Excursion day! At 9:20 a speedboat picked us up at La Laanta’s private beach and brought us to a snorkeling spot nearby (another island). From there, we went to The Emerald cave: a dark, watery cave that opens on to a secret beach. Apparently, this secret isn’t very well kept: the entrance to the cave was clogged by a bunch of life-jacket-clad tourists queued behind their guides, bobbing along to the tiny opening at the other end. It was fun.
Next, we had lunch at Koh Ngai followed by some beach time and more snorkeling. Back at the hotel, I treated myself to a two-hour massage (Dave’s shoulders were too tender from the sun so he opted out of this rub down.)
We got ready for the mandatory New Year’s Eve dinner, which ended up being lots of fun. The gay staff (in both senses of the word) put on a killer drag show, which also included some traditional Thai dancing performed by students of a local school. Dinner was a buffet of BBQ ribs, uber fresh grilled squid, HUGE grilled tiger shrimp (other items were on the menu, but Dave and I stuck almost exclusively to those). Midnight brought a round of free drinks and some pretty spectacular fireworks on the beach.
We went to bed shortly after.
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