Thailand, part II, Koh Lanta

After 3 days on Koh Lanta I have formed an opinion about the place. It is nice, it is beautiful, it is, however, not uniquely so. The guidebook promises of a place less exploited than other tourist haunts in Thailand was somewhat exagerated. There are, for instance, a whole lot of Swedes here. My guess would be that at the pool at our resort any given day aproximately 75% of the people are Swedish. So much for an unspoiled, not-so-developed place. The only difference between e.g. Ao Nang is that there is no real town here, most people that travel here are couples or families, and most people living here are muslims (someone mentioned 95%). With that being said, it is still a very relaxing place to stay. The tempo here is lower, we have been staying up until about 10 pm every day(simply because there is nothing to do after that) drinking Singha sitting in beach chairs watching the night sky and the ocean.

Tomorrow we are on an speed boat to Koh Phi Phi. Perhaps that will mean an increase in the tempo. Well see...