Beach Briefs - Day 3 Enroute to Ko Lanta

I catch the van to the ferry and get onboard about 10 am. I move forward to the prow of the ferry and find a great place to sit overlooking the front of the boat. Seems like everyone else likes this spot and I am soon surrounded with lots of people looking for a great view, breeze and some sunshine. 90 minutes into the voyage and I am starting to feel sun and wind burn so it is time to retreat inside for the remaining hour. Too late, I realize that I am just a little sun burned. I should have put the sun block on! Be warned, when on the ocean, make use of sun block!!!

I arrive at the terminal on Ko Lanta and I lucked in and noticed someone standing with a sign for the hotel where I had booked for the night. This quite surprises me as the room was only $35 for the night and I anticipated having to shell out cash for a taxi. I jump in the back of a truck with about 8 germans and off we go on a 20 minute drive. I asked one of the men where he was from and he mentioned Germany and asked about me. When I mentioned Canada he stated that he loved Canada and had visited Vancouver with his family and had hunted in the interior on another trip.

I arrived at the hotel and it reminds me very much of the AB Motel at Langkawi, except the rooms are individual mini chalets and quite decent for $35 a night.This is definitely in my budget and there is an inexpensive restaurant and bar on the premises as well. I checked in and explored the beach area. The beach area goes on forever and is make up of similar levels of resorts/hotels, each with its own bar on the beach. The downtown area where the ferry checks in also ha many inexepensive seafood resturants and there is also a 7/11 just outside our hotel on the road.

I think I will spend 2 days here, get some rest and enjoy the ambiance. They have a nice beach as well as a swimming pool, and this place fits my budget nicely. A large Singha beer is only 120 Bhat :-)

Oh joy, the power keeps going on and off. The front desk assures me it is not their problem and the whole island is affected. Apparently this is not all that uncommon in Ko lanta

I just have to remember the sun block :-)


TTYL,


Jim