Bottle beach with Mr Mee

There are not the usual hawkers harassing you on the streets of chaloklum. They do get you in other ways though. We tagged Koh Phangan in one of our Instagram posts and got some locals offering their services like cheap tattoos via message. We also must have caught the eye of mr mee who noticed we were staying in the airbnb and popped by each morning to see if we wanted to go snorkeling.

We took him up on the offer and he charged us an extortionate amount to go on his mate’s long tail boat for an afternoon snorkel at haad ko and have some lunch at bottle beach.

The snorkeling was beautiful like swimming through a tropical aquarium with giant clams of every colour. Bottle beach was picturesque. There were some beach bungalows for $24 per night and a small restaurant but it seemed pretty remote.Read more