Graptolite - King Prawn of Siam
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sun 28 Dec 2008 13:51
December PM
Boxing Day night was at anchor outside the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club. In the
morning we stocked up on Duty Free booze and a few Marlboro for the thieving
officials I'm expecting to have to placate in the Middle East.
We fuelled up and saw the non-corrupt local officials for Clearance then
sailed around to the southwest side of Langkawi and anchored off a very
pretty beach and dinghied in for dinner at a beach restaurant. They did very
good barbecued king prawn.
It seemed a shame to leave but as the goal was Phuket by New Year we sailed
into Thai waters later this morning and through the Ko Tarutao Marine
National Park where there are loads of perfect little islands and beaches
with nobody on them.
As night fell we stumbled into a new variation on the fishing boat
navigation lights problem with the local fleet, maybe about 50 or 60 of
them, blinding us with very powerful lights they use to attract the shrimps
they sell to beach restaurants on Langkawi.
Phuket could be tomorrow.
M