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- 26 jun 2022 11:42
- 🌧 29 °C
- Hoogte: 10 m
- ThailandChangwat KrabiBan Ai DaoLaem Yung7°37’10” N 99°1’43” E
Koh Lanta
26 juni 2022, Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
We departed Koh Phi Phi for Koh Lanta this morning on a short 30 minute ride by speedboat. On arrival we were pestered at the dock by a man on an interesting scooter tuk tuk contraption. As a motorcycle engineer, Dan mentioned this handmade welded contraption sent shivers down his spine, however for 50 THB (£1.20) we couldn’t resist a laugh so hopped on and rode to our hotel.
After checking into our bungalow, we hired a scooter to explore the island making our way to Old Town Lanta and Long Beach before returning back ready for a late afternoon Thai cooking class. We booked this very last minute, however upon arrival, we were surprised to find we were the only people in the class. A private cooking class it was then! We chose four dishes (chicken and prawn golden bags, steamed fish, seafood and tamarind sauce and massaman curry with rice) and learnt to cook them all from scratch. A great experience and by far the best food we've ever cooked. We shall definitely be trying these back home!
On the second day we'd booked a four island boat tour, however upon booking, we discovered it was only a two island tour in low season due to weather conditions and islands being shut. Nevertheless we booked on, but unfortunately it was cancelled on the morning due to a lack of bookings. A shame but instead we extended our scooter hire and explored more of the island, treated ourselves to a relaxing massage and had takeaway dinner and drinks in a quiet bar overlooking the sunset. We stumbled upon this place by chance after arriving at numerous bars which all turned out to be closed. After riding up to a restaurant that was actually closed, a guy walked out, greeted us and invited us into his bar for drinks. He was so keen to welcome us in and after chatting more it was a real shame to hear how most businesses had closed due to the halt on tourism over the last two years. The many beach front bars that were usually busy were now derelict and we were the only ones around. We were two of three individuals at the bar all night. We sat looking out over the beach which was filled with millions of tiny sand balls arranged in circular rings. It turns out these were made by sand bubbler crabs and were quite mesmerising to watch. A very quiet night listening to local music although really nice to see a bit more of the real Thailand. We knew our presence would have meant a lot to the owner and it was a lovely end to our stay on Koh Lanta, topped off by the most beautiful, deep orange sunset.
Spending a couple of days in Koh Lanta has been rather interesting and is certainly a real contrast to the lively Koh Phi Phi. We've only seen a few tourists, with only 4 other people staying at our hotel resort. For Thailand this is their low season and they haven't had a tourist season since pre-Covid. The impact of this is definitely seen on Koh Lanta.Meer informatie