To the due east too northeast of Phuket inward Phang Nga Bay, inward betwixt Phuket too Krabi, you lot tin rank the axe abide by many islands. How I would honey to receive got my ain boat too cruise around exploring! The northward of Phang Nga Bay is where you lot abide by good known places such equally James Bond Island too Koh Panyee which nosotros receive got visited several times (see Phang Nga Bay). To the S of these are ii much larger islands. Koh Yao Yai is nearly 25km from northward to south, patch Koh Yao Noi is much smaller, nearly 10 x 5km. We starting fourth dimension went to Koh Yao Noi nearly v years agone (see Day Trip to Koh Yao Noi). I did a cycling trip at that spot finally yr too we've had an thought for some fourth dimension to caput over for a twenty-four hours too rent some mopeds - nosotros noticed mopeds for rent at the jetty. Finally this calendar week nosotros did it!
Getting to Koh Yao Noi is like shooting fish in a barrel enough, though it does aid to receive got your ain carry thus you lot tin rank the axe drive to Bang Rong pier inward the NE of Phuket. Bang Rong is quite a busy house amongst line-fishing boats too ferries heading to diverse islands. There is also a floating restaurant hither that nosotros receive got eaten at many times. If you lot don't receive got your ain transport, you lot tin rank the axe either larn a taxi hither or you lot tin rank the axe larn a local motorcoach from Phuket Town (they depart from exterior the market). Taxi from principal beaches I approximate volition toll 600 - 800 Baht each way. May move cheaper going dorsum equally it would move a Bang Rong taxi rather than a beach taxi!
There are large longtail boats heading to Koh Yao Noi, or speedboats. We assumed the speedboat would move a lot to a greater extent than expensive, but no .. a longtail (which nosotros used before) was 100 Baht for adults, fifty for kids. The speedboat was 200 Baht for adults too costless for kids! So nosotros opted for the speedboat, due to depart 11am. There are boats heading over every thirty minutes or so. We waited at a piffling cafe/shack past times the pier too had a potable equally boats came too went.
Speedboat pick turned out to move a goodness idea. Fast, too non crowded. The conditions was perfect amongst really calm seas thus nosotros zipped across to Manao Pier at Koh Yao Noi (stopping off at a pier at Koh Yao Yai first) inward less than thirty minutes. The longtails receive got over an hour. Kids enjoyed the ride over, too my immature adult woman speedily befriended a immature adult woman from the isle whose grandad gave us a ride downwards the jetty when nosotros arrived thus nosotros could human face for mopeds. Our immature adult woman was quite pitiable that she mightiness never encounter this immature adult woman again! Here's the kids getting the air current inward their pilus on the boat:
You may approximate from the photograph higher upwardly that Koh Yao Noi is a Muslim island. Bang Rong is also a Muslim community, inward fact nearly 30% of Phuket is Muslim, too much of Phang Nga tell is Muslim. For the visitor this agency ii things - you lot almost for certain can't abide by whatsoever pork to eat, too some restaurants may non receive got whatsoever alcohol. The floating eating theater at Bang Rong is i of those. I abide by the Muslim areas of Phuket to move really friendly too recall some years agone walking inward Phuket Town. There is a street where you lot tin rank the axe abide by a Chinese shrine, a Mosque too a Catholic church, all on the same street. At the shrine, at that spot were a bunch of quondam guys sitting too chatting, but they ignored me. The Catholic Church was all locked up. At the mosque I was welcomed inward amongst smiles. Koh Yao Noi is a small-scale isle where everyone knows everyone. I tin rank the axe imagine it's the sort of house where there's no problem too you lot tin rank the axe piece of job out your door unlocked. Reminds me a fighting of Utila, too isle off the coast of Republic of Honduras where I used to live.
We flora ii mopeds to rent - normal charge per unit of measurement around 200 - 250 Baht per day. The guy gave them to us for 150 Baht each, equally it was already nearly midday. And equally if to reaffirm my views that Koh Yao Noi is trouble-free, he said "when you're done, simply piece of job out the bikes at the jetty amongst the cardinal inward the ignition"! We did him a favour too filled upwardly both bikes amongst gasoline at i of Koh Yao Noi's biggest gas stations ...
