30/5/09-3/6/09 Ko Lanta

30/5/09 - Hat Yai to Ko Lanta
Up, packed, brekkie over the road consisted of tuna salad & J had the usual Pad Thai noodles!
Checked out & hailed a Tuk Tuk to the main bus station. Saw a cute kiddie on the way who kept waving at us foreigners, bless! Eventually got the mini bus to Trang for 100B pp 2 hours & result the bus didn't stop every 10 mins to drop someone off yippee!
Arrived at Trang train station after another hairy minibus drive & booked our onward bus to Ko Lanta Yai with the promise of a hotel/beach bungalow for 600B. Had a quick lunch then off to another minivan (found out we'd been ripped off again!)& two car ferries later we arrived! Haggled with the lady in the Tourist office for a bungalow, sooo tired I just want somewhere nice, free of rat poo, insects that has a nice pool! No crying though this time! Booked into 'Blue Adaman' for 500b pn, double room, ensuite, tv & aircon approx a tenner let's see what it's like! Another ride in the back of a cattle truck, funny down a dirt track & we arrived. Lush bungalow, lush pool, hallelujah bring it on & the best bit is the price drops to 400B tomorrow, yes let the hols commence! Big sigh of relief!
Dumped bags, had Happy Hour cocktails in the bar, strangest Long Island Ice Tea I've ever had but the cheapest, watched the sunset ahhhh.
Both vowed to drink water (during the day - come on now!) & to eat fruit for brekkie!
J fell asleep watching the FA Cup!

31/5/09-3/6/09
Spent the last few days lazing by the pool, very quiet here off season. Watched sunsets, v.nice ate, the waitress kept mixing up the orders & it was difficult to tell what was what in the dark....
On our last day we hired a moped, I was on the back no surprise there that Ginge didn't trust me & we went all around the island, didn't take long! Four pounds for the whole day, not bad. Had a nice home made ciabatta sandwich for lunch, made a change from the bungalow food.
Met a guy called Rich & a strange lady in her 60's who'd been travelling forever! Rich decided to come to Phi Phi with us the next day in search of 'striking limestone formations!'& the James Bond Island. Left J & Rich drinking & went to bed.
Oh, we managed to get a discount on the bus ticket from 'smiler' that's gotta be a 1st!