31/10/07 - 01/11/07 Cathay Guesthouse 200B We had attempted to read up about places to stay in Hat Yai before we got there... but the reviews basically made it sound like everywhere was either falling to pieces, or looked like a prison cell! So we asked at PJ Guesthouse before we left and they recommended the Cathay Guesthouse, which they said was near everything and "ok"... which is always a bit of a worrying statement. They also told us to get off a...

30/10/07 - 31/10/07 PJ Guesthouse 150B Booked what we thought was a ferry then bus to Trang from Ko Lanta, but it ended up being a minivan the whole way there, wich actually turned out really good as we got the carferry across to the other island, which isn't a tourist destination, and got to see a bit of that too before taking another car ferry to the mainland. The van was around an hour late picking us up as it got a flat tyre, but we just sat in the sun wait...

Lanta Garden Home - Thieving Gypsy B@stards! Have written this seperately... as before I was robbed I had such a nice time here and I guess I don't know 100% if it was one of the staff here so I didn't want it to spoil the rest of the experience. On Monday night I went to bed around 2am and Mel came up shortly after... as I'd gone up Hazel had asked me (in front of Matt and Yip) to leave the door unlocked so she could get in later on... so mel and I did. befor...

28/10/07 - 30/10/07 - Lanta Garden Home 350B As we checked out of Sachas on Phi Phi she told us that it wasn't cheaper to buy our tickets at the boat so we bought one on the way down... meant to check before we got on if it had been the same price but forgot... ah well! As soon as we got on the boat the Ko Lanta Guesthouse touts descended, but most of them had a very laid back and freindly selling tactic so we didn't mind and I imediately decided I liked a brot...

26/10/07 - 28/10/07 Sachas Guesthouse 500B Booked the journey to Ko Phi Phi through our guesthouse in Krabi so got picked up in a truck at 9am and taken to the pier where we got the boat to Ko Phi Phi, seemed to take forever to find a place to stay and weirdly would have worked out cheaper per person if there had only been 2 of us... there's a first! Found Sacha's guesthouse, run by a firm but fair lady and decided it was perfect. Apparently the room we took, ...