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(Ao Yai; seafront/garden bungalows 450/250B)
A handful of quaint A-frame cottages, some brushed
sky blue, some cream coloured. One is pink. Frills are few (or none), but the location un-
der the trees and steps from the sea is superb.
GUESTHOUSE
$
Sawasdee
( 08 1803 0946, 08 6906 0900;
www.sawadeekohchang.com
; Ao Yai; bungalows 350-600B)
A-frame
wooden bungalows have vented walls to keep things cool, sunken bathrooms painted
bright colours and hammocks on the terraces. Its alfresco restaurant (dishes 80-160B) -
think driftwood furniture spread beneath a massive tree dangling with lanterns - is as
classy as it is delicious.
Mama's
( 08 0530 7066, 0 7782 0180; mamasbungalows@yahoo.com; Ao Tadeng; huts 250-500B)
One of three good
choices on Ao Tadeng, Mama's is tucked into a pretty corner on a rocky, hibiscus-laden
hillside. The good-sized wooden huts here all have private bathrooms. Mama serves
some of the best Thai food on the island.
GUESTHOUSE
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Getting There & Away
From Ranong take a
sŏrng·tăa·ou
(25B) from the day market on Th Ruangrat to Tha Ko
Phayam near Saphan Plaa. Alternatively, most Ranong guesthouses will arrange for a taxi
to shuttle you to the pier for 50B to 100B.
Two speedboats to Ao Yai (per person 350B, 45 minutes, 9.30am and 2pm) leave daily
from late October to April. They return to Ranong at 9am and 1pm. It's cheaper and just
as convenient to travel on one of two daily long-tail taxi boats (per person 150B, two
hours, 8.30am and 2pm). In the dry season, they stop at all the west-coast beaches. Taxi
boats return at 7.30am and 1.30pm. During the monsoon months only morning boats
make the crossing three days a week, docking at the main pier on the northeast coast.
You can also charter a long-tail boat to Ko Phayam through Koh Chang Resort
(1500B). In high season inquire about a once-daily taxi boat to the island.
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