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Koh Panyee - Another one of these ''out of this world'' places
Published: May 17th 2012Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phang-Nga
May 17th 2012
Another of these ''out of this world'' places - Ko Panyi (also known as Koh Panyee) is a fishing village in the Phang Nga Province, Thailand notable for being built on stilts by Indonesian fishermen. The population consists of roughly 200 families or between 1,500 and 2,000 people descended from 2 seafaring Muslim families from Java. According to wikipedia: In the late 20th century, the community found it difficult to subsist solely on the fishing industry and the postman proposed to invite tourists to the village to benefit the residents. And so it goes: Nowadays this is one of the main attractions on tours of Phang Nga Bay from Phuket, often serving as a lunch stop.... read more
March 21st 2012
Hello everyone. The blog os probably going to be a bit hit and miss as believe it or not,I shall not be spending most of my time at a computer whilst over here. We touched down in Bangkok on the 16th of march and caught a over night train (167) straight from Bangkok to Surat Thani. Then straight from Surat Thani to Phuket by Bus. We decided to stay in Patong Bay in Phuket as this had been recommended to us. We got the local bus. Taxi drivers wanted to charge us 400 baht but the local bus is 25 so a bit of a difference there. We ended up getting quite a good deal at a local guest house. A guy convinced us to get in his car (sounds dodgy) and it was a great ... read more
December 23rd 2010
today - well didnt go any where as it rained again - was going to go try go quad bikin in the jungle in stread but rain turning monsoon style. ended up renting dvds and sittingin joes for the last 12 hours chilling and eatting - LOADS!!!!!! me and lana just stopped in the thailand spar and bought soooooo much rubbish inclluding 4 packets of family sized chips chocolate and peas and other weird stuff, its fine!!! hope i can sleep tonight - was still awake at 8 this mornign as was so scared a bug would just on me!!! although they didnt sell green laces (;-)) thanks for all of your lovely emails means a lot lets hope its sunny tomorrow xxxx... read more
June 14th 2010
Nach Khao Sok ging es weiter nach Phang Nga, von wo aus ich einen Bootstrip zur Bucht von Phang Nga machen wollte. Dazu spaeter mehr. Phang Nga selbst ist ein vom Massentourismus witgehend unberuehrter Ort mit freundlichen Einwohnern, die ueberwiegend moslemischen Glaubens sind. Streetfood ist hier noch authentisch und billig. Nachtmaerkte werden fuer die einheimische Bevoelkerung gemacht, was man auch an den Preisen merkt. Billige Flip Flops (die Berufsfussbegleidung fuer Traveler) gibt es schon ab 20 Baht und zum ersten Mal habe ich Thai-Pancakes so gegessen, wie sie fuer die Einheimischen zubereitet werden: Nur mit Ei, gesuesster Kondenzmilch und einem Loeffel Zucker darueber. Da freut sich er Zahnarzt. Internet ist mit 15 bis 20 Baht die Stunde auch viermal billiger als auf Koh Pha Ngan. Hier sind erst einmal ein paar Bilder aus Phang Nga, hauptsaechlich ... read more
January 25th 2010
Well we did it!! Up early in for breakfast before 7.30 and ready for our pick up at 8.30. There were 11 of us in our bus and 10 in the other a total of 21. We got the good bus the other bus got the two with the eskie full of beer which they were knocking back as soon as the wheels started turning!!! Our fist stop was Suwankhuha Temple or Monkey Cave a holy site with monkeys, Buddha's and bats. No drinking allowed at the holy site - pissed some people off!! but it was a very peaceful place and reminded us of the Batu Caves but on a much smaller scale. After that it was back on the bus and into the town of Phan-Nga but not the pier we were at a ... read more
Phuket - part 3 Phang-Nga Bay Sea kayaking Trip
Published: June 30th 2009Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phang-Nga
June 29th 2009
The last stop on our Phuket tour was the Marriott Resort and Spa. It's located north of the airport, and was our fanciest stop (save the best for last and all that jazz). While the brunch was by far the best buffet/brunch experience we've ever had, we all agreed that our first hotel, the Indigo Pearl, had a lot of pluses to make it the top stop of the three. The Marriott is massive and has beautiful grounds and the best beach of the three hotels. The sand was smooth and the beach was free of the washed up garbage that plagued so many the beaches we visited. I'm guessing there were people out each morning cleaning the beach. I didn't get up early enough to confirm this theory. At this point in the trip, we ... read more
April 18th 2009
Hi Everyone Well we are hiding from the sun at the moment - it is incrediably hot. This morning we went out to Shark Point which is about 100 metres out from our room on the beach at 7.30am. The different corals and fish were like nothing we have ever seen before. We saw only one shark but millions of other fish of every colour and size including Puffer fish and these weird very long thin fish. They were right up in our faces and several times we found ourselves in the middle of huge schools of electric coloured fish which was a great. We couldn't believe how loud it was though - you would expect fish to be quiet, but they were feeding on the coral and you actually could hear even the smallest fish ... read more
The Nasty Monkey and the Happy Noodle
Published: February 7th 2009Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phang-Nga
February 7th 2009
Khao Lak is one of the towns that was hit really hard by the tsunami on Dec 26, 2004. Over 8,000 people died in Thailand - including a lot of tourists. This morning (Saturday) Brad is off on a diving trip for the day. I checked out the Tsunami Museum which was very interesting. The before and after photos were amazing. It's really sad to see such devastation. The town seems to be bouncing back quite well and tourism is on the rise again. In fact, I don't think I've ever met so many people from Germany and Austria! Even the newspapers are German here. Yesterday (Friday) we headed out on a day trip to see James Bond Island. The driver picked us and another German couple, Angela and Aleck, up and drove what felt like ... read more
But he had the softest hands....
Published: February 7th 2009Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phang-Nga
February 5th 2009
Oooh the funniest thing happened! Our last evening in Chiang Mai we decided to go for one last foot massage. We went back to the same place where we'd had our full body oil massages because they were really good to us and seemed legit. We sat down on our chairs and got comfy but then.... A man in high heels that worked there was Brad's masseuse. The foot massage was apparently fine but it was obvious this guy had a big crush on Brad. He kept making comments (and though we couldn't understand him, we could catch the gist of it!) and giving Brad google eyes. Then after the foot massage they give you a little back rub too. He leaned right up against Brad's back and put his chin on Brad's head.....it wasn't quite ... read more
James Bond Island and beyound
Published: January 14th 2009Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phang-Nga
December 29th 2008
James Bond Island, known originally and locally as Ko Tapu or Nail Island, found fame through the 1974 Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun". The film starred Roger Moore and Christopher Lee (as the three nippled arch-villain Scaramanga) but it was the scenic topography that helped make the film into a firm Bond favourite. It also turned the previously unknown Phang Nga Bay into a major tourist attraction. The island as a tourist attraction Everyday tour buses packed with thousands of tourists leave Phuket for the daylong sightseeing trip driving two hours to Phang Nga Bay, often stopping at the popular Monkey Caves (Wat Suwankuha) to see the large reclining golden Buddha inside the caves and the large flocks of monkeys outside. After this the bus takes them to Phang Nga Bay where they ... read more
