Ko Lanta Resorts - Reviews and Rates

Hello all, after a long sabbatical from writing my blog I am back with a vengeance. I am sitting in Borneo writing this entry from 3 months ago! How slack I know. I thought I would do a short entry to describe our bizarre journey between Kuala Lumpur and the island of Ko Lanta in Thailand so here we go. We took a bus from KL Sentral (train stati...

We've really been enjoying ourselves on Ko Lanta, an island off the south west coast of Thailand. Lanta has a great mix of lots of places to eat/drink, beautiful beaches, friendly locals, fantastic weather and a very relaxed vibe. But best of all, we have learned to scuba dive and are loving it! We are fully certified Open Water divers and finge...

We managed to fit in one last stop in Thailand, on the island of Ko Lanta Yai. Lanta is a quiet place with some lovely beaches, they only got mains electricity and phone lines on the island in the last ten years. A minibus took us from Krabi down the coast and to get on to Lanta we had to take two ferry crossings. The minibus company always want...

I had a quiet birthday as i had a really nasty cough and chest infection, i was on lots of tablets, the nurse said bronchitus, but we dont think thats what i had but like it, she said if not cleared up then hospital, but after a couple of days of tablets and staying in and lots of sleep and no drink, it has almost nearly gone, so, on my birthday...

Ko Lanta was a pleasant surprise! From Phi Phi, the ferry was about an hour there, after which we took a brutally expensive tuk-tuk to a beach about 30-45 mins away. Although nothing could top Phi Phi for scenery, this place was still decent, particularly at night when the sun was going down. The weather was gloomy and rainy some days so our bea...

hey folks! Well, I made it to Ko Lanta all by myself. I met Hans and Aaron at the pier when I arrived on Ko Lanta. It was every bit as wonderful as I had anticipated to see some familiar faces. We caught up quickly and then headed to the beach in a tuk tuk. We walked damn near the entire length of an enormously long beach (nicknamed, in fact, lo...