April birthday wishes to Carol and hugs n kisses to Derrick & Lynne before their new arrival, so exciting. XX Finally got to the island of Ko Lanta after 13 hours on 4 buses, 1 border crossing, an itchy ears spicy pot noodle and 2 car ferrys. It was dark but we had met a girl at the pier waiting on the car ferry who agreed to meet us at a sp...

We jumped on a "fast ferry" for the 1 hour ride to our next and last stop in Thailand "Ko Lanta." Ko Lanta is popular with tourists seeking a holiday away from the parties. It's popular with a significantly older crowd (which we are in body, not soul) than nearby Ko Phi Phi: more walking on the beach and watching the sunset than drinking and dan...

At last - The Beach!!! It's been a long time coming, but well worth the wait. Scored an upgrade in Chiang Mai to fly business class to Phuket. Nice. Then ended up in the worst hotel of our trip! Nasty. Left early doors for the 3hr float over to Koh Lanta - changing ferries mid-ocean, at which point some bugger swiped D's new mobile with all his ...

We left Ko Phanang on Friday morning at around 8am (yes I was surprised I was up this early as well). Amie (who we had met back on Khao San Road in Bangkok a few weeks earlier) had met us for the Full Moon Party and was joining us for the next few days. Our ferry took us to Suruthani - it may be spelled like this but I'm not sure.... and we said...

Ended up getting another ferry from Ko Phi Phi to Ko Lanta. We had already rung ahead to a place the night before and they said they had loads of room, just turn up. Of course, there was a bloke on the ferry selling accomodation but we said nah we were sorted, well thats what we thought. I was still hanging a bit from being sick the night before...

Ko Lanta is a welcome change after the neon delights of Phuket. Gorgeous long sandy beaches and in the evening all the beach bars and restaurants are lit up with fairly lights and candles, and so we have have great fun sampling the cocktails on the beach at night. Steve has been having cravings for malibu, which I don't think I was supposed to m...

Although the ferry was jam packed with "Farang" (Thai for Foreigner), for the first time in 25 days I was on my own. A scenic route, stopping at the well known Ko Phi Phi for a few hours. There's a local story that during the Tsunami, a man in a dinghy caught a wave from one side of the island, over the top of the island, and landed safely on a ...

So after that stressful interlude in Phi Phi, with only 4 shopping days to xmas, we decided it was time to relax! So we hotfooted it over to Ko Lanta, a larger island with more white sand, blue sea, sky... you get the drift! More cool bars on the beach where you sit on triangular cushions around a fire, lovely fresh fish to eat and a kayaking to...