It’s interesting being in Ko Lanta. I’ve never been here before, but after an easy taxi ride of about 45 minutes from Phuket, which I think was only a tenner, we arrived at the port fully equipped to board the high-speed boat to Ko Lanta.
I’m not really one for high-speed boats; never have been, never will be. Although I don’t mind cruising on slower boats. In this case, the trip was advertised to take an hour and a half to two hours, but the combined time for both trips there and back was pushing five hours—it was very slow and naturally, very rough.
The journey there, of course, involved one or two people being sick like crazy, and naturally the crew didn’t have the common courtesy to clean it up. It was actually two Scottish girls on the boat who decided to this; what troopers!
Rassada Pier
The port, Rassada Pier, was actually like going to an airport (above). There was an orderly queueing system and a it was similar to boarding a plane. In addition, there was a variety of mini-cafes / food bars where again, the food was delicious.
Khlong Dao Beach
After the aforementioned trip, we arrived at (after also stopping at the Phi Phi islands) Ko Lanta, and immediately had to fork over about 5 pounds as a local tax? Don’t know what it was for or why, though it wasn’t that much money and we gladly paid for both this and a similar priced tuk tuk to arrive at our destination at Khlong Dao beach.
CB
Curious Bystander 