought that she was on the mend and so handed over the ...

... House- so lovely. It has air con, and cable, and free internet and free great beakie and is so clean. When we inspected it they had girls cleaning the floor with toothbrushes. Love it! We rode around on the motorbike again and looked at the old town and had yum French Bakery food for lunch- a proper sandwich made on Ciabatta Bread- was really nice. Then in the arvo we went swimming but we got stung by some jelly fish- but ...

... didn't show though but it was very beautiful. We saw the sunset from the water and the pictures show just how beautiful it was. We were exhausted after the day of snorkelling but had to pack as we were leaving PP the next day, the Irish girls had to get to Bangkok to get to Aus for a year so yet again we lost some travelling buddies! We decided to go to Phuket next so booked onto the 9am ferry to head for Kata Beach....... Love Emmas of the Sea

... from BC & Alberta we had met on the beach at the Full Moon Party a few days ago. We partied with them, met more people from Calgary, Edmonton & Kelowna. After Tiger Bar, we usually made our way to the beach to either Apache or Ibiza bar. These are more dance bars, with a danced floor on the beach...once again made out of wood & a mountain of sand. Somewhere between the two bars, I met a couple English guys. One of them was carrying a coconut, with a face ...

... the forest. Cozy Hill is actually four dilapidated bungalows amongst ov**grown forest and teaming with insect life. She cautiously opened the door and drew the curtains and screamed at the top of h** voice and jumped back, hmm I thought, this does not bode well. It was m**ely a gecko howev** so all good and then she explained that she didn't like the friendly little reptiles. She quickly left us to explore our bungalow. As we silently looked around our new digs at the filthy floor ...

... a month to trash their island at the Full Moon Party, the largest beach party in the world (over 10,000 people!). (We strategically planned our arrival for 2 days after the Full Moon Party). Anyway more about KPG another time. We basically just scootered around, and took a Thai cooking course! Spring rolls, pad thai, green curry, and coconut banana cream soup for dessert! Yum! Not only did we learn and eat, but we've got enough food left over to get us ...

... of comfort boasting of warm water and cable television. We booked a fan room for the night and were treated to our first taste of deliciously modern comfort in approximately two weeks. Krabi town provided a glimpse of what I could expect to experience in the rest of the Andaman coast: soaring limestone cliffs greeted my vision on the tuk tuk ride into Ao Nang, the beach area where we'd be meeting up with Sue and Eugene. As Jesse had said, it really did remind me of the karst ...