The trip begins
Trip Start
Dec 02, 2007
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Trip End
Aug 2007
Ko Lanta,
Thailand
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Got up at stupid o clock and it was still dark!!! And I thought I was on Holiday!! So bus picked us up on time whcih was amazing! 6.30 on the dot, said bye to Lisa, and headed off! Arrived at the port and switched to another big bus, then that took us as far as the boat, where we had to get off again and get on the boat! So we crossed in about 1.5 hours and then back on the bus to Scabby Krabbi. This took about 4 hours and by the time we got there we had to swap to another bus, and then down to another office then another bus, onto a boat to cross to a small island, which we had to cross, then get another litle ferry across to Lanta, and we finally arrived at around 6.00pm, so just another 12 hours travelling, but we had arrived, and it was lovely!!! We checked into Funky Fish which was on Longbeach, and the Bungalow was brand spanking new, with hot water and a fridge! So went to shop and got some beer to put into said fridge and sat a chilled for while before heading down the track for dinner and drinks, after an exhausting day, we went for the early night! Although did discover that the "Dirty Turks" lived nextdoor but from us, they are scubber instructors and think they are gods gift, fairpklay to them though, they had a soppy bird each..................not us!!!!
10/01/08
We got up and expored now that there was daylight!! We walked right up to the other end of the beach where it was completely desserted!! It was just me Saff and a cow!! We sat there most of the day, just relaxing in the boilng sunshine!! It was bliss, no one around just the sound of the sea lapping!!!
So we watched the sunset which was beautiful, and then started to slow walk down, back to the resort! We got ready and had heard from Chloe saying she was going to making her way to Lanta in next day or so. So we went back to bungalow, and saw dirty turks sat out on their veranda.....urgh the dirty turks!!
We got ready and went down for dinner and then decided on a game of cards, Saff went back to room to fetch them, while i mingled. Met this guy called Neil from Sweden, and by the time Saff got back with the cards, that was a distant memory. So we sat and chatted for hours and he would occassionally come out eith a random Prince quote, which was annoying what wit not being a Prince fan, you just can't get away from it!
We sat chatting until the beach party over the way had finished, and all the beach party goers came to join us, it was a right mix of people, French Dutch, Thai, Swedish, Indonesian and then of course the english!!! We had a great night, but the french guy slapped my arse, so I slapped him round the head (he had been agressive too many people) but apparently it wasn;t him who slapped me, it was his mate, so he had a go at me, and I had a go at his friend, who apologised and explained to his mate what he had done, he still bought me a drink for the misunderstanding, so got Saff an expensive Voddy as the french were paying!!! Then we started chatted to Luke from Oxford and Axel another guy from sweden, and then the dirty turks appeared, with another new girl upon ones arm, and the other had not been successful so had gone off home! We called it a night at 6am!!!
11/01/08
After the night before woke up and felt remarkbly ok, so went down for brekkie and found meself a niv\ce bit of shade and spent the day there. Later on I went and Sat with Luke at the bar and started chatting with Chris form London, out on Holiday, so after the sunset, we arranged to meet for dinner at "Somewhere Else" We met there at about 8pm and had dinner which was lusho, I had beef fillet with chillis etc and it was yummy!! So we had a few drinks and then Chris went back to his posh holiday maker resort as he was off diving and fishing the next day, and Saffron and I sat around having a few more drinks before bed, nice evening all in all
12/01/08
So after a fairly easy evening, we got up and sat on the beach, but alas was flippin hot so moved on into the shade, christ on a bike it was really hot!!! So we had arrnaged to meet Chloe at Chill out bar, so we headed up there about 5pm as they were showing The Departed and we thought, why not watch a movie. So went there played cards with the boss for a while before he put on DVD and we just sat there. Chloe was a no show, so we went to get ready to go for dinner, and had decided to go to Somewhere else, as it was soooo lush. got there and and had dinner and then bumped into Chirs and Luke at the Funky Fish, so decided to give the party up the road a try at The Earth Bar. We arrived and it was full of Ladyboys and the Dirty Turks!!! Dirty Turk with long hair had spotted his next victim and was dancing with her, when I saw her say she had a boyfrind and he was approaching! He was soo pissed he reminded me of Steve the Pirate from Dodgeball..... So anyway he went to go for the Dirty Turk, but missed in the most comical way, and then awas a scuffle and that was it. Anyhoo so later on there was a glass smashed against the wall and it was the Dirty turk, Steve the pirate had come back for another go, and alas he miss again so Dirty Turk got some punches in then and then proceeded to walk around the place with blood down his Kaftan, thinking he was John "Yippy Khai Yay" Maclean ( Die Hard) What a dick!!! ANyway was very amusing. So after being called the Number 1 dancing by a VERY COHERENT Thai bloke, and I know I was the number one dancer with my sweaty head
So anyway with that done, it approached the end of the evening, so we decided for all our safety Saff and I would get a taxi back to resort, as the lads had been drinking. So got back and thought we would try and crack open the Terry's Chocolate orange that Mum had sent over with Laura, but due to our beautiful brand new fridge keeping it cool, we could not get into, so instead passed out went to sleep.
