Thong Nai Pan Noi is a quiet village/bay on the east coast of Koh Phangan, with a small village full of shops and restaurant bars behind the bay there's enough here to fill you days. Diving, boat trips and relaxing are the order of the day for most people. We've just lounged by the pool and on the beach. Well Sam and I have, the boys have become parkour champions on the rocks to the north end of the bay, spending hours climbing, jumping and generally being lads.
While we love the bay it is a little over run with 'resorts', which are starting to dominate, the bay to the south Thong Nai Pan Yai is supposedly less developed with smaller hotels along the sand. We plan to visit tomorrow and see. We are enjoying most things here, the place is a lovely, relaxing village. However our choice of accomodation means we have a lung bursting climb back home each day and night if we venture out. Suan Sawan is manned by great helpful staff, our bamboo house is rustic but nice enough (though not the villa Booking.com showed in the pictures), there is however a bit of an issue with the jungle life - INSECTS!
More appropriately, mosquitoes! We are being eaten alive, no amount of bug spray seems to keep them away. Things seem better in the village, perhaps the breeze in the bay helps. The other wildlife, snails (huge), lizards and even snakes are quite engaging and the kids love them. But for Sam, Sid and myself it's not pleasant being lumpy, itchy, spotty and bitten to pieces. Frank is yet to be bitten however!
It's been about family time and relaxing here so I'll post a few pictures, not the most interesting but they are special to us and those we love at home I'm sure.