400 Baht.
This is what the sign says: western adults pay 400 Baht (11 USD) to enter Ko Lanta Marine National Park. (Adult *Thais* pay 40 Baht.) It's on Lanta's southernmost tip, and I've bounced here over an abysmal dirt road on a rental Suzuki Smash. Ko Lanta Marine National Park seems to have a lovely viewpoint cum lighthouse with panorama east and west. I'd like to look around for half an hour and tell you more.
But heck, 400 Baht!
I approach the entry gate with two rangers on duty, shuffling ticket pads.
"Sawasdee khrap", I smile.
"Sawasdee khrap!"
"I would like to look around for 30 minutes...", I smile in clear Thai.
"Oh, 30 minutes..." they reply with an unhappy face.
"Yes, just 30 minutes."
They make an unhappy face and start to look somewhere else. Suddenly they don't seem to see me any more.
"30 minutes, ok", I say and walk towards the entry gate.
The forgot me already, look into the trees.
I'm in.
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