oh Ko Lanta

So 3 days ago we made it all the way across the Andaman Sea (20km) to Ko Lanta. Ko phi phi was great but after 7 days we thought it was time to move out of our bungalow and enjoy another island. It was so great to meet up with some old dutch friends of ours, Lennart and Marijlene, who just happened to be in the same part of the planet as us at the same time. Fantastic to meet up with familiar faces so far away from it all. I'll always remember all four of us being contorted like dough by 4 thai massage experts, all of us being stretched and wretched in ways I never knew possible.

So Ko Lanta. It's definitely not difficult to find a place to stay here. The only difficult part is sorting through the 203940 alluring offers of "cheap cheap, on beach, with pool, with elephant, with fire dancing elephant, with fire dancing elephant with snake on head and free beer" (well the free beer thing is pushing that a bit too far) but you get the picture. We decided on a place for 300 baht a night, with a pool, right on the beach, which doesn't require a mosquito net. 300 baht is about 6 Euros so a bargain. To add to this we found a place offering a 3 course meal with a whole fresh tuna as main for 150 baht,,,

We've met some more fantastic people and observed many more. Just a few:
We have the "I don't talk swiss couple"
- the "we want to get into porn positions in the pool in front of everyone" German couple
- the "let's take all 20 of us to thailand cause it's so cheap" swedish family
- not to forget the "yes we know that we look like absolute super human good looking and your jealous that we are so damn perfect" swedish couple
-the "I don't want to admit we are German" German people
- and of course Lindsay and Lincoln the down to earth good americans (people like them should be sent overseas more often to remind us that the bad Americans are the exception)
- the English guys here in groups of 5 who can always be found in the bar, any bar
- the English girls who we just keep running into wherever we go
- the French who just refuse to speak to anyone who is not French
- the Thai people everywhere who have to be some of the warmest amazing people on the planet.

The sunsets, food, people and the beaches are incredible here but the show must go on. Today was motorbike day around the island. Tomorrow we are off to Railay-Ton Sai Beach for some more of the same.

If you want to see some photos just go to the link to Anne's blog on the right.