Koh Lanta

We toured the island of Koh Lanta on what is called a Tuk Tuk. Let's just say a family of five strains the limits of this mode of transportation! We had the most hilarious experience when we first got on it and tried to drive out of the hotel driveway. The driveway was sloped and met up with the regular road at a steep angle. We hadn't quite achieved the correct balance and we did a wheelie at the bottom of the hill! Eric was driving and the rest of us in the side seat were screaming as the whole vehicle was in the air except the back wheels! The Thai people rushed to help, although they couldn't help but let their laughter show. We laughed later, when we got back on all three wheels! We rented this for 24 hours for a ridiculously small amount of money and toured our side of the island. What a great day of seeing some of God's incredible wonders...and we shopped! We had a wonderful Christmas dinner on a beautiful beachfront restaurant and then watched an incredible fire show and fireworks. The ceremony on Boxing Day was very touching in commemoration of the Tsunami. It was very sad for many of the workers as I am sure many of them had lost something or someone in the devastating tragedy. They made some beautiful sand sculptures and lighted candles and released these lighted gas balloons in the sky. Koh Lanta was completely different from Phuket, more rustic and slow-paced, and completely relaxing! Definitely put it on your list of must do's!