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Koh Lanta:26-30th Jan: Had a few really good days on Koh Lanta although it did start a bit crappy. When I turned up I was due to meet Pete and Rachel to get my new debit card, but as I had no money to get to where he was staying I tried the credit card which got swallowed! Then I went to the only internet place to find Pete's hotel and it wasn't working so I got really pissed off. Eventually the Internet started to work and I jumped in a cab to find his bungalow. I strolled down on the beach and immediately saw his pale body! So I got my new Debit card, went to get some money and a place to stay. That proved harder than I thought, but found a place which was full but they let me stay in their tent on the beach!!! So settled in my tent I wandered down the beach to meet up with Pete and Rach where we sat down on one of the beach bars drinking all night! Lots of Chang Beer and a 'bucket' went down, as I found out all the news from Morden and Wimbledon. We all got pretty tipsy and I tried spinning fire bottles. Walking back to my tent, I was not sure where I was, but a girl called out 'tent boy' and there was a party going on outside my tent and I joined in. Next day I woke late, despite the heat in the tent and upgraded to a bungalow. Spent the day on the beach and in the sea and really chilled, so then later we had the same sort of evening - not so much as we booked a boat trip for early the next day, but the food was good - seafood! So up early Peter, Rachel and myself all headed for our boat trip, taking in 4 islands. It was a really good day - started off snorkling, then swimming into a cave, then had some lunch on the boat before some more snorkeling and some diving off the boat. On the way back, the sea got a bit choppy, but we stayed on top -the only ones to brave it! Again the evening was spent in our local and we ended up playing Connect 4 and Jenga! My final day on Koh Lanta started off a bit frustrating - again I went to get some money to pay my bill and the machine did not give me the cash, so I phoned the Halifax and they were useless - telling me I had to wait 24 hours, but I went back to my bungalow (sunset) and read in a hammock before taking part in a game of volleyball, which in the end my team lost but still quite funny. I met up with Pete and Rachel again (borrowed some money - high interest rate) and we went to my bungalow bar where we ate with some people I'd met. There was a Dutch couple, Dice and Ammanda and a German girl Leana. We all sat drinking and eating before going off the Miami Bar, where me and Pete had a shot of monkey brain - horrible - its when the lumps float around which is really horrible. Meanwhile Rachel and Leana had a shot of cobra whiskey! I'd booked for Phi Phi the next day and was being picked up at 7am, but carried on with the fun and when I said my final emotional goodbyes I was pretty merry!
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