
In case you are reaching Phuket airport in a time frame not falling into this time window, consider booking a private transfer or explore Phuket for a day. If you are staying with the upscale resorts like Santhia, it is possible to arrange for private transfer. For a speed boat, you need to pay around 400 baht. For a Long Tail Boat, shell out 150 Baht. To reach Koh Yao Yai from Phuket, rent a taxi and reach the Bang Rong Pier. Flying to Koh Yao Yai (or Noi) is IMPOSSIBLE. You have to take a long tail boat or speed boat to reach Koh Yao Yai (or Noi) from Phuket. Writing about Yai Yoi and Noi are my small effort to divuge the red glare that Phuket receives and rethink island hopping in Phuket Province. A single space should refrain from being “the Eye of the attraction”. Well, I think in the post Covid world, we are hard pressed to rethink tourism and haul tourist strategy. In a fast paced world that increasingly works on emptying us, Yao Yai and Noi islands are the Biblical promised land a traveler would not want to spell out. However, delve a bit deeper and you will quickly discover much more of a hotchpotch of feeling challenging your resolute: a base layer of saving the last frontier of wilderness, perhaps with top notes of threat to the island’s mangroves and natural flora and fauna. We all want to live there but seldom find the address. Koh Yao Yai and Noi, for example, ticks all the matchbox criteria for being those idyllic tropical Thai islands. A few islands remain fit to be resided and indulge in livelihood. Monolithic milestones of myriad shapes and sizes rise their head from the sea bed, reminding you this was a sprawling land before the ice age came and swept away man’s playground with tidal waves. Phang Nga Bay is Thailand’s oft-overlooked wild hinterland. Somewhere half the way between Phuket and Krabi, rises the twin islands of Koh Yao Yai and Koh Yao Noi! There, I experienced bliss! The Majestic Phang Nga Bay To discover the rustic charm, you need to venture deep into the waves of Phang Nga Bay! Fun fact, I am yet to watch the Bond movie, Man with the Golden Gun!
#KOH YAO NOI MOVIE#
James Bond Island is a rather busy deal in the morning, with vessels bringing in tourist groups eager to see the iconic upside down topography, giving Bond movie an edge. Nope, Nada! Neither are the villages of Koh Phi Phi. No matter how laid back, Phuket is definitely not the “quaint little villages by the sea”. But what lies in Phang Nga beyond Phuket?Koh Yao Yoi and Koh Yao Noi, the Twin Islands! I explored a rather calm face of Phuket, with peace and quiet prevailing at large.



Sunset from Angsana beach are colored in pastel hues. The humongous property had pools, lagoons and a number of water-body snaking around. The next time I went back to Phuket, I stayed at the Angsana Laguna. I asked the host who runs this airbnb close to Patong, “What happened in 2004?” She showed me an almirah and stated, “Water came upto that level… There were water everywhere.” Banana pan cakes flip! Yellow boards marking Tsunami prone zone markers stand at a corner. There are bars beyond the numbers you can count in one night! SRK and Kajol romance on the mustard fields hidden in the Indian restaurants. Bangla Road adjacent is pulsating with neon lights and Phuket’s own Moulin Rouge. The beach at Patong comes alive with extreme water sports. Phuket is foreboding for seekers of tranquility in many aspects! I read this on a report on New York Times. There are more number of hotel rooms in Phuket than New York City! 27 Subscribe The Overwhelming Hospitality of Phuket!