We had no existent conception for the day. I sort of know the way around the isle having cycled much of the way finally year. There are exclusively a few roads to pick out from, too it's difficult to larn lost on a small-scale island. I figured we'd larn some tiffin on the due east coast where you lot abide by a beautiful sentiment too at that spot are a bunch of restaurants too small-scale hotels. So far, Koh Yao Noi is pretty undeveloped. There are a brace of large resorts - (Koh Yao Paradise too the Six Senses Resort. But much of the isle is really rural. There are lots of rice fields on the westward side - the sentiment below is behind the gas station ...
And at that spot are lots of safe trees. Rubber is even thus an of import manufacture here, too inward Phuket also - a lot of Phuket is covered inward safe trees, though you lot may non encounter this close the beaches. We rode our mopeds along shaded roads through the safe plantations. The roads hither are really quiet. It's by too large mopeds, at that spot are non many cars. It's really relaxed riding too the route surface is by too large pretty good.
There was some dirt route equally nosotros rode upwardly a slight colina heading over to the due east coast - I remembered this colina from the cycling trip - seemed a lot steeper on a bicycle! As the route drops to the due east coast, you lot encounter views across a blueish bounding main dotted amongst piffling islands too the mainland behind. It's pretty darn gorgeous! We rode downwards a small-scale jetty equally a longtail boat came inward from a line-fishing trip.
Along this stretch of route at that spot are several small-scale hotels / bungalows, but they are non built correct on the beach - simply over the road. It's simply a narrow route too for certain non busy! View from hither is great, bounding main was perfectly blue, Sun shining, it was such a beautiful twenty-four hours :)
It's exclusively nearly 5km ride from the jetty to the south, too the route turns dorsum westward towards the principal town. We stopped for tiffin at Sabai Corner where I had also eaten on the cycling tour. Food was OK, views were nifty too nosotros were happy to sit down too relax for an hour. Kids took payoff of the hammocks on offer. And too then nosotros headed off to explore to a greater extent than of the island. We knew the speedboat was heading dorsum to Phuket at 5pm thus nosotros had plenty of time. One sign said "Ao Mamuang", thus nosotros decided to follow this road. It was a dirt road, but pretty apartment too inward decent condition. I figured at that spot must move something worth seeing if at that spot was a route ... but the route started to larn worse, too it got hilly too, amongst lots of upwardly too down, which is tricky on a piffling moped when you're riding amongst a tike on the bike too. I wondered if nosotros should plow back, but nosotros figured "it can't move far" to wherever the route was heading... The dirt roads were quite a challenge truly too the kids were getting tired on this really hot afternoon, amongst no 7-11 inward sight! One colina headed upwardly too up, too my wife's moped seemed to lack ability - poor immature adult woman had to larn off too walk some of the way. Great sentiment at the piece of job past times ...
This was an unexpected offroad adventure. At the piece of job past times of this colina (I receive got checked on Google basis too it looks similar nearly 400 feet higher upwardly bounding main level) I truly hoped it would non move also much farther to go, too hoped at that spot would move some sort of town at the destination too for certain a store to purchase a drink! The route dropped from here, climbed again, dropped again. I was feeling sorry for the kids - my boy was getting really tired sitting amongst me on the bike. And too then nosotros hitting a safety barrier on this isolated dirt road. For i 2d I thought "oh **** we'll receive got to plow back". Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 safety guard approached too I asked him "what is this place". Turned out to move the Paradise Koh Yao Resort. The guests don't come upwardly past times moped - they come upwardly past times boat. Can nosotros come upwardly in??? Thankfully, he gave us Visitors badges, nosotros parked our bikes too patch the kids flora a shady bench to prevarication down, my married adult woman too I looked for the bar! Well, I receive got to say, if I was feeling rich, a few nights at the Paradise Koh Yao would move nice!
We flora the bar too bought ii cans of coke at ninety Baht each... no H2O ice or spectacles .. I bet the guests larn those. The barman gave me a "what are you lot doing here" sort of look. I had to enquire particularly for straws. Would receive got gladly paid to a greater extent than than ninety Baht, nosotros were pretty parched. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 brace of guests swam inward the perfectly calm H2O belongings cocktails. I saw some others heading off on kayaks. Very beautiful location.
