Sunrise over Phang Nga Bay

Limestone islands rising from the flat water of Phang Nga Bay, seen from a hilltop above the mangroves

Phang Nga Bay has more than forty limestone islands, and by ten in the morning most of them have a speedboat at their foot. At dawn they have none.

By ten in the morning most of the islands have a speedboat at their foot. At dawn they have none.

On the Andaman Coast tour we stay the night before on Ko Yao Noi and leave by longtail at half past five. By the time the day boats arrive we have paddled into two hongs, the hidden lagoons inside the islands, and are having breakfast on a beach.

The viewpoints on the mainland are worth a climb too, for the view in this photograph. Go at sunrise, take water, and allow twenty minutes for the steep last stretch.

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