Part 2 of October Break: Koh Lanta

Part two of our October holiday took us to the island of Koh Lanta which we had heard about and we felt like a bit of sea and sand. It involved a flight (can also do train/bus) and then a van/2 ferry ride to our final destination. When you get out of the airport there are may ways to do the van/ferry and many different prices and options. The cheapest being bus/ferry....the most being private van.

Air Asia...budget flying where Vince never has leg room.

Ferry on its way. The haze is due to the peat burning in Indonesia...terribly polluting.

I can't believe what they transport on ferries here. A water tower.

Scooters

Sometimes the machinery leaves doubts as to whether you'll actually make it.

The new bridge to replace the ferry.

We booked on line ages ago and all we remembered is that there was a pool and we got an amazing deal. When we arrived we couldn't believe the size of the place and it was almost empty. I actually got to swim laps in the pool.  They upgraded everyone to rooms near the main lodge to keep everyone together. No complaints. The haze is doing nothing for tourism and in fact we didn't see the sun for the whole 3 days.

Love the towel folding

The pool...almost 50m

We had a room on the second floor but first floor had access to this pool which was 150 m long....I jumped in one morning and swam it for laughs.

We rented a scooter and went for a ride down to see friends or ours who had rented a house for a week. Checking out the corrosion from the sea. It looked like they had tried to make a boardwalk type structure that didn't quite hold

Our friends an their scooters.

Rubber plantation

The beach was pretty empty and water was beautiful

A few beach pics

Fishing boat in distance.

Morning swim

Eating on the beach.

 Day two road trip was Old Town at the other end of the island. The haze was incredible.

Buying gas in a bottle begins to feel normal

The just had a blue marlin delivered at the restaurant next door...it's always someones brother who catches it. So, we indulged that nice...yummy. 

 Our little buddies....in typical Thai swim suits. Many workers here are from Burma, as are these three men.