Sunset at Phra Nang - Krabi (image Krabi Tourism)
INTRODUCTION - WHICH ISLAND OR BEACH?
CHANG (big Chang eastern Gulf)
Little Ko CHANG, Andaman side
PHI PHI
PHI PHI NEWSPAPER ARTICLE BY TEZZA
RAILAY, TON SAI AND KRABI TOWN
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SOME TIPS ON NOT DROWNING
WET WEATHER INFORMATION
SNORKELLING IN THAILAND
INDONESIA
BALI
BALI - NUSA LEMBONGAN
BALI'S BEST BEACHES - incl THE BUKIT PENINSULA
EAST BALI - PADANGBAI & CANDIDASA
LOMBOK - THE GILI ISLANDS
LOMBOK - THE KUTA LOMBOK AREA
PERAMA SLOW BOAT - FLORES/KOMODO/LOMBOK
SERAYA & KANAWA ISLANDS + LABUANBJO - FLORES
MALAYSIA
GEORGEOUS TIOMAN ISLAND
AUSTRALIA
CRUISING TROPICAL ISLANDS ON A BUDGET
BUDGET RESORTING ON THE WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS
BYRON BAY - BEACH PARADISE
TURKEY
BUDGET CRUISING AND PARAGLIDING THE TURQOUISE COAST
THE FORUM
Questions, comments, shoot the bull.
GENERAL
JUST FOR LARFS - PART 1
JUST FOR LARFS - PART 2: STONES FROM THE JOKER IN THE GLASS HOUSE (1 thru 11)
JUST FOR LARFS - PART 3: THE WORRY COLLECTIVE
LADY TEZZA'S TRAVELLING JAPAN
The basics - Osaka - Kyoto - Hiroshima&Himeji - Takayama - Tokyo - Kyushu - Daytrip to Mt Fuji National Park - Accessing your money - Other helpul stuff
9 comments:
Hey man, your site's really cool thanks for all the info.
We're looking at going to Koh Lanta in July, but I am a little worried about the wheather. Would it be a serious mistake to go suring this time?
Thanks in advance,
-Ben
Whoa Ben! Sorry I haven't answered sooner, but I usually check the FORUM section - don't scroll down on the indexes too often (for complicated reasons which I won't go into, there are actually 4 indexes altogether - and 2 separate blogs).
Weather on Lanta in July should be standard wet season with the normal sunshine between one or more showers/storms, prolonged rain not too common yada as per the WET SEASON page. Actually July tends to be not the worst of the wet season - statistically Sept and Oct are wetter, and they are still normally good for travel.
I haven't read of Lanta as a surfing destination - never seen a surfboard. But the beaches face west and during and after windier periods the swell will get up, so it's a possibility. But it will be onshore slop, not worth carting a board with you if that is what you are thinking.
If you mean body surfing or just swimming in the surf, I reckon it would be a good idea to read the advice on the DONT DROWN page.
It is sure going to be quiet in Lanta (and accommodation will be discounted nicely) - if you are a social animal maybe the first 2 beaches will have most going.
Often in the wet season the dirt road into the southern most beaches becomes inpassable in the steepest sections apart from 4 wheel drives. Heaps of good beaches on the tarmac section before this though.
Have a good trip,
tezza
Thanks for the all info, I will be in Thailand for 5 weeks. This post's date December 12 makes me remember Full Moon Party and I'll be there after a days in Bangkok and others in Samui.
Cheers
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Your blog rules! 6 weeks and half missing to my departure to 5 weeks between Thailand and Malaysia.
Enjoy it vai - actually I'll be there mid Nov to early Dec - we might run across each other.
ATTENTION FOLKS - THE BEST PLACE TO POST QUESTIONS IS IN THE FORUM, ACCESSED VIA THE INDEX ABOVE (ABOUT 3/4 DOWN PAGE).
I OFTEN GO WEEKS BEFORE I LOOK DOWN HERE.
Dear tezza,
Thanks so much for your detailed replay.
I just read an article about thong nai pan at pangan. It sais that thats the most beautiful beach....
is this a recomanded one?
it seems like avery nice beach with clear water. I did not understant if its not windy since its for surfers as well.
They say it has a bohemian atmosphere...
Raya, Thong Nai Pan is a very nice beach, but I wouldn't say it is THE most beautiful.
Every time I've been there the water has been calm except at the north end of Thong Nai Pan Noi which tended to catch the dry season sea breezes a bit more and got a bit choppy.
I've never seen surf there but GIRLLRIG who lives there says that in the storms which occur in the wetter period Oct thru Dec, sometimes they get waves big enough to cause bad erosion of the beach and rip-currents for swimmers.
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