Back by popular demand.
Ko Lanta prayer flags 2012 edition.

These beautiful flags are hand designed, hand batiked & hand painted by a local Artist. The dyes and fabric are made of the highest quality, and won’t fade or run in the wash. Each flag captures the scenes and sites of enchanting Ko Lanta.

Available in Lanta Old Town at lanta leather and hammock house.

Take a string of 9 flags home with you and
hang them in the garden, patio or anywhere you have a light filled room.

Every time you see them waving in the wind you’ll remember lovely Ko Lanta.

Performances include Shadow Puppet Theater (Nang Talung), Traditional Thai Dance and Sea Gypsy Folk Music (Rong Ngeng) Enjoy great and affordable Thai & Western food, beer, coffee and many local Arts & Crafts exhibits. Get away from the crowds and become a part of a real Thai Fishing and Cultural Community!

original watercolor by local artist

Art cooperative starting in Ko Lanta!
We are a group of eclectic artists and are dedicated to promoting visual arts and handicrafts in Lanta Old Town, Ko Lanta, Krabi, Thailand. We are looking for a few more Artists to join our cooperative. Our goal is to create, show and sell our work  together.  Must volunteer 1 day a week to work in our shop.  Come be apart of  this charming village.

Contact Susanna for more info.

PADI Dive Courses All Year Round

During the high season (November – April), Scubafish’s boats are moored in Kantiang Bay in the south of Ko Lanta, and during the low season (May – October) the dive boats depart from the pier in Lanta Old Town, making it really convenient if you plan to stay in Lanta Old Town during the summer months.

Ko Lanta is the best place to base yourself if you want to dive some of the top dive sites in Thailand. With spectacular reefs, unmatched marine diversity and great visibility, Ko Lanta offers the convenience of day-diving with the chance to enjoy the relaxed and laid back atmosphere of island life.

PADI 5-Star Dive Centre, Scubafish offers the full range of PADI Dive Courses from complete beginner through to professional Dive Instructor.

Courses start from Bubblemaker – for kids (1 Day Course, Age 8+), Discover Scuba Diving (1 Day Course, Age 10+) or the full PADI Open Water certification (3-4 Day Course, Age 10+) and go right up to a 6-8 week Divemaster Training Course or 2 week Dive Instructor Course (Age 18+).

You can even start your PADI Dive Course on-line to day!

For further information about staying in Lanta Old Town during low season (and why this is actually the best time to come), see Low Season? Not In Old Town.

Come try our hammocks!

The Hammock House is home to the largest selection of quality hammocks in Thailand and is located in one of Old Town’s traditional wooden stilt houses, overlooking the sea.

With a Jumbo Hammock, it’s not only you who gets to relax, but also the manufacturer! Now, by making these quality hammocks, the Mlabri tribe have been able to establish financial independence within their home village. The project makes alternatives such as tough fieldwork or sweatshop labor unnecessary. Instead it has brought them healthcare and probably the first unemployment fund in Thailand. Positive products from and for positive people.

All our hammocks are hand-woven by the Mlabri tribe of northern Thailand.

Please visit www.jumbohammock.com for more information, prices or to order a hand-woven hammock.

Lanta Old Town, Koh Lanta

Barely opened again for business, Koh Lanta, an idyllic island on the Southeast coast of Thailand, found its access roads jam-packed with traffic usually reserved for the high season. Early tourists wanting to avoid the crowds were surprised to see that the ferry line-up had already accumulated to unseen lengths and waiting times were still rising. With drivers and passenger seemingly to impatient to respond to any questions, your reporter in question was lucky enough to catch one member of staff on his 3 minute lunch break and get some answers.

“Word is out that Ms Jeab from the Old Town Hammock House, will soon start baking her legendary brownies again” said Mr Sompong, who had never witnessed such a stampede in his 6 year career. With barely enough time left before having to rush back to work, he added: “Rumor goes she also created highly addictive Oatmeal raisin cookies and yummilicious Cinnamon roles this year, which won’t improve the situation here!”

In order to allow Ms Jeab to perfect her skills, Lanta Police has to set up a cordon around the Old Town and is using all it’s man power to fend off the hungry mob that is getting more ecstatic as whiffs of chocolate and cinnamon fill the streets.

Although normally sold at very reasonable prices, one batch of extra fudge cashew nut brownies mysteriously disappeared from Jeab’s kitchen window ledge and is now said to be auctioned of at exuberant prices on the black market.

An official delegation of the Lanta municipality will be visiting Hammock House in a bid to urge Ms Jeab to not wait any longer before baking for the general public, as tension is heating up and first casualties have been admitted to Lanta Hospital.

Despite the fact that one of her fans has already donated a state of the art convection oven and is begging her to go pro, Ms Jeab stays modest as usual and comments: “I’m honored to have customers come from halfway across the globe, but my priorities lie with my hammock shop, as those support a very special hill tribe from North Thailand. My bakery aficionados will simply have to wake up early and will be treated on a first come, first serve basis.” Munchers and sweettooths are warned!