Kids were revived past times coke too a prevarication downwards inward the shade. It was later on 3pm, thus nosotros had to caput back. I was non looking forrad to the ride ... nosotros asked the staff but they told us at that spot was no other route out. So, nosotros saddled upwardly too headed off dorsum towards the principal town too pier, nearly 10km south. Actually the ride dorsum was much easier, I think because nosotros knew what to human face too knew where nosotros were heading. And nosotros were becoming off route moped experts past times immediately :)
The man child can't hold off to larn a motorbike. He's half dozen years old. Many Thai kids start riding mopeds really young. Maybe simply around their street, but it's non long earlier they are whizzing around, unremarkably iii per bike, pulling wheelies, trying to print the girls too of sort non wearing helmets. Here on Koh Yao Noi nosotros weren't offered helmets, too well, the roads are thus tranquillity too of sort nosotros were driving really slowly. The hilly offroad sections were a fighting of a worry but nosotros went equally like shooting fish in a barrel equally nosotros could.
Was a nifty twenty-four hours out for all of us. Something novel for the kids to experience. We'll produce this i time again sometime - at that spot are some to a greater extent than roads on the westward coast of Koh Yao Noi that nosotros did non banking company gibe out, but side past times side fourth dimension I am quite sure we'll skip the dirt route to the Paradise Resort! Back at the principal town (about 2km from Manao pier) nosotros dived into the 7-11 for mutual coldness drinks too aircon. We too then left the ii mopeds at the jetty, keys inward the ignition equally instructed :) The speedboat dorsum was a piffling to a greater extent than crowded but i time again I was glad for the quick trip rather than the irksome longtail. Also glad (again) to move living inward Phuket amongst thus much on our doorstep.
(update) We did a similar trip i time again inward 2012 - encounter Koh Yao Noi Day Trip 2012 :)
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 concluding photo. We flora a sandy football game pitch on the due east coast. Got to move i of the best football game views inward the world!
(above) Gooooaallll! Superb due east coast sentiment on Koh Yao Noi!
Koh Yao Noi - Useful Links
• Koh Yao Noi Hotels
• The Paradise Koh Yao Resort - Info too Booking
• Koh Yao Island Resort - Info too Booking
• Six Senses Koh Yao Resort - Info too Booking
Map of the Koh Yao Noi Area
View Koh Yao Noi Island inward a larger map Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
Getting to Koh Yao Noi is like shooting fish in a barrel enough, though it does aid to receive got your ain carry thus you lot tin rank the axe drive to Bang Rong pier inward the NE of Phuket. Bang Rong is quite a busy house amongst line-fishing boats too ferries heading to diverse islands. There is also a floating restaurant hither that nosotros receive got eaten at many times. If you lot don't receive got your ain transport, you lot tin rank the axe either larn a taxi hither or you lot tin rank the axe larn a local motorcoach from Phuket Town (they depart from exterior the market). Taxi from principal beaches I approximate volition toll 600 - 800 Baht each way. May move cheaper going dorsum equally it would move a Bang Rong taxi rather than a beach taxi!
There are large longtail boats heading to Koh Yao Noi, or speedboats. We assumed the speedboat would move a lot to a greater extent than expensive, but no .. a longtail (which nosotros used before) was 100 Baht for adults, fifty for kids. The speedboat was 200 Baht for adults too costless for kids! So nosotros opted for the speedboat, due to depart 11am. There are boats heading over every thirty minutes or so. We waited at a piffling cafe/shack past times the pier too had a potable equally boats came too went.
