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Region: Southern Thailand> Province: Phang Nga> Location: Ko Yao Yai
Koh Yao Beach Bungalow
Baht pinchers favourite
65/2 Moo 3 Prunai, Ko Yao Yai
Phang Nga Province
Tel: (089) 728 6280, (084) 848 4569
Email them at: kohyaobeach@hotmail.com
Description
The bungalows here are on stilts above a marshy bog that floods nightly, when the waters of a nearby inlet rise high enough. The place has a sort of a dingy look, like some misbegotten spot on the Mississippi delta, infused with a similar esprit de swamp. Which is to say, it's an excellent, highly memorable place to stay, and given the rapid development that's about to sweep over the island, it won't remain long, at least not in its present form. All the rooms have private baths, clean beds, and dirty floors. And of course they all have sea views. Well, more like tree-views, with abandoned, rotting hammocks strung up between them. Baht pinchers will want to head straight here, or anyone who's up for a night or two of giggling and saying, Oh my God, I can't believe we're staying here!
Total rooms: 6
Bungalow fan private b'room
300 THB (low season)
300 THB (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 4th August, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 1st February, 2007
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