Day 19; Trip to Lanta Old Town

Today was my day off, I tried to have a lay in but there is allot of building work going on at the centre and it was impossible to sleep as the builders are working right outside our room. I got up about 8am, had breakfast, then went to the beach for a couple of hours. Juliane finished work at 1pm and her, Lindsey and I decided to take a trip to the old Town which is on the other side of the island.

The old town is less touristy than the area that we are staying in, although it is now low season and there aren't many tourists anywhere on the island. We walked down the small shopping street and found somewhere to eat, the restaurant was right on the water, beautiful! After lunch we visited the Jumbo Hammock store where they sell handmade hammocks; They really are works of art, made by the the Mlabri Hills Tribe of Chang Mai, they are sent to the south to be sold to tourists in order for the hill tribes to make enough money to survive. Each hammock takes up to 3 days to complete. Prices range from 1300 baht to 4000 baht.

After a couple of hours looking around the shops in the Old Town we went to the very south end of the island, it's so beautiful down there. On the way back I realised that its going to be hard to leave this place.

We arrived back at the centre around 630, Lindsey had the sleep in shift so we sat in the kitchen with her. We ate pasta, uploaded pictures and listen to music... A great day with lovely people.