article_snippet.sent: The beaches are more relaxed, the restaurants and bars quieter, the accessories less shiny.
article_snippet.sent: On arrival, we head for Agonda Beach, in the north, for three nights at Yab Yum Resorts.
article_snippet.sent: Even without the Russians, Agonda Beach is a hive of activity.
article_snippet.sent: There are yoga and Pilates classes, massage sessions, trinket sellers, football kick-arounds, Frisbee games, joggers.
article_snippet.sent: Watching the sunset on Arambol Beach - Ashvem's neighbour - is spectacular, after which we take a ten-minute ride on a tuk-tuk taxi back to we hotel.
article_snippet.sent: It's altogether livelier here, with music blaring and enough nightlife to keep the most earnest raver happy.
article_snippet.sent: Agonda, a ten-minute drive away, is gloriously serene, with one solitary bar.