Speedboat pick turned out to move a goodness idea. Fast, too non crowded. The conditions was perfect amongst really calm seas thus nosotros zipped across to Manao Pier at Koh Yao Noi (stopping off at a pier at Koh Yao Yai first) inward less than thirty minutes. The longtails receive got over an hour. Kids enjoyed the ride over, too my immature adult woman speedily befriended a immature adult woman from the isle whose grandad gave us a ride downwards the jetty when nosotros arrived thus nosotros could human face for mopeds. Our immature adult woman was quite pitiable that she mightiness never encounter this immature adult woman again! Here's the kids getting the air current inward their pilus on the boat:
You may approximate from the photograph higher upwardly that Koh Yao Noi is a Muslim island. Bang Rong is also a Muslim community, inward fact nearly 30% of Phuket is Muslim, too much of Phang Nga tell is Muslim. For the visitor this agency ii things - you lot almost for certain can't abide by whatsoever pork to eat, too some restaurants may non receive got whatsoever alcohol. The floating eating theater at Bang Rong is i of those. I abide by the Muslim areas of Phuket to move really friendly too recall some years agone walking inward Phuket Town. There is a street where you lot tin rank the axe abide by a Chinese shrine, a Mosque too a Catholic church, all on the same street. At the shrine, at that spot were a bunch of quondam guys sitting too chatting, but they ignored me. The Catholic Church was all locked up. At the mosque I was welcomed inward amongst smiles. Koh Yao Noi is a small-scale isle where everyone knows everyone. I tin rank the axe imagine it's the sort of house where there's no problem too you lot tin rank the axe piece of job out your door unlocked. Reminds me a fighting of Utila, too isle off the coast of Republic of Honduras where I used to live.
We flora ii mopeds to rent - normal charge per unit of measurement around 200 - 250 Baht per day. The guy gave them to us for 150 Baht each, equally it was already nearly midday. And equally if to reaffirm my views that Koh Yao Noi is trouble-free, he said "when you're done, simply piece of job out the bikes at the jetty amongst the cardinal inward the ignition"! We did him a favour too filled upwardly both bikes amongst gasoline at i of Koh Yao Noi's biggest gas stations ...
We had no existent conception for the day. I sort of know the way around the isle having cycled much of the way finally year. There are exclusively a few roads to pick out from, too it's difficult to larn lost on a small-scale island. I figured we'd larn some tiffin on the due east coast where you lot abide by a beautiful sentiment too at that spot are a bunch of restaurants too small-scale hotels. So far, Koh Yao Noi is pretty undeveloped. There are a brace of large resorts - (Koh Yao Paradise too the Six Senses Resort. But much of the isle is really rural. There are lots of rice fields on the westward side - the sentiment below is behind the gas station ...
And at that spot are lots of safe trees. Rubber is even thus an of import manufacture here, too inward Phuket also - a lot of Phuket is covered inward safe trees, though you lot may non encounter this close the beaches. We rode our mopeds along shaded roads through the safe plantations. The roads hither are really quiet. It's by too large mopeds, at that spot are non many cars. It's really relaxed riding too the route surface is by too large pretty good.
There was some dirt route equally nosotros rode upwardly a slight colina heading over to the due east coast - I remembered this colina from the cycling trip - seemed a lot steeper on a bicycle! As the route drops to the due east coast, you lot encounter views across a blueish bounding main dotted amongst piffling islands too the mainland behind. It's pretty darn gorgeous! We rode downwards a small-scale jetty equally a longtail boat came inward from a line-fishing trip.
Along this stretch of route at that spot are several small-scale hotels / bungalows, but they are non built correct on the beach - simply over the road. It's simply a narrow route too for certain non busy! View from hither is great, bounding main was perfectly blue, Sun shining, it was such a beautiful twenty-four hours :)
It's exclusively nearly 5km ride from the jetty to the south, too the route turns dorsum westward towards the principal town. We stopped for tiffin at Sabai Corner where I had also eaten on the cycling tour. Food was OK, views were nifty too nosotros were happy to sit down too relax for an hour. Kids took payoff of the hammocks on offer. And too then nosotros headed off to explore to a greater extent than of the island. We knew the speedboat was heading dorsum to Phuket at 5pm thus nosotros had plenty of time. One sign said "Ao Mamuang", thus nosotros decided to follow this road. It was a dirt road, but pretty apartment too inward decent condition. I figured at that spot must move something worth seeing if at that spot was a route ... but the route started to larn worse, too it got hilly too, amongst lots of upwardly too down, which is tricky on a piffling moped when you're riding amongst a tike on the bike too. I wondered if nosotros should plow back, but nosotros figured "it can't move far" to wherever the route was heading... The dirt roads were quite a challenge truly too the kids were getting tired on this really hot afternoon, amongst no 7-11 inward sight! One colina headed upwardly too up, too my wife's moped seemed to lack ability - poor immature adult woman had to larn off too walk some of the way. Great sentiment at the piece of job past times ...
