Peace Laguna Resort Krabi

... to do anything energetic (read 'lazy'). After half an hour or so on the kayaks we came to a beach round the other side of the peninsula, complete with a floating cafe! Can't get much better than pulling up on a kayak and ordering a coconut and spring rolls from another boat...

Jungle bar is a classic Thai bamboo bar down on the beach with a fire show, BBQ, cheap beers if you get on with the barman, and bongs being passed round all night. A great place to ...

... It was pretty funny. I handsomely compensated each of them with 50 Bht (1.25 USD). Keep the change. Now again, being about 8:30 at night, we really couldn’t tell what our resort looked like, but our bungalow was great. Basic, but really clean and well kept up and everything. The greatest things about this resort, and really the island in general, is that we came during “low season” when it typically rains a lot so very few tourists travel to the Thailand resorts, apart ...

... est bien plus important pour moi. J’ai hâte de faire des câlins à tout le monde .... et j'ai vecu tellement plus que ce que je pensais vivre pendant cette aventure....

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I arrive in Thailand in the middle of the night. I have no desire to see busy Bangkok city especially after spending these 10 days meditating... I have also moved around enough in the last 7 months to ...

... hotels, and found an internet shop to do a little catch up on
emails. Not too long after that, we found a decent hotel, and searched out and
found a laundry facility. That night, we came upon one of the best local night
markets we had experienced. We were the only westerners there, and the food
and fresh produce was some of the best we had tasted. It was fun walking
through and testing all kinds of local dishes.
Arriving in Ko Samui via ...

... so that we (along with dozens of our fellow tourists) could walk the same 100 m. that Leonardo walked. Throw in some snorkeling, swimming and soccer of the beach, who wouldn't have fun?
So,we enjoyed Krabi despite Mild Bungalows. But in truth, the "wow" factor of Thailand has yet to be experienced. Those lovely bungalows now go for $1,000; the beaches are nice but not other worldly and the west seems to be winning the restaurant wars. Even those ...

I made my way from Koh Pha Ngan to Krabi town, and spent one night there as it was getting late. I was a bit surprised by how cheap the food was when i'd been used to prices on the island before. Then the next day i got a songtow to a beach called Ao Nang, from where i was to get a boat to Ton Sai. I happened to be on the same songtow as a guy who owned one of the bars on Ton Sai, so i get a lift in his boat for free. I got a taste of ...

... managed to get burnt, REALLY burnt (Tom: Never buy Boots own-brand Factor 50 suncream - it's rubbish). (Rich: The Boots factor 50 worked fine for me and my 'dale winton' tan! haha) Chris and I played it sensible and stayed in an internet cafe for a while. I also caved in, as Tom had done previously, and went to eat some Western food. I, heavily influenced by the Spanish resort, decided on eating a Burger King. It was ****ing good, but very expsensive; 210baht!! for ...

... as every guide book you read will tell you Bangkok is the cheapest place. We booked a 5 island tour for tomorrow for 690 bahts each which seems very reasonable for a whole day trip. We catch a cocktail Happy hour and have dinner then mooch around the shops and stalls. There is a really heavy downpour of rain, so we headed for another bar to take shelter, it's a hard life. Day 8 - Up early today as being collected for our trip at 8.30am. Went to inspect the hotels ...

... full of tourism, and we hate to admit it but we have enjoyed both Starbucks and Subway. We took a longtail boat ride ( water leaking in through the hull, with a lawn mower engine on the back) over to another secluded beach called Ralay which has incredible white sand and limestone cliffs surrounding it. Hands down the most beautiful place we have seen! Tomorrow we board another ferry to Phi Phi Island. Bon Voyage, Brooklyn and Teddy

The picture upload on this isn't working to well, so I'm going to upload the pictures onto picsa. Here is the link http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/louise.ma clean/