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Stay at Ba Ka Tiang Beach

This is basically 2 island Lanta Noi and Lanta Yai located off the mailand between Karabi and Trang.The latter island is where you find most resorts from 5 stars to beach huts .
The settlement started in this century with Muslim,Sea Gypsy and the chinese communities living together.The Chinese came with the sampan(small woooden boats) trade route wildst the Sea Gypsy have been roaming the Adaman Sea from as faqr north as Mergui,Burma.
Nice retreat with longtail boats available for island hopping or fishing when bored

The deep blue sea

Nice retreat with longtail boats available for island hopping or fishing when bored.You can literally laze all day just drinking cocktails and admiring the sea.

Lovely sunset

watching the sun set as we gluttons anticpates what to eat for dinner.

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:island retreat with less crowd even during peak
  • Cons:No direct flights
  • In a nutshell:Idyllic island
  • Last visit to Ko Lanta: Jan 2006
  • Intro Updated Feb 20, 2006
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