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Though their numbers are dwindling, there are still cheap, beach-side bungalows in Thailand with little more than a ter-
race, bed, cold shower and mosquito net.
Ko Pha-Ngan
Things may be moving upscale, but Ko Pha-Ngan still has myriad nooks such as Chalok Lam that have
yet to see any sign of true development. (
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)
Ko Wai
Gaze from your bungalow at
Ko Wai Paradise
(
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) as day trippers depart at sunset, on this fleck of a
white sand isle in the Ko Chang Archipelago.
Little Ko Chang
Ao Yai (
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), a beachy slice of jungle-clad hippy-dom near the Myanmar border, has been
slow to change and has many return visitors (don't confuse it with Ko Chang on the gulf coast).
Bang Saphan Yai
Tucked along the mainland's overlooked upper gulf region, Bang Saphan Yai basks in its back-to-
Thai lifestyle - there are bamboo huts aplenty like
Roytawan
(
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).
Kiteboarder, Hat Kata (
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)
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