Lanta Long Beach
Travel Blogs from Ko Lanta
Lanta - Land of Couples and Swedish Families
Stepping off the ferry on Koh Lanta I just knew that this was going to be great! All I had to do was find Madame Lauren's Lanta Longbeach Resort, meet some other backpackers, and enjoy the beautiful, chill beach for the next couple of days. Unfortunately, Madame Lauren's had closed down four months before, as I was informed by a representative from …
Ko Lanta
We wake up slowly and make our way to the pier to hop on a boat to Ko Lanta. On the way, I get a more clear view of just how bad the tourism destruction is as the beach is lined with chairs 3 or 4 rows deep here. The boat ride is sunny and amusing as we begin our obsession with word games that doesn´t end for the entire trip. Once at Long Beach …
Islands and more Islands......topless in Koh Lanta
Hello All.... Chantal here: So we are at the end of our fabulous journey...one more day left in the south and then back to Bangkok and then ........boooo.... Sorry we have no updated in a while but we have been island hopping. I think we left off in Ao Nang but since then have visited Phi-Phi, Phuket and now Lanta. Sorry we have no pics but it has …
A touch of Paradise
This island was picture perfect! We flew down to Surat Thani on the morning of the 27th December. From the airport, we bused into Ban Don pier and caught a ferry across to Koh Samui. This plane/bus/ferry combo was much easier than we were expecting - or that Lonely Planet had made it out to be! Our plan of attack was to relax for the following 5 …
Koh Lanta Day 5
We left for the Emerald cave at around 8:30 AM. The boat ride took about 2.5 hours one way. The Emerald cave was incredible. The hollowed out area behind the cave can only be reached by the sea-filled cave itself. We entered the mouth of the cave and swam a fair distance to get to the hollowed out area. Half way through the cave it was pitch black. Once inside the hollowed out area we were surrounded by 200 meter cliffs. This is where it ...