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Much more upmarket that its neighbour Big Buddha, Choeng Mon
is made up of a series of bays on the north-western tip of the
island, which are dominated by a handful of three to five star
resorts. Most of the activity of places like the White House,
The Peninsula and Tong Sai Bay is kept in-house, meaning that
apart from a few tailors and local restaurants there's not a lot
going on outside the hotels. Still, when guests can have their
own private beach as offered by Tong Sai and the Peninsula, there's
not a great deal of incentive to leave either.
Most of the resorts attract an older, package tour crowd, predominantly
from Germany and France. This is reflected in the food and entertainment
on offer in many of the resorts' restaurants. So don't expect
the Thai cuisine served to be too spicy and do expect traditional
Thai dancing and numerous Filipino bands expertly playing covers
of Western pop standards.
A big advantage for anyone travelling with children, is that
the resorts are all built on substantial grounds and therefore
have all got much bigger swimming pools than can generally be
found elsewhere on the island. Cheap accommodation, on the other
hand, is virtually non-existent in Choeng Mon.
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