A WEEK IN KOH LANTA, THAILAND

After a few nights in Ao Nang, Krabi, Cameron and I decided to head over to Koh Lanta.
We decided to spend a week here to really see the whole island. After getting off the fairy we took a tuk tuk to Long Beach. We had read great things about this little town and knew it was close to great beaches. Our first night we stayed in a private bungalow about a minute from the beach. Our bungalow was called Lantawade, we paid about $20 which was great! Super affordable!
The bungalow was cute and quite but wasn't exactly for us. 

The next day we took a walk & ended up finding a resort right next door called Raya Lanta Resort. The room was amazing!! It was huge and super clean! We even had air conditioning for the same price as the fan bungalow from the previous night. Not too mention free wifi in our room, something the bungalow also didn't have. We bargained with the owner of the resort and worked out a great price for the whole week. 

The first few days for us were beach days, we would wake up, have fruit for breakfast from a local vendor and then head right to the beach for a full day of soaking in the sun. After a full day in the sun, we would then head back to our resort and relax outside our room either playing cards, reading, or just chatting about life! We loved this relax lifestyle and fell in love with Long Beach and how easily accessible everything was. 

After a few days of pure relaxation we decided to rent a moped and tour the island! We toured the full island and found some amazing look out points and great restaurants! There was one restaurant that we loved so much we need to share! It's called the Panoramic. This place had the best food!! By far the best since we arrived in Thailand, everything was organic and the owner was fantastic!! Not to mention the view was phenomenal! 

We loved touring the island so much that we decided to do it a few more times that week, stopping at new beaches and view points each time. The moped was cheap too! It only cost us $9 CAD for the whole day! After a few days of scooting around the island, I ended up getting super sun burnt so our last few days ended up being relaxation days where we tried to stay out of the sun.

We were lucky to be in Koh Lanta when we were because they were having the Lanta Lanta festival! We went to the festival on our second last night and had a blast!! Tons of street food, clothing vendors and entertainment! We watched an awesome fire show & some great local Thai dancing. We even ran into and old friend, which was actually crazy because who runs into someone in the middle of a crazy festival on an island in Thailand! 
Overall out trip to Koh Lanta was fantastic!! We definitely recommend if you are ever in the area to make the trip to the beautiful island! Tons of great beaches and amazing scenery. If your budget can afford it, I would definitely recommend renting a moped and seeing the whole island! The island is small so only takes at most about an hour and a half to drive the whole thing. However! Make sure you stop at each viewpoint and make it a day trip! There is tons to see and some amazing views!Here are some more pictures of our time in Koh Lanta! 

TRAVELING THAILAND - PINE BUNGALOWS, KRABI

 After leaving Bangkok & being on a bus for 12 hours Cameron and I were very happy to arrive in Krabi! Krabi is a province in Thailand that is located on the south end near the islands.
In Krabi we found an amazing place called Pine Bungalows. Pine bungalows is situated on a very quite private beach that was about 15 minutes outside of Ao Nang. We LOVED Pine Bungalows.
We got our own private bungalow for about $15 Canadian.

We stayed a total of 3 nights here and loved every minute. We were roughly 50 steps to the private beach & also had a restaurant on site. The prices were a lot higher then other places we had been to but the food was fantastic and worth the money.
On one of our first nights we took a walk into the small town that was about a 5 minute walk from our small resort. The town had a cute little market where we picked up some fresh fruit and some essentials that we needed. On our walk back to our resort we saw a few signs and people setting up for some big festival, we asked one of the locals what was happening and he told us we were lucky to be in town. There was going to be a huge festival for the next 3 days where there would be a famous Thai band, dancing, food, and tons of shopping. We were so excited!!

After a good nights sleep we woke up and decided to make today a beach day! We had the water to ourselves and got an awesome spot on the beach with 2 hammocks side by side. After relaxing all day we decided to head down to the festival.
The festival was amazing!! So many great street foods and TONS of shopping! Cameron and I both got some new sunglasses at a combined price of $4 CAD.
As the night went on we decided to go watch the live entertainment and watch the bands play. We sat on the beach and got some drinks and enjoyed the music & entertainment for the rest of the night.

On our last day at Pine Bungalows we decided to take it easy and enjoy the scenery. We relaxed all day on the beach and couldn't have asked for more. After a busy few nights in Bangkok it was nice to unwind on the beach and just relax. We knew that after Pine Bungalows we wanted to stay in Krabi province and check out a few more great places, we did a little research that night and decided our next stop would be Ao Nang!