Koh Lanta, island of desert + Mook Lanta Boutique Hotel review

Initial plan was to go Krabi but I was recommended by a colleague to go Koh Lanta instead. Thinking that it wun be that bad since Thailand has a lot of beautiful island with majestic scenery. We were quite excited when boarding the ferry. The ferry condition is kinda bad though. It’s a non-aircon ferry and most of the seats are spoilt. Nevertheless it was n’t very stuffy.

It takes about an hr plus and finally we reach the Saladan Pier in Koh Lanta. Our hotel (Mook Latan Boutique Hotel) was about 20 mins ride from the pier. When the taxi driver turn into a junction leading to our hotel, I thought “Shit, our hotel must be in some sangkla place”. Cos it was a good 150m of dirt road until we reach the hotel.

The reception area looks cosy. Actually the whole place is very peaceful. The only complaint that I have is that the whole place is situated about 200m from the beach. I booked this hotel thru the internet and I thought I grabbed a good deal since it’s a deluxe room with sea view for 1600 baht. I now understand what their sea view means. A lot of roof top and trees and only 25 square inches of sea view. Our room looks good and .I like the way they design their toilet. It’s open air! So you can shower in the rain or decide to get a tan while u bath. Each unit has 2 rooms so it’s kinda like a semi-D. Overall the room gets a 8 out of 10 ratings. The reason why it’s not 10 is bcos there was a cockroach in the room. I think it came from the toilet.

After the delight of discovering our rooms, we decided to go out and explore around the island. So we rent a scooter to go around. Seriously, there wasn’t much things to do here. So the next best thing to do is to get sick. Down with fever & cough during the entire stay in koh lanta. Actually I miscalculated the dates while booking the hotels. So we still have 1 extra day which I forgot to book. So we decided to head back to Phuket instead of extending our stay here. Should have just stick with the plan and go to Krabi.