Not much good snorkeling, but stunning jungle meets beach scenery. Lots of local Indian tourists, few farang. Plenty of transport options including a public bus, and restaurants and food stalls, but not a real village, just a beach spot catering to tourists.
Walked a long way (~4km) in bare feet looking for the start of an unmarked jungle trail to Elephant Bay. We finally found it with the majority of our patience spent. Turned back after 30 minutes wading through knee-deep mud on a rough, unclear trail with no markings. Better to sail there.
Police kick everyone off the beach every day at dusk. We landed the dinghy in the evening with the intention of going to #3 for dinner and Internet, and had to negotiate with the police who seemed to be looking for a handout. Payal got involved and told them we had no food on the boat, and we desperately needed to email documents which we could only do in #3. After some discussion, they changed their tone and were giving us restaurant recommendations in #3 shortly thereafter (we should have listened more carefully than we did).
Motor bike ride over to #3, terrible dinner at a seafood restaurant in #3 after waiting an hour (and ordering samosas to tide us over in the meantime). Internet was down – dial-up from BSDN but the phone lines were not working. Soaked on the way back to the boat from the breakers.
