Phang Nga Bay
Karst-studded bay of limestone islands, stilt fishing villages and a famous slender rock spire.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Phang Nga Bay opens at the stilt village of Ko Panyi, founded some two centuries ago by a fisherman named Toh Baboo and two families who sailed over from Indonesia after Thai law barred them from owning land. You'll hear how local kids, with nowhere flat to play, hammered scavenged fishing rafts into a floating football pitch, and about the scrappy team that grew from it and reached a mainland tournament final. Nearby stands the bay's other landmark, a slender limestone spire made famous back in 1974.
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