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Bang Bao used to be a classic Thai fishing village with life
centred around a narrow pier of traditional wooden stilt houses
and boats moored up ready for sea. Nowadays, much of that
has changed as tourism has replaced fishing as the principal
source of income and the village has established itself as the
island’s main point of departure for the myriad of competing
trips exploring the archipelago, both above and below water.
The stilt houses have been converted into the odd homestay, a
few dive shops, a handful of large seafood restaurants but, in
the main, into a plethora of almost identical shops, rammed to
the gunwales with souvenirs. Small offshoot structures have been
added with guesthouses or private dwellings and around the bay
itself, there are resorts, bungalows and a large condo
development.
The pier itself has been extended to
accommodate the numerous dive, speed and snorkel boats, with
them tied up two or three deep along the now concrete jetty,
which sports a new lighthouse at its far end. At the start and
end of each day, as the tourists set out and return, the narrow
walkway leading up to the boats is the busiest place on the
island.
Nonetheless, outside of rush hour, there is lots
to explore and sitting out over the water for lunch or dinner is
still a great holiday experience. |
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Ko Chang |
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Koh
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Free |
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11.96897 N |
102.31475 E |
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