Monday 4th February 2008

We were up in plenty of time this morning, because we'd arranged to move on to one of the islands South of Krabi - we were off to Koh Lanta! We had our breakfast and then sat in the reception of the guest house, waiting for our bus to arrive. When it had gone 10am and the bus still hadn't arrived, we started to get worried - but our host said it was fine, the bus had a couple of pick-ups to make. The 'BUS' did arrive, and we were surprised to find we were going to be taking part in a world record attempt - how many people and their bags can we fit in the back of a Toyota flat-bed truck? It was ridiculous! I made sure that Nikki managed to get a seat in the back - but I had to sit in the trailer part... with NINE other people... and all the bags. In total, there were FIFTEEN of us in the 'bus'! Luckily, we made it to the port both in one piece and on time and then we hung around waiting for our boat.

The ride South took nearly two hours and when we got off there was a guy from our new place waiting for us. We were bundled into another Toyota flat-bed thing (thankfully only five of us this time) and driven back to the Kantiang Bay View resort.

We were really impressed with the new place - it was right on the beach. Our room was one of the bamboo bungalows, which I thought looked great - but on closer inspection, it wasn't. In some places, the walls didn't even meet the floor! Oh well... it was only about 10 feet from the beach. For the rest of the day we didn't do anything! We just relaxed around our new home. We spent some time down on the beach and then when we got too hot, we went back and lay in the hammock hanging outside our door.

Tonight, we went into the 'Why Not Bar' which is part of our resort. It was amazing! They were playing great music - like Bob Marley etc. They were serving cheap, cold beer and me and Niks had a great time - chatting about our trip and the people at home - our Mums and Dads (and Step-Dad), our Sisters and our friends. Afterwards, we sat at one of the tables that was on the beach and shared a pizza.

Honey, I think we've found paradise!