Southern Lanta Resort Hotel Koh Lanta Ko Lanta

... there to be a form of this party in more than one place in Thailand. <br>After spending 90 minutes driving up and down the Longbeach area of Ko Lanta asking several locals if they knew where the party was (but receiving conflicting responses regarding its direction) I came to the conclusion that the stories were just bullsh*t ploys to get people to go to a particular bar or club. I could hear no evidence of a crazy rave on any beach and there was not a single ...

... gave them to me. I passed them to the boys and they moved the bike again. The keys stayed at the bar and that proved a disaster the next day!<br><br>I went to bed hoping it would all blow over&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; &#8230;5am a knock at the door&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;I peered out the window and there was a person sitting on my porch. Remi? I thought? No those big arms! Wan! OMG!<br><br>I woke Tim who advised asking though the window what she wanted.<br><br>&#8220;Wan ...

... large American woman who had been taunting a monkey with some foodstuff or other in order to get an interesting picture annoyed it to the degree that it chased her half way down the beach. They can be surly little devils when they choose to be. Monkeys not Americans. She was quite shaken by it and the monkey went to lie down after this unfamiliar exertion. A lesson was clearly learnt; don't tease monkeys on Monkey Island. They don't appreciate it.<br><br>After that we were taken ...

... quand même très bien. La plage est immense je vais pouvoir faire mon jogging et nager ! super.. mais pas aujourd hui ! pas d'énergie et mal au crâne ! Enfin j'ai quand même pris un bon bain, puis comme il s'est mis à pleuvoir je suis allée me faire masser ..ça fait du bien. J'ai super bien mangé du poisson au lait de coco et je vais me coucher super tôt car suis crevée ! il est 10 heures ! Il y a plus de jeunesse ...

... she'd left on a yellow canoe 2 hours ago with no sun screen or water and hadn't arrived back. Amy our tour leader asked one of the local lads to take the boat around our small island and see if he could find her. He arrived back about 10 minutes later and hadn't spotted Julie. Amy said we'd join him and go further a field, they were just serving lunch and I was having to miss it to go and find her, this was getting serious! We took off again, you have to keep ...

... into the turquoise sea makes it worth it. We spent a few days here immersing ourselves with the aid of snorkels into the unbelievable world of coral reefs which sadly was affected noticeably by the tsunami. I had my first run-in with a shark around the bend of a reef: a heart-stopping experience even if the shark in question was about half my size and fled after it saw me. Then again the dangers here are of a more insidious and less obvious type: the corals ...

... just under 30m deep today..) Discovering the underwater world is truly amazing and we are currently considering becoming dive masters so we don't have to come home....We saw turtles, leopard sharks, stingrays, jellyfish, moray eels, peacock mantis shrimp, seahorses, trumpetfish, squid, pufferfish and countless other creatures of the deep, not to mention some amazingly beautiful coral. We are also loving the fantastic Thai ...

... jalapeños with my nachos but there wasn't and we had the funniest conversation with the local staff as they attempted to work out what jalapeños actually were. The poor girl was bringing out everything that was green, she could find in the kitchen. I still have no idea if she knows what a jalapeño is. Phi Phi's a great little island with a good atmosphere and some very beautiful spots to snorkel in. The diving could be good but as it was off season, we didn't bother.

... thats it. There's not alot of bars or restaurants to rave about although we did manage to find a nice Italian - and yes we had Thai food there too!! But apart from that there's not alot to write home about. Oh, and it LASHED rain for the most part whilst also being humid and sticky. Apparently the Andaman coast side gets alot more rainfall (which isnt all that much really) than the east coast where the islands of Ko Samui etc are. Thank god we were only there ...