Boat Lagoon
Wildfox
Anthony Swanston
Mon 1 Feb 2016 08:15
I head down
to Boat Lagoon Marina which will be Wild Fox’s home for some time to come. The approach is interesting and I need a
pilot to take me the last four miles over the mud flats. Inside the marina is completely land
locked. Which means perfect
shelter. Unfortunately it also means no
cooling breeze and lots of mosquitos.
This 200
berth marina, with hardstand for as many boats has a 250 room resort hotel and
about 50 businesses – coffee shops, restaurants, chandleries, supermarkets,
boat repair businesses – is all owned by one Chinaman who arrived in Thailand
30 years ago selling baby clothes door to door from a suitcase. Well done him!
I hauled
on Tuesday and moved into the Resort Hotel (aircon!). The first part of the re-fit will take four
to five weeks. Then I am off overland
for about 70 days visiting Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. A mixture of ‘planes, boats, canoes, bicycles
and feet.
But hard
work in the heat looms before that happens…
