December 7, 2019 and we are leaving Thailand and moving onto Malaysia. It is a bit of a long travel day with a 2.5 hr ferry ride to the island of Ko Lipe where we will clear Thai immigration and then a second slow ferry to Telaga Harbour on the Malaysian Island of Langkawi. The strong ENE wind that kept temperatures tolerable on Ko Lanta, has resulted in somewhat heavy seas, so the first part of the trip which was in open waters, was not exactly smooth sailing. The ferry was actually a large 60 passenger speedboat, and those people unfortunate enough to be sitting on the port side took the brunt of the waves and got soaked. The boat captains kept up a decent speed of 40 mph! Arriving in Ko Lipe, the water was
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