We had planned all of our SE Asia dates around Chiang Mai and the famous Lantern Festival. I couldn’t have been more amped to see the festival so I was a little disappointed when I heard that they decided to do the lantern release very very early this year and we had missed it, however we would still be in town for the Yi Peng festival. There is a lot of mislabeled information about the release and the festival on…
We were pretty beat after our liveaboard trip, so Koh Lanta was the perfect destination for us. Although it is a pretty large island, there aren’t a lot of people who go there. It remains pretty secluded for most of the year. We secured ourselves a bungalow on the beach (for about $18) and got right to relaxing. We watched the sunset every night, probably some of the most beautiful we have seen yet. We rented a motorbike and cruised…
A long tail, a mini bus, a second mini bus, a quick night in a hostel, a third mini bus, a very big tuk tuk style bus and we were finally to our home for the next 5 days/nights – the Manta Queen 7. We were told to hand in our shoes on our way in to our 90 foot cruiser and we would get them back in 5 days. Barefoot, we stepped aboard the boat and our first SCUBA…