The journey from Hat Yai to Koh Lantha was a nightmare. We thought we could save some money making our own way to Koh Lanta instead of using the hostel’s travel company. We have since changed our opinion somewhat!! We left the hostel 7.30 in the morning to be able to catch a minibus to Trang 8am. In Trang we intended to change to another minibus in order to go to Koh Lanta. 45 minutes later the tuk tuk driver was still trying to find the main minibus station in Hat Yai, that was suppose to be 5 minutes drive from the hostel. One hour later we had ended up at a minibus station outside the city. We found a minibus to take us to Trang so that was good. Graham paid the tuk tuk driver three times as much as we were suppose to cause he felt sorry for the guy (and because he was fuming during the unwanted sightseeing of the whole city and could come across as somewhat aggressive…). Once in the minibus to Trang, the driver decided after half an hour to stop along the way and squeeze in another two people next to me and Graham. We did feel a bit targeted and Graham had another fit but tried to calm down to make sure we would not be thrown of the bus. Finally we arrived to Trang. Here we for some reason ended up on a big bus to Krabi. The ticket woman told us to get of at a crossroad in the middle of nowhere and pointed at a sign where it said Koh Lanta “ Take Minibus”. I did not really know what to think but eventually a minibus came and we managed to flag it down and get a lift to Koh Lanta. We saved no time in travelling doing it ourself, but we did save 90Baht, which is about £1.5. Yep, totally worth it…
Koh Lanta is a big island, we stayed in the south part of the island supposedly to be more scenic. We managed to barter down the price of the room. The bed was absolutely lovely and for the first time, in along time we slept really well. The beach was also nice disregarding the microscopic jellyfish that was stinging a bit:-D We soon realised that Thailand is much more expensive than the places we have been to previously. However, the Thai food is superb!
Koh Lanta is a big island, we stayed in the south part of the island supposedly to be more scenic. We managed to barter down the price of the room. The bed was absolutely lovely and for the first time, in along time we slept really well. The beach was also nice disregarding the microscopic jellyfish that was stinging a bit:-D We soon realised that Thailand is much more expensive than the places we have been to previously. However, the Thai food is superb!
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