Ok, its just over one week, but from 26th December until today I’ve had 5 birthdays (two for folk I just met) and one anniversary. No wander I’m so knackered!! Was so tired last night it was a struggle to stay up until the sunrise! It wasn’t planned, but Lee and I went back ‘home’ [...]
The visa run didn’t happen today as for once, the bus was full…probably of people who have just sobered up after new year and realised their time is due… So life on Koh Lanta? The title above about sums up our life at Lanta Family Resort for the last week. Get up…sometime, go for a [...]
Dec 312006
I’m sitting here at 2pm on New Year’s Eve in the Krabi Ferry Passenger Terminal waiting on my boat to Koh Phi Phi. For those from the crowd at home (if any of you read this!?!) I’m away to meet ‘cockney Matt’ for the night and bring in New Year with him. He replied to [...]
Dec 292006
Pretty uneventful blog for today and yesterday…. yesterday we went to Tonsai beach and it pissed with rain so we had a beer and came back. Today we went to Railey in the afternoon (sisters anniversary and her hubby’s birthday…two years ago today we were all on a beach in Florida jigging with kilts on [...]
Dec 262006
It’s hard to think that two years ago, a large tsunami ripped through this area, devastating the lives of many around the world. There is still a bit of building work going on, but I think this has as much to do with development as anything else. There are tsunami evacuation signs all over the [...]
Dec 262006
Boxing day meant it was my mum’s 60th birthday. It was a totally chilled day today as she went for a Spa, while I got up late then met them at the pool. We splashed out on a nice hotel for dinner, sitting outside…only it was raining. As usual on this trip I’ve found that [...]
Dec 252006
Last night we took the compulsory meal and ‘entertainment’ at the resorts my family are staying at. To say it wasn’t worth the cash (1600 Baht!) was an understatment, and all drinks were chargeable! But there were around 20 young thai girls dressed in mock santa tops! (see picture above) Xmas day was well chilled, [...]
Dec 242006
Today is officially a chill day! (another one!). Met the fam yesterday and went for some food. I went to tell the bitchy landlady that I’d stay for longer ‘Ooooh, 900 baht over christmas and new year’ (much more than my current 500!)‘Even if I stay for over a week?’‘Yes, Thai people, they come, holiday, [...]
Dec 232006
I left the two guys this morning and took the long tail boat to Ao Nang beach for 60 Baht. As usual, you pay more money for a place and sometimes it’s not worth it. They were meant to sort a spare bed for me with my folks but said they were finished, so I [...]
Dec 222006
Had a few too many beers last night, but hey it was the first night in town, and we hooked up with Noi from Laos. Woke up really late today, then sat and wrote some emails on the laptop on the balcony of our shack (no wifi though!), then walked 50m along the beach to [...]
