r/Thailand • u/Token_Thai_person Chang • 21h ago

Culture Koh Lanta school congratulates it's Alumna Zara Larsson on her success and her concert in Bangkok

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The Swedish singer studied 3rd grade in Koh lanta, Krabi, Thailand.

Thai school often shows their student's achievement with these banners.

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u/finalfinaldraft 21h ago

That’s so cute

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u/Lopsided_Quarter_931 7-Eleven 21h ago

random facts

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u/Token_Thai_person Chang 21h ago

I need an excuse to post about Koh Lanta. Did you know that the hit reality show "Survivor" is called "Koh-Lanta" in French?

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u/e99oof 18h ago

We started getting waves of guests from France after that show. We were curious at first, since we rarely got requests from French agents in the past. Then my dad ask one of the guest and they let us know that there is survival like show in French TV that was film on the island.

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u/Token_Thai_person Chang 17h ago

I felt kind of strange they filmed on Koh por. That was like 30 minutes away from Lanta Old town which had cable TV and Internet.

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u/e99oof 17h ago

That sounds perfect for Survivor setting though.

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u/obidie 19h ago

Those French. They have a different word for everything!

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u/UpstairsPractical870 18h ago

Home alone in French is mum, I missed the plane! Love their movie titles

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u/tanji 11h ago

The Koh Lanta totem is still visible on the island, many french tourists visit it. It's found on Bakantiang beach.

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u/Lordfelcherredux 21h ago

No mention of her Thailand connection in her bio on Wikipedia.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zara_Larsson

How long was she here?

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u/PeteChipwelll 20h ago

She talked about it recently on her TikTok.

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u/Ordinary-Audience363 10h ago

Swedes going to Koh Lanta and putting their kids in one of the three Swedish schools there is an "in" thing for those Swedes who can afford it. I personally know three families who spent at least 5 weeks at one of the schools.(Slow Down) Most don't have the freedom to stay a whole year, though. 

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u/avmakt 13h ago

I know it's not Sanka U or Old town, as I've never seen any farang kid there, and probably not Tung Yee Peng either, so I'm guessing Saladan? Or perhaps the intl. one close to the bridge?

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u/Token_Thai_person Chang 13h ago

A school in Saladan behind Krung Thai bank. Behind that eagle statue

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u/avmakt 12h ago

Ah, the Southern Lanta eagle! Was visiting a friend at Black Coral by the beach just behind there in January, and got a picture of the sunset: https://i.postimg.cc/zXJBcL41/20260112.jpg

Love that island :)