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Rice Paddy
( 08 2331 6581, 0 7645 4255; Hat Pasai; mains 150-250B; 6-10pm Tue-Sun; )
Just around the
corner from Pasai Beach, this cute, all-wood Thai and international kitchen is German
owned, and all the dishes are special. They fry barracuda filets and smother them in
curry, flash fry
sôm dam
, and the felafel and hummus get high marks too. They do a
number of veggie dishes featuring chicken, lamb and seafood substitutes.
THAI, INTERNATIONAL
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Ko Yao Yai
GUESTHOUSE
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Fa Sai Beach Bungalows
( 08 1691 3616; bungalows 500B)
Basic but clean cold-water bungalows are stilted in the man-
groves south of Tha Lo Jak, and just back from a gorgeous strip of white sand.
Thiwson Beach Resort
( 08 1737 4420;
www.thiwsonbeach.com
; Ko Yao Yai; bungalows 3200B; )
Easily the sweetest of
the island's humbler bungalow properties. Here are proper wooden bungalows with pol-
ished floors, outdoor baths and wide patios facing the best beach on the island. Beach-
front bungalows are the largest, but fan rooms are tremendous value in the low season,
when prices drop significantly.
GUESTHOUSE
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HOTEL
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Elixir
( 08 7808 3838;
www.elixirresort.com
; Ko Yao Yai; bungalows 3331-9000B; )
The eldest of Yao
Yai's three four-star resorts offers tasteful beachfront and hillside peaked-roof villas
steeped in classic Thai style. It's set on a private beach, where you'll also find a common
pool, a dive centre, massage pagodas and spectacular sunsets over Phuket.
Santhiya
( 0 7659 2888;
www.santhiya.com
;
villas from 13,600B; )
Seventy-nine rooms and anti-
quated teak wood villas - inspired by the ancient kingdom of Lanna in Northern Thailand
- are set amid 15 hectares of tropical forest and virgin beach scenery at Ko Yao Yai's
newest luxury resort. There's a luscious spa, marvellous views from basically every-
where, and terrific service. Villas have private pools.
RESORT
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