tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442124567928436539.post941883482709726969..comments2024-03-23T11:34:35.986+11:00Comments on Thailand Bali and Other Beaches and Islands: Ko Phangan updatedtezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06099777760234890854noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442124567928436539.post-60643794146234259862012-08-20T00:50:03.066+10:002012-08-20T00:50:03.066+10:00I was on Phangan in March - May 2012. The longtail...I was on Phangan in March - May 2012. The longtail trip from Had Rin to Had Yuan (or the other way around) is usually 200, you can sometimes negotiate it down to 150, especially if there's a few of you. Had Yuan is great, Bamboo is widely known for their good & affordable cuisine (love the pumpkin salad!) and most of my yoga pals would head up to Eden on Had Yuan for their Saturday parties. Catching a longtail to Had Rin is usually possible through much of the night on party nights, otherwise trickier. Barcelona had some decent 400 baht bungalows, that end is more quiet than up on the rocks near Eden.<br /><br />Mae Had is the best beach for snorkelling on Phangan, easiest on high tide but they have cleared a path so you can walk to deep water without having to walk on corals at any time, even at the lowest tide. There's a sign around the middle of the beach pointing to the start of the path. I spent days and days there snorkelling; wonderful beach, great shade, quiet vibe, great swimming, very good waves at times. The path makes Mae Had the only western beach I know of where you can always walk out to deep water on sand regardless of tide, on all other beaches there's some coral. Def my favourite beach on the western side, and best snorkelling off beach. Too bad the bungalows on Koh Ma have been abandoned. Nudies sometimes use Koh Ma for bum tanning, though you'll have to lie on rocks as there's precious little sand there. If you clamber over a few rocks to the left, there are some nice spots with large, flat rocks to lie on & deep water right off the rock, excellent snorkelling & swimming.<br /><br />I'll probably head back there soon and stay a few months. Some of the eastern beaches are real gems and the locals there don't seem to mind nudity that much.Jack Axhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07233989028992253953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442124567928436539.post-40302120445940895432011-01-07T07:03:03.358+11:002011-01-07T07:03:03.358+11:00Hi,
Me and my boyfriend are going to Thailand in t...Hi,<br />Me and my boyfriend are going to Thailand in the end of this month. We have once before stayed at the beach Had Yao East and we really liked it. I wonder if you have any info about the current accomodation situation?Marion Eleonora...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05885329038751546621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442124567928436539.post-47371239389627194402010-07-04T16:27:07.134+10:002010-07-04T16:27:07.134+10:00Wow Ben - I check the forum page most days but rar...Wow Ben - I check the forum page most days but rarely the foot of each island page. Just saw your post! Okay, it aint August yet and maybe others will have the same problem - thing is my just finished trip this June saw Leela suffering considerably more from low tide than I have ever seen at Salad - will have a pic of low-tide Leela up soon.tezzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06099777760234890854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442124567928436539.post-60171840338882714112010-02-25T04:20:35.272+11:002010-02-25T04:20:35.272+11:00Dear Tezza, thank you for your wonderful travelogu...Dear Tezza, thank you for your wonderful travelogue.<br />Next august I'll spend a few days in Koh Phangan and I've a double about the beach where to stay: Had Salad or Had Leela? I know if there are some problem with the tydes, so I prefere the beach where this problem is less important. Thank you again.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11874234325310463171noreply@blogger.com