Day 62: Cenang Beach to Koh Lipe

We’re seriously island hopping now

We jumped on another ferry, but we had the good grace to at least ride around the coast of Langkawi to another ferry port.  

Sunrise on Langkawi, Malaysia  

These high speed ferries are pretty cool though. In an hour and a half we’d shot up the Andaman Sea and we’re in Thailand, a small ( really small) island at the southern end of Thailand. 

Immigration was the most amazing experience. We arrived in the bay and were ferried assure by “long-tails” - local boats with a large Diesel engine mounted on a long shaft to a propellor 5m behind the boat. The other end is then used as a tiller roster. It’s a diy outboard motor. 

Once ashore, and reunited with our bikes, we had to clear immigration.  This involved sitting on the beach and waiting for our names to be called (unintelligibley) by the man in charge. He seemed to think he was running a game show. Quite the most entertaining wait for immigration ever. 

Once in, we headed to our accommodation - a camp site. Our tents were very excited to be called upon for the first time since leaving Australia. 

Then, time for a swim on a beach of the most incredible white sand, with a picturesque sunset and drinks at a beachside bar. Gorgeous.  

Sunset on Ko Lipe, Thailand  

The other thing Thailand does incredibly well is food and we finished the day with some of the largest prawns i’ve ever seen in my life, grilled on a barbecue to perfection.