Monthly Archives: November 2015

Koh Lanta Day 6

The songthaew picks me up right on the dot at 7.10 a.m. and in 13 minutes, we are on a speedboat departing the pier. The boat ride does take exactly 15 mins, as promised on the website.

The van driver maintains a speed of 100 kmh and we reach the airport in an hour, probably to the minute.

And then I have to wait for the customs people to start work at 9 a.m. before I can head to my gate. Krabi airport has 2 terminals and a total of 7 gates. Seriously, this is why Changi is the top airport in the world…

Koh Lanta Day 4

It is Loy Krathong today. The resort has laid out cut banana stems, banana leaves and a variety of flowers for us to make our krathongs.

As I watched my little krathong float away, I had some thoughts:
When I released it in the shallows, the returning waves knocked it over. I had to go into deeper, less turbulent waters where the returning waves pushed it out to sea instead of hindering it.

There’s a lesson in there somewhere.

Koh Lanta Day 1

At Ramard pier where I am waiting for another speedboat passenger to arrive. The tide is coming in, I can smell the salt. It’s a mangrove swamp so I watch the crabs and mudskippers come out to feed.

There is a full-arc rainbow overhead as the speedboat zips across the water to Koh Lanta. We come ashore at Saladan pier and a scant 10 minutes later, I am unloading my bags and looking for my bungalow.

The Thai auntie gives me a tabby cat to keep me company that night. The cat is very clingy.