I landed in Bangkok on Friday March 8th, After a night and a day in the capital I caught the over-night train to Surat Thani, a bus to Don Sak, and then a boat to the beautiful island of Koh Samui. On Koh Samui I met Sara from Sweden, and Iiro from Finland... We had a chilled few days together on the amazing beaches of Koh Samui. Soon it was time to move on, Sara was heading to Krabi in the west. Iiro and I took the short ferry ride over to the neighboring island of Koh Phangan, an island I fell head over heels in love with when I visited in 2012. Once we arrived in Haad Rin, Koh Phangan, Iiro and I went our separate ways.
I checked into a hostel, The Hard Road Cafe, in Baan Tai which is in the south east of the island, I planned to stay for two nights, then head to Koh Tao, an island I haven't visited before, and somewhere I wanted to see. On my first night at Hard Road I went to 'Amsterdam Bar' with some new friends, Liz and Jo, who were also staying at the hostel, we drank beers and watched the sunset, it was all very chilled and relaxing, just as I remembered it and just what I needed at this point in time. On my second night on Koh Phangan, Anna arrived. Anna was from London and reminded me of my friends back home. We got on immediately, and I guess this is where it all began. Anna decided to stay for five nights, I decided to do the same. After a few beers and a beach party, it was quite clear that five more night were not going to be enough, I decided to stay on Koh Phangan until after the full Moon Party, another two weeks! Over the next few days more backpacking crazies arrived at the hotsel and our Koh Phangan family was born! An Amazing couple of weeks with my 'new bestfriends' followed, Beach parties, pool parties, raves in the jungle, island adventures and general dorm room debauchery and dramas all ensued! I had the best time of my life in those two and a bit weeks, I met the most amazing, wierd, wonderful and crazy people, I hope we can all keep in touch and maybe met up later in life. The stresses and upsets of my life back home in rainy, grey England were all but forgotten and a new chapter of my life began. I was here for a reason, a reason that I soon discovered was not all that uncommon... I was here to heal a broken heart.
After the Full Moon Party it was time to move on, we had all been 'stuck' on Koh Phangan for to long... After all, it's not traveling if you stay in one place! So, we said our goodbyes, some of us made plans to met up when our paths cross later in our trips. After Koh Phangan I spent two nights in Krabi town, not the most interesting of places, two nights were enough. Next it was time for the journey to Koh Lanta, where I was due to start a one month volunteer placement at Lanta Animal Welfare on April 1st. The journey from Krabi to Koh Lanta took about 3 hours, it dragged and if I'm honest, I wasn't that excited about arriving on the island, I missed Koh Phangan and wish I could of stayed longer... Koh Lanta has allot to live up to!
So finally I have arrived on Koh Lanta, I am staying at Time for Lime, a restaurant/ beach bar/ bungalow complex which is used to raise funds to support Lanta Animal Welfare (LAW). I will spend the next two nights here before I move into the dorms at LAW. I know this will be a very different experience that of the antics and escapades of Koh Phangan, but I'm hoping it will be just as good, all be it in a different way.
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