We’re dorsum inwards Thailand! After a yoke of nights inwards Kuala Lumpur, nosotros arrived inwards Phuket without a clue equally to where nosotros were going. Eventually nosotros boarded a double-decker jump for Khao Lak beach, which is to a greater extent than or less 2hrs due north of Phuket, on the due west coast of Thailand on the Andaman Ocean. Khao Lak bore the brunt of the Boxing Day Tsunami inwards 2004, amongst an official buy the farm toll of good over 4,000 lives. In reality, it has been estimated closer to 10,000 due to a high set out of illegal Burmese migrant workers inwards the expanse at the fourth dimension who cannot accurately endure accounted for. Khao Lak was in addition to is a pop location for those who are into scuba diving in addition to for those who are looking for a quieter option to Phuket. Jim in addition to I visited Khao Lak briefly inwards 2003 equally nosotros did some diving from hither in addition to forthwith on our furnish visit, it is unrecognisable to us but inwards a practiced way-- well, kind of.  |
| Looking due south on Highway iv through La On Village, Khao Lak |
One of the top dog things nosotros remembered nigh La On Village, at the southern goal of Khao Lak was its relative uncommercial nature in addition to tranquillity beach. We remembered a cluster of kiosks selling tourist materials at the southern goal of the highway, but that the highway itself was 2-lanes in addition to rather unappealing. Accommodation was scarce on the budget goal though, in addition to nosotros recall non beingness able to rest on longer equally the few rooms available at that fourth dimension inwards our cost make were all full. But the seismic sea wave has changed all of this.
Now La On Village/Khao Lak is totally different, from the novel 6-lane highway running through it, to the novel shops in addition to restaurants (there’s fifty-fifty a McDonald’s now) to the abundance of accommodation inwards all cost ranges. We got the most comfortable ‘luxurious’ room that we’ve had inwards a long, long time. We fifty-fifty had a persuasion of the sea from our window, air conditioning, a tv in addition to WiFi inwards our room. All for 600 baht/$20 USD per nighttime (low season, long rest rate), including a continental breakfast (toast, jam in addition to coffee/tea). The shops seem to become on forever, amongst tailors, article of apparel shops, souvenir shops, beauty shops, optical shops, in addition to go agents all vying for your business. There are many to a greater extent than restaurants, although sadly, they are all of the ‘tourist’ multifariousness (read: to a greater extent than expensive and/or smaller portions) amongst non a basic ‘local’ eatery inwards sight. Almost every edifice was constructed later on 2007.  |
| Our oh-so-comfy room. |
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| That's our hotel, Jerung Guest House (center). |
The beachfront itself seems to endure abode to 4-5 star resort upon resort. The clientele hither seems to endure predominately European couples equally good equally families amongst immature children. The beach is a actually gear upward clean in addition to prophylactic 1 for the kids to play in, amongst a gently sloping sandy bottom in addition to warm calm waters; Maddy in addition to Yasmine spent much of their 24-hour interval inwards it. Unfortunately at that topographic point is lots of broken coral about inwards places also equally good equally erosion of the beach where roots of trees appear to endure somehow growing alone inwards air—more reminders of the events of 2004. We did uncovering a prissy 3-star resort that fronted the beach in addition to offered costless beach chairs in addition to WiFi too, in addition to then nosotros spent our days hither including having luncheon at their restaurant.
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Nang Thong Beach, Khao Lak
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| Lunch at Green Resort Restaurant on the beach. |
We ended upward spending a relaxing xi days here. During that fourth dimension nosotros also hired a motorcycle for iii days in addition to cruised farther due north for nigh 30km. There, nosotros sampled dissimilar beaches, flora a yoke of waterfalls to swim in, in addition to filled our tummies amongst lots of practiced ‘local’ Thai food.
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| Sai Rung/Rainbow Waterfall |
Khao Lak is a non bad depression key destination for families. And now, fifty-fifty to a greater extent than in addition to then equally everything is ‘new’, although the argue for this is hauntingly sad. Khao Lak has rebuilt in addition to come upward out of the tragedy seemingly real well, peculiarly compared to Sri Lanka. We’ve heard that the tourist numbers convey been potent for the by 5yrs. But during our fourth dimension here, nosotros noticed that considering high flavour officially started 1 Nov the streets, shops in addition to hotels are withal all real quiet. Maybe the floods inwards Bangkok in addition to key Thailand or the economical province of affairs inwards Europe are to blame. In whatever case, the merchants convey their fingers crossed that things volition change. And hopefully for these friendly people, it will.
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