Fodor's Expert Review Koh Yao Homestay

Organized by a community of Koh Yao residents, locals invite visitors to stay in their homes, share meals with them (consisting primarily of fish caught by village fishermen), and learn about about local customs like rubber-tapping, batik-dying, fishing, rice-farming, coconut-harvesting, and other traditional trades. It's a lot more environmentally friendly and less invasive on the island's indigenous people than resort development.