We had looked beforehand that there should be some fair-priced accomodation in northwest part of Lanta at Kaw Kwang beach. When we finally arrived there we realized how much this place must have changed since the publish of the latest Lonely Planet travel guidebook. The bungalows had been transformed to big resorts and we were offered orange juice by resort workers when we walked to the reception. The cheapest room available was 3500bahts(70euros) so we had our orange juices and left saying that we were looking a little bit cheaper option. It was quite late already and we were pretty tired by long day travelling. The only "fair" option at the area was a resort which offered us a basic double room with 1200bahts(24euros). We took it and decided to look cheaper accomodation for the next days.
We found out that all the budget accomodation is located in the Southern part of the island. Lots of backpackers stay at the Kantiang bay where you might find some nightlife but we headed further South. We got a bungalow close to a nice beach for 12euros a night. We spent there few nights just relaxing since there wasn't much of a nightlife going on. 95% of the island population are muslims which means there wasn't too much alcohol-filled parties around. I think it's a good thing and helps to keep up the island's relaxed atmosphere without pumping music and shouting tourists. We checked the island with scooters and went to trek to a small waterfall. There was elephant trekking available and also caving options. We went to the four islands tour with a longtail boat but weren't really impressed by tons of tourists and destroyed corals. Well, I had my first snorkeling experience so it wasn't so bad.
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