After saying goodbye to everyone in the program, I stayed in Thailand for an extra week - my sister joined me in Bangkok, where she spent a couple days with me, and then... we headed off to Southern Thailand.
Specifically, we flew to Krabi, then took a minivan (provided by) to the resort we were staying at, SriLanta, which was on Koh Lanta (Lanta Island). It took us only about 30 minutes to drive to the port, then two ferry rides, and an additional 20 minute drive on the island to actually get to our resort, which, was SOO nice!
We were there at low season (meaning: since it's rainy season, it sometimes rains - but, very LIGHTly in comparison to Bangkok!- but the waves are definitely choppier and thus, the water is a little bit unfriendly to swim far in), and so were able to get a room for SUPER cheap (less than 1/2 the price of what it'd be in high season, which is around November-February)!
Basically, it was a honeymoon for ourselves. :)
In addition to the resort being VERY nice (and right on the beach!), my sister + I were actually the ONLY guests at the resort, so we definitely felt extra special to be there! The crew working there was very nice, and it was very relaxing, indeed. Although the waves were a bit too rough to really swim in there (apparently it's MUCH better during high season, so I guess we'll have to go back!), it was nice to just be able to lay down on the beach, do some fun-fictional readings, work on our tans, and sip on some fruit smoothies...
Since we were on the island for 3 days, we didn't want to spend ALL of our time on the beach, so we decided it'd be fun to go up and down the coast of the island to find something fun to do (since, because it was low season, there weren't any scuba-diving, snorkeling, or water sport activities available!). Although we were planning on getting bicycles in order to carry out our fun adventure, the island didn't have bicycle rentals!
Instead... they had... MOTORBIKE rentals!! For 100 Baht (less than $4!) a day, too!
If you know me, you KNOW that I've NEVER driven a motorbike before! And neither had my sister! So, we were very skeptical as to whether we would be able to drive the motorbikes at all.. but..
after practicing a bit, we kind of got the hang of it! Or, at least.. drove cautiously enough to not kill ourselves!
It was really fun, because we were able to drive down the coast of the island, and go beach hopping!
The views on this island were spectacular, and didn't seem TOO touristy (compared to AoNang, where we stayed at for our fourth night in Souther Thailand), so we will definitely have to come back!
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