We had decided with the lads to have a day out on the moped the following day, skippee!!!
13-01-08
Decided against the day out in the end, as we were all a bit tired and hungover from the previous night, so instead we spent the day chilling out in the shade until around 3pm and then ventured out into the sunshine. We had a game, well I say a game, we threw the frisbee around, to which Saff and I were not too good at. Wathced the sunset and then back for a shower. Met up with chris again about 8pm and walked over to, yeah you guessed it Somewhere Else for dinner, where it was packed and no free tables, but then we saw guy sat alone, put his hand up and signal to us we could sit with him. His name was Johnathan from Reading, who had been travelling around the world in 3 months, and had done it the opposite way to everyone else and started in New York and finished in Thailand. He then showed us some places he thought we may like on our rescheduled day out tomorrow. Chris then went back to his resort while Saff and I went to find out if Luke was still alive. We got him up and told him about the new plans for the following day to see if he was up for it, which he agreed, so called it night.
14-01-08
Got up early ready for our day out, and eventually made it down to the beach about 10.30 and met Chris and went for Breakfast. We waited for Luke to show up. Weh he did we still couldn't quite get our arses in gear, but we finally set off about 2pm and drove up to Kan Tiang Bay where the sand was so soft and the sea was like getting into a bath, it was lusho. We sat and had a drink and then Saff and Luke bulit a ladyboy sand castle, who was indeed a beauty! Then back into to sea for stone skimming fun!! We stayed and watched the sunset and then made our way back to base before it got too dark. We agreed to go somewhere different for dinner, and we had bumped into Johnatahn who had recommended the Red Snapper Restaurant on the main road. So we mounted our mopeds and off we went. Really nice looking restaurant, so checked out the Menu, and there was not even Red Snapper on there!!! The Menu literallt consisted of Tapas and random Lamb dishes, so we ordered a shit load of Tapas. It was nice but not as good as Somewhere Else, so we alll came away from there a little disappointed, and with an urge to Punch Johnathans head in. So we got back to resort, but Johnathan had already gone to bed pissed. We hung out on the beach and had a couple of drinks andthen pulled the sunbeds over and sat looking up at the stars, all very romantic until the stars start spinning and you feel like your gonna whitey and hurl everywhere. So I called it a night a went back to bungalow, it was a case of one foot on the floor for a little while!!
15-01-08
Last day of Lanta, gutted, so checked out and went for our last Breakfast at Somewhere Else with Chris, and Luke also joined us, and who had then said he had stayed out in the end last night, and had a drinking competition with some other people and keep up the side for the brits, and who had incidently won, and was the last man standing!!! So he went off for some sleep and we said our goodbyes to Chris and went to wait for Chloe on the sofa's.
Luke came back after not being able to sleep and Johnathan also came over to say bye, so we infomred him of our discust of his choice of our last supper destination, also guts had not been particularly happy that morning!! Chloe arrived and then so did the Taxi, so we said our final goodbyes to the guys, and we were off.
Got to the boat, and got on and had a really nice crossing over to Railay, with the spray hitting our feet as they dangled off the side of the boat, as we cut through the water, NICE, as we watched Lanta fade away.
We pulled up alongside a longtail just off of Railay, and had to make the switch of boats, and were then taken across to Railay, so then we asked to be dropped at Ton Sai, which the boat geezer was more than happy to do for a few extra Baht. And so we eventuallt arrive at Ton Sai at about 3pm, and stuggled with our backpacks up the hill in the heat. We reached to Corner Bar, which we stumbled across by accident and sure enough Gary and Lisa were already there and had arrived about 30 mins before us, sat at the bar. So we got a drink and sat there and stopped sweating.
Went off to find some accomodation, so the first one checked, the guy said we could leave our bags while we checked out the room, but we decided not to bother and take bags with us, BIG MISTAKE!! The bungalow was up a hill that I am sure would give everest a run for it's money!! We were more a less crawling up by the time we reached the bungalow, and bearing in mind they only have electric from 6pm to 6am, it was pitch black in the bungalow! We decided that Saff and I would go and see if we could find something with a better location, and chloe waiting with all the bags. We came across Paasook Resort, where Gary and Lisa were staying, checked out the bungalows, which were not as far up the mountain, and also had a window, for the same price, so settled on that place and went back for Chloe.
Went to the Corner Bar for drinks, then the heavens opened. It pissed it down, so we waiting for it to ease off a llittle before we made the dash to dinner, as Weatherman Gary had said it would soon stop, but it didn't, lieing Boys!! So we made a dash for it and went to Dream Valley for dinner and then back to Corner Bar for a couple of drinks before bed.
