Koh Lanta

We left Koh Phi Phi early on the ferry and either it was too early for most people that probably would have been drinking all night or nobody wanted to go to Koh Lanta. There were only about 10 of us on the ferry and two of these people were a South African couple that are family of people I know well from my hometown.
Once we got to Koh Lanta, we decided not to venture too far from the pier and stayed at a hostel along the sea. We went for a walk along the beach and hoping to cool down, went for a swim. But though we thought the water in Koh Phi Phi was warm, the water here was like a hot bath and even shallower than before. We managed to walk across to a sandbank which meant we were in the middle of the ocean.
The next day we went to another beach just on the other side of where we were staying and it was lovely here. The water was refreshing, but still not ice cold and the waves were pretty good too. We didn't find much shade though and ended up crouching behind a sign board just to get out of the sun for a few minutes.
Koh Lanta was a great place to end our time in Thailand, as we finally got the good swim and beach we were hoping for.
Although we enjoyed our time in Thailand we have been disappointed by some things. We'd be interested to know what it was like coming here a few years back, when things wouldn't have been as touristy. We also constantly felt like we were being ripped off and had to be on our guard, we were hoping to buy a few things that we'd seen along our travels and were planning on spending the rest of our Thai money on these, but the prices we were quoted were always more than we'd pay in London, so we didn't bother. It's not somewhere we feel like we'd rush back to... and I still think South Africa's beaches are better!
Next we head to Malaysia.