Koh payam , Payam island
Koh Payam is the 2nd largest island of Andaman sea in Ranong province, after Koh Chang. About 4 kms from Koh Chang. Koh Payam has no wide road for a car but for a motorbike. Tourists hire a motor bike at the pier and ride along the road to the resorts. There two majors beaches/bays e.g. Ao Yai and Ao Kao Kwai (Buffalo Bay). Ao Yai is the largest bay on the west-coast with a 2 miles of length and 300m of width, with grey beach In the north-west is the Kao Kwai Bay in a more quiet beach.
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Hot Springs Ranong
Located about 2 kilometers east of the provincial office, the hot springs have been a popular tourist spot ever since King Rama V visited Ranong in 1890, and named the road to the hot springs ‘Chon Ra-u’, meaning ‘hot water’. There are three natural spring pools. The temperature of the water in the pools remains constant at about 65 C. The water is both potable and suitable for bathing.
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Ranong is located 586 kilometers south of bangkok and is the first southern province that is located on the andaman sea. It compasses an area of 3,298 square kilometers, from north to south 169 kilometers and the narrowest part of only 44 kilometers, hence the name "Isthmus of the malaysian peninsular"
ranong is thailand's least populous province and the land area is 80% forest and 67% mountain terrain.
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