We arrived off the night boat into Surat Thani at 5am and were all crammed into tuk tuk's and taken to a travel cafe where we waited for our bus to Krabi and then onto Koh Lanta by ferry. When we made it to Krabi there was some mix up with our bus and although all the other travellers had left we were stranded here for 3 hours. This is to date still the worst and only problem we've really had with transport so I think myself lucky :).
We'd already booked ahead with accomodation here as a giant friendly Thai lady insisted it would be cheaper and easier as we would be dropped off right at our chalet (It's a pretty big island). When we arrived it was pretty stunning, the warm sun made an appearance for most of our time here which we were thankful for, as I have mentioned before the west side was mostly rain and gloomy skies which made it hard to get out and do anything!
This was the view from the bar/restaurant where we stayed, we could see the beach and the sea from our chalet, we chilled on the futons for a couple of hours just watching the waves and chatting about all sorts of rubbish.
We took a stroll along the beach in the sunshine, it was really pretty. One of the better beaches on the island.
In the evening we rented a baby pink moped much to Olly's delight, it was mostly so we could use it the following day to explore what Koh Lanta had to offer.
He really was happy...
The next day we took the moped all around the island we came across some stunning beaches and we found a quiet little town where the sea gypsies worked. We had lunch and took the moped south of the island where there was a national park. We found a beautiful secluded beach here and chilled out while the waves crashed against the rocks. It was very peaceful.
This is dried squid, this stuff is the thing of nightmares and violates my nostrils. Avoid it at all costs
Everywhere around the island were tsunami evacuation points and safety zones a sign that it was still a very real risk, a lot of the land is very low level and was devastated along with phi phi in 2004.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.....
A bit of down time with mother nature :)
Our next stop was Phi Phi.
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