Travel Reference
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PHANG-NGA PROVINCE
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Khuraburi
Blink and you'll miss it. But if you keep your eyes wide open you'll enjoy this soulful,
dusty gateway to the Surin Islands and some of the south's best community-based tourism
opportunities. For locals it's a market town relied on by hundreds of squid fishermen who
live in ramshackle stilted bamboo villages or new royally-sponsored subdivisions tucked
away in the rolling jade hills.
For tourist information try
Tom & Am Tour
(
08 6272 0588)
across from the bus station.
Sleeping & Eating
Don't miss the
morning market
( 6-10am daily)
across from Boon Piya Resort, where you'll
sniff stalls frying up chickens and grilling coconut waffles (7B), and kettles bubbling with
Thai donuts (per bag 20B) to be dipped in thick sugary green curry. Choose your flavour,
then sit at one of the long wooden tables under the shelter in the middle of the market and
ask for a cup of tea (10B). It will come caramel coloured and floating on a raft of con-
densed milk. Stir it. Sip it. Dunk your donuts in it. Then sip the herbal tea afterwards.
You'll be among the few
fa·ràng
here. This is travelling.
Boon Piya Resort
( 08 1752 5457, 0 7649 1969; 175/1 Th Pekasem; bungalows 600B; )
These spacious, sparkling
and modern concrete bungalows with tiled floors and hot-water bathrooms are set in a
garden compound off the main road and the best in town. The owner books transport to the
Surin Islands.
GUESTHOUSE
$
HOTEL
$$
Greenview Resort
( 0 7640 1400;
www.kuraburigreenviewresort.com
; 129 Moo 5 Bangwan; r incl breakfast 1500-3500B; )
Five kilometres south of town is this lovely landscaped jungle property with unique rooms
and bungalows made from stone, wood or bamboo, with high-end touches such as
waterfall-style showers in outdoor bathrooms and Thai art on the walls. There's a new
