Thread: Koh Lanta, Ao Nang and Phi Phi Don

Inspired by our respected member Zehner (http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/the-tra...et-and-kl.html (Ko Lanta, Samet and KL)), we wanted to spent our holiday in the south. On the 5th October, 05.00 h we took the pick-up (including motorcycle) and drove to Koh Lanta in Krabi province. We arrived at 13:00 h (730 km). Koh Lanta is a very quiet island. Islam is the main religion. It means that you will not find pork or beer in many Thai restaurants. But.......supermarkets and 7-11s enough that sell beer.

It was low season at Koh Lanta. Quiet, quiet and ....... quiet. No boat trips to Koh Phi Phi or Big Game Fishing yet.

Our bungalow at Koh Lanta Riviera Resort (on the map below you can see the location on the island). The only bungalow with two terraces and a direct view to the sea. We stayed here for nine nights and agreed to pay 400 THB per night. This bungalow does 2,200 THB in December (high season):



The restaurant and swimming pool:



Sunset view from our terrace 1:



Sunset view from our terrace 2:



We drove with our motorcycle around the island. Some pictures:





We did a kayak tour along the mangrove forest.

My sister-in-law, her husband, the tour guide and the two kids.



Inhabitants of the mangrove forest:



We took a boat trip to four islands for snorkeling and swimming. The white line on the google map shows the course (the white line on the island was one of our motorcycle trips).

It was very nice that on the way to the islands the course was along the east side and on the way back along the west side of Koh Lanta.



Mu Koh Lanta





Hat Chao Mai National Park



This was a very exciting spot. Morakot Cave. You had to swim through a cave to come in a hole in the mountain with a small beach.



After nine nights at Koh Lanta we drove to Ao Nang. We stayed at Ao Nang for three nights.

We did a hundred fifty kilometres trip by motorcycle. Some pictures:



A housing project at the beach:



The waterfall at a National Park:



Shell Fossil beach:



Our last day we took a day trip by boat to Koh Phi Phi Don.

The harbour.



A beautiful bay at the north side:



I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Stamp

Looking forward to seeing the pics. Assuming that you're still working on getting them posted. Either that or my computer is wigging out.

Ko Lanta's great.

Originally Posted by redhaze

Looking forward to seeing the pics. Assuming that you're still working on getting them posted. Either that or my computer is wigging out.

Thanks, Redhaze. Strange, I can see the pictures using FF or IE.

Originally Posted by Stamp

Thanks, Redhaze. Strange, I can see the pictures using FF or IE.

Now that I look closer, I can see that there are links for each pic. But each one looks like a tiny little box, and if I click on one then it just becomes a slightly less tiny little box. Same in firefox and IE.

I guess we'll have to wait for others to confirm. It seems as if photobucket is the best way to post on ajarn and not have problems, at least from what I have seen.

I'm using Firefox, and I can't view them either.

I think I did something wrong. Apologise. I will have a look into it.

Originally Posted by happychappy

You must have corrected it, I can see them, using FF.

I did. The pictures are uploaded at Ajarn and had them set at "private". I made them public. Thanks for your reply.

Nice pics, mate. You're vying with Nick for the 'Ajarn Forum Best Digital Photographer' award

Well done.

Thanks for your replies.

Cheers, Stamp

lovely pics stamp.

did you check out the "Red Snapper" restaurant on long beach? fantastic food there