Good morning to the world. We arrived on Ko Lanta yesterday after spending 3 days on Ko Phi Phi. On our 2nd day we went for a sailing trip with captain Neal, a Canadian civil engineer who quit his job 6 years ago and been sailing the world ever since. He got this 9m long sailing yacht and takes up to 10 people with him on tours he does around the island. But this time it was only Jo and me, it was like being on a private yacht. First we did a trip to Monkey Beach where we got to feed the monkeys who are at that beach all day. After that we went to Ko Phi Phi Leh, that’s the island where The Beach was filmed, nice beach but waaaaaaaay too many people there thanks to the movie and Lonely Planet. I did some snorkelling on the back of the island. I got told that if you a banana in your hand under water the fish would come and eat it. I’ve never been around so many fish in my life! They just started swarming me and they ate the whole thing in about 20 seconds. Yeah, that was kind of awesome. Then we did a bit of proper sailing to watch the sunset where I probably didn’t talk for 20 minutes. Jo was delighted I didn’t ruin the moment. That sunset did made my top 3 I reckon. Great. I think I could get into this whole sailing thing, maybe something to think about for the future.
So yeah, on Ko Lanta now, we had a bit of a crazy night. We went to this beach bar where they had the weirdest stuff. We spent the nigh with about 6 people from England who were celebrating their last night travelling. I cant go into it too much but a few of the shots I did were: cobra blood, monkey brain and seasnake. The last one is the worst but in a way the best as well. And after the bottle was empty, they took the snake out and cut it up so that we all could have a bit, how nice of them! And for entertainment we had Bong, the manager, spearing apples off peoples heads and playing the knife game with at first a knife, then an axe and for the big finale a power drill. It was absolutely crazy, but it was a great night out.
Just about to upload this story, we’re sitting on the beach now watching the sunset. Wifi is great isn’t it.
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