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Posted by McNouye | 21st November 2009

We needed to figure out where to go after leaving Bangkok. Top marks to our travel advisor (Alana M) who gave us the low down on our three top choices. Phuket - full of resorts and caters to, “middle aged tourists and old German men looking to hook up with young Thai girls.” Not really our thing. Koh Phi Phi – gorgeous but cost prohibitive to stay on the beach and no hospital (one of our criteria given our previous eye infections). Koh Lanta – great beach, not too expensive, has hospital. Looks like we have a winner! Dave booked us on flights with Air Asia.
I'm going to digress now for a bit. A few months before we left for Bali, I came across a family (the Rymans) from Ottawa on a Lonely Planet message board. They were also planning a similar trip with their kids (6 and 9 years) but going to Malaysia, Cambodia and India as well as Bali and Thailand (not in that order).
They departed just 2 weeks before us a