A Bus and Two Boats

Trang Bus Station

Today we headed out of Trang towards Ko Lanta where we will be spending the next couple of nights. At the train station, I was directed to a ticket window to purchase a ticket for Ko Lanta. I was again laughed at for my pronunciation and told it sounds like "Ko Lantaaaa" but even when I said it like that it was still funny to everyone else. I was told that tickets to "Ko Lantaaaa" could be gotten at another window, so I walked over there and waited in line. When I got to the front I told them I wanted to go to "Ko Lantaaaa", where again I was met with laughter and told to go to a third window. At the third window I was again laughed at and then told to go back to the first window. I protested that I had already been there and then all three people discussed it and sent me out into the bus terminal where I was able to find "Ko Lanta" written on a sign and purchase my ticket.

To get to Ko Lanta, we had to ride in a bus as it drove for about an hour and then take two separate ferries. When we arrived on the island I discovered why I couldn't pronounce the name of the location correctly, the sign read "Ko Lanta Yai". It was three words not a bunch of a's on the end of Lanta.

Check out a video I made while laying on the beach here:

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2012-06-24 Trang - Koh Lanta