Greetings this time from Koh Lanta! We arrived around lunch time today. I stupidly forgot to bring my camera with me to upload some photos but will do so tomorrow.
We are staying in cute little beach bungalows literally a stones throw away from the beach. This island is very quiet in comparison to any of the other islands we have been to and this evening, before dinner we went for a walk along the beach (to the backdrop of an amazing blood red sunset) and nearly had the sand to ourselves.
Our day and night on Koh Phi Phi was actually a lot nicer than we expected (goes to prove you can't believe everything the Lonely Planet says). We had about a two hour ferry ride to get there from Krabi, after which we were assaulted by people offering us accomodation on the pier. We picked a bungalow which looked great in the pictures - little huts on a hillside above a beach - though as we have found out, brochures, postcards etc can be deceiving. On this occasion we were not disappointed. We had our own little wood and bamboo bungalow on stilts overlooking a cove and the ocean.
After settling in we took a long tail boat to Maya beach, where they actually filmed the movie version of "The Beach" and which I finished reading (for a second time) last night. So tomorrow, brace yourselves for a picture of me: Reading 'The Beach' on 'The Beach' beach...ha ha! We swam on the famous beach and the scenery really is spectacular. (Larna was in love with the fact that Leonardo Di Caprio swum here.)
The rest of the afternoon we cruised the island (Phi Phi Lee) and went snorkelling in this amazing coral reef. We did not know this was part of the boat ride, so it was an unexpected surprise. So many colourful fish to see - I think I saw Nemo (I should grow up, hey!)
More pics tomorrow! Much love to all our family and friends.
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