Thailand - Koh Lanta with family and friends

We had 2 weeks back at Kantiang Bay, Koh Lanta, and Nic's daughter Jessica and her boyfriend Tom came out to visit us there. We had a great 2 weeks together and did alot of swimming in the gorgeous sea and chilling out at the 'Why Not Bar' on the beach.

We managed to drag ourselves up the hill to the Sunset Bar a few times, where we'd chill out with a beer or a cocktail and watch the sunset:


We also managed a couple of day trips to some nearby islands and one of the trips included a bit of kayaking. Jess and Tom took a while to get the hang of things and the quote of the day was from Jess saying "It's not funny cos I'm not laughing". Brilliant!


On the same trip we got to watch the local monkeys being fed; they came on the boat and into the water to get the fruit. Luckily they were well behaved, although they did get a bit close for comfort at times:



This monkey looks like he's pondering something!


On the second week our bestest mates Steve and Debs also joined us and the 6 of us had a great week together.

We all went on a day trip to some of the nearby islands to do some snorkelling and to see the Emerald Cave. The latter was much busier than it had been last September but it was still gorgeous. Well done to Tom for managing to swim through the dark cave and snorkel, even though he has/had a fear of the sea.

Here's us hanging out at the Emerald cave:

Here's Steve and Debs getting into holiday mode:


This is the infamous Why Not Band that play every night at the Why Not Bar. They really enjoy themselves and were pretty good:


Whilst Jess and Tom were here they adopted a cat and called her Jeffrey. When they left she adopted us and would hang around our balcony waiting for cuddles:


Massive bug seen at the Sunset Bar:


Hanging out with our buddies:


Sadly we had to say goodbye to Jess and Tom and they went back to the UK. Nic, me, Steve and Debs then went on a liveaboard to enjoy a week a scuba diving in the Andaman Sea. Sweet!