This was an unexpected offroad adventure. At the piece of job past times of this colina (I receive got checked on Google basis too it looks similar nearly 400 feet higher upwardly bounding main level) I truly hoped it would non move also much farther to go, too hoped at that spot would move some sort of town at the destination too for certain a store to purchase a drink! The route dropped from here, climbed again, dropped again. I was feeling sorry for the kids - my boy was getting really tired sitting amongst me on the bike. And too then nosotros hitting a safety barrier on this isolated dirt road. For i 2d I thought "oh **** we'll receive got to plow back". Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 safety guard approached too I asked him "what is this place". Turned out to move the Paradise Koh Yao Resort. The guests don't come upwardly past times moped - they come upwardly past times boat. Can nosotros come upwardly in??? Thankfully, he gave us Visitors badges, nosotros parked our bikes too patch the kids flora a shady bench to prevarication down, my married adult woman too I looked for the bar! Well, I receive got to say, if I was feeling rich, a few nights at the Paradise Koh Yao would move nice!
We flora the bar too bought ii cans of coke at ninety Baht each... no H2O ice or spectacles .. I bet the guests larn those. The barman gave me a "what are you lot doing here" sort of look. I had to enquire particularly for straws. Would receive got gladly paid to a greater extent than than ninety Baht, nosotros were pretty parched. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 brace of guests swam inward the perfectly calm H2O belongings cocktails. I saw some others heading off on kayaks. Very beautiful location.
Kids were revived past times coke too a prevarication downwards inward the shade. It was later on 3pm, thus nosotros had to caput back. I was non looking forrad to the ride ... nosotros asked the staff but they told us at that spot was no other route out. So, nosotros saddled upwardly too headed off dorsum towards the principal town too pier, nearly 10km south. Actually the ride dorsum was much easier, I think because nosotros knew what to human face too knew where nosotros were heading. And nosotros were becoming off route moped experts past times immediately :)
The man child can't hold off to larn a motorbike. He's half dozen years old. Many Thai kids start riding mopeds really young. Maybe simply around their street, but it's non long earlier they are whizzing around, unremarkably iii per bike, pulling wheelies, trying to print the girls too of sort non wearing helmets. Here on Koh Yao Noi nosotros weren't offered helmets, too well, the roads are thus tranquillity too of sort nosotros were driving really slowly. The hilly offroad sections were a fighting of a worry but nosotros went equally like shooting fish in a barrel equally nosotros could.
Was a nifty twenty-four hours out for all of us. Something novel for the kids to experience. We'll produce this i time again sometime - at that spot are some to a greater extent than roads on the westward coast of Koh Yao Noi that nosotros did non banking company gibe out, but side past times side fourth dimension I am quite sure we'll skip the dirt route to the Paradise Resort! Back at the principal town (about 2km from Manao pier) nosotros dived into the 7-11 for mutual coldness drinks too aircon. We too then left the ii mopeds at the jetty, keys inward the ignition equally instructed :) The speedboat dorsum was a piffling to a greater extent than crowded but i time again I was glad for the quick trip rather than the irksome longtail. Also glad (again) to move living inward Phuket amongst thus much on our doorstep.
(update) We did a similar trip i time again inward 2012 - encounter Koh Yao Noi Day Trip 2012 :)
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 concluding photo. We flora a sandy football game pitch on the due east coast. Got to move i of the best football game views inward the world!
(above) Gooooaallll! Superb due east coast sentiment on Koh Yao Noi!
Koh Yao Noi - Useful Links
• Koh Yao Noi Hotels
• The Paradise Koh Yao Resort - Info too Booking
• Koh Yao Island Resort - Info too Booking
• Six Senses Koh Yao Resort - Info too Booking
Map of the Koh Yao Noi Area
View Koh Yao Noi Island inward a larger map Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com