Koh Lanta is a lovely small island in southern Thailand that sits in the Andaman Sea. We arrive to our guest house at 2:30pm after a long overnight trip by bus and mini van from Bangkok. Our accommodation is a bamboo hut with two beds and a fan, but they also have a swimming pool, so we jump right in.
We end up spending a total of 5 nights on this island and love every moment. The busy “season” is over now and the number of travelers is much smaller making it quite nice. We have a bit of rain while we are here, but the usually only rains hard for 30 minutes and then stops, of course if you are caught out in it you get drenched. Often coming with the rain is spectacular thunder and lightning.
Jeff, Tim and fellow traveler Mac (UK) take a fishing trip on a long tail boat. They leave by 8am and return around 3pm, bringing with them a King Mackerel and a Barracuda! Fresh fish for dinner! Our guest house cooks up the fish for us and we enjoy the feast.
Motorbikes! We finally rent motorbikes for the day. Jeff and Tim ride together and I take my own. We travel to “old town” which used to be the main pier and an important trade port, and then all the way to the southern tip of the island and then back up again all the way to SalaDan. We let Tim have a try at riding solo (several miles). I am so not ready for him to drive. He actually handles the bike quite well and he absolutely loves it and wonders why he cannot ride by himself the rest of the day. His point being there is no drivers license here and no age minimum either! We saw fairly young children (10 yrs) riding a motorbike all on their own! Life is different.
~Karen~
I really enjoyed Koh Lanta. It reminds me of old Thailand before it got so built up for tourism. This town is still very touristy, there are bungalows on the beach everywhere. The main difference between this and some of the other areas are these bungalows are still affordable and you don’t get hassled by beach vendors all the time.
We found a few nice places to eat, but mine and Tim’s favorite was a BBQ buffet. All you can eat meat and seafood that you can barbeque at your own table for $4 each. Quite the deal. We stay and eat longer than we might have since the skies decided to open up and give us a rain similar to what we faced in the Amazon. No way to ride the scooters in that rain, so we had to stay and eat.
The ride back to the hotel was interesting. Avoiding puddles that Tim pointed out because my glasses were fogging up from the steam coming off the road.
We spent most of our time walking on the beach and swimming. Nice to relax for a while and stay in one spot.
~Jeff~
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