Chaweng Noi
The small cove just south of Chaweng, cut off from it by a headland. Same sand, a fraction of the crowd, and a steeper drop into the water.
Open≈ 0.8 km
The roadside terrace on the ring road between Chaweng and Lamai, hanging over the water. Two minutes of effort for the postcard of the east coast.
Lad Koh is the viewpoint you cannot miss even by accident: a terrace built into the ring road between Chaweng and Lamai, hanging over the water. Two minutes of effort for the standard postcard of the east coast.
There is parking, a couple of drink stalls and a wooden platform out over the rocks, with the sea below and the coast running north. Morning light is the right light — by mid-afternoon you are shooting straight into the sun.
Morning light. By mid-afternoon you are shooting into the sun.
It is a bend on a busy road; pull in properly and do not stop on the carriageway to photograph.
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The small cove just south of Chaweng, cut off from it by a headland. Same sand, a fraction of the crowd, and a steeper drop into the water.
Open≈ 0.8 km
More rock than beach: a cove of boulders where the coral starts a few metres out. Good at high tide, awkward at low tide.
Open≈ 0.9 km
The terrace on the ridge above Chaweng, four hundred metres up, looking down on the airport, the lake and the whole east coast.
Open≈ 1.4 km
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