Wake up in Thailand, bed in Malaysia
Today we left Adang Beach Resort. Our time was up, it was time to move on. It would be ok to stay longer or go back another time. We left the island at 9 am on the resort boat for Koh Lipe where we caught a motor scooter taxi with a side car. The taxi took us across Koh Lipe to the port where we would exit Thailand. We checked in to Bundhaya speedboat ferry about 9:30. They kept our passport, and informed us they would be returned on the boat. I guess that ensures you get off the island and out of Thailand. We were transferred by long tail boat to the pontoon platform in deeper water. Everyone queues there to load on the ferry. We were #68 and #69 to board. There was about 80 people on board. The boat was comfortable but quite warm. Gary actually snoozed part of the way. It was a bit too choppy to read.
When we arrived in Langkawi it was the usual gong show to get off the boat. “Excuse me, let me get in front of you to get my bag”. How about wait your frickin turn! Anyhow we got our bags and headed to the passport control for Malaysia to be fingerprinted. Once we were through the passport control, it was time to exchange Thai Baht for Malaysian Ringit, then get mobile phone SIM cards. It was 60 Ringit or $20 CAD for 2 phones with 1.5 Gb data and free Facebook and WhatsApp. We had a taxi before we even had our money changed, they are quite enterprising cabbies. The cabbie walked us to the mobile phone booth and showed us the money exchange location. It cost us 25 ring to get to our hotel, which is really not that far, but too far to walk especially dragging luggage. About 4 km. It was hot! No aircon in the car and the cabbie had on a jacket, not even breaking a sweat!
We checked in to the Dayang Bay serviced apartments. Our room has a living room with 2 couches, aircon and a TV, A bedroom with aircon and a tv and 2 bathrooms. We also have a large balcony with a fridge, sink, kettle ,toaster oven etc. There is even a ceiling fan out there but it’s too hot to sit outside, even at night. Its now 9:45 pm and 29°C with 71% humidity.
Tomorrow we have one full day in Kuah, Langkawi.
