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Khao Lak Beach Similan islands
Khao Lak Tsunami

Khao Lak, Khao Lak beach, Similan islands

 

- Khao Lak beach south

pine trees swing in the strong breeze hit by rain from time to time. The clouds moving in over the Indian Ocean stall on the hills along the coast from Mergui in Myanmar down to Ranong and Phuket. This place is in Phang Nga Province north of Phuket, the weather bring more rain than to Phuket. The beach is better in the north as in the south.

There are plenty of  beach resorts. Very popular is diving a few kilometers out in the Andaman Sea. The preferred dive area is around the Similan Islands.  Practically every hotel offers some kind of dive tour around the islands. The Merlin Resort is at the south end of the long stretch of beaches and on the almost north end is the Meridien.

There are plenty of other hotels and resorts, some are expensive some are more cheap. The cheaper hotels are between the road and hill range, in the upper price category are the beach resorts. In general, its a beach resorts and scuba diving destination. Similan islands are out in the Andaman Sea and Khao Sok National Park about 100 km to the north east, behind Takuapa.

Khao Lak Hotels are the Orchid, Palm Beach Resort, Paradise, Meridien and others. Since there no bigger town in the area, only the village at the south end there is no real nightlife available, actually there is one cabaret style nightclub. The ideal vacation destination for family holiday, beach vacation and people who want to have a quiet life. Plus naturally scuba diving and snorkeling in the Similan Archipelago.

- From Ranong down to Takuapa

is Thailand Muslim county, (Takuapa, the district capital is about 50 km north) in every town and hamlet along the excellent road one can see small mosques from where the the voices of the muezzins can be heard. Men with the Hajji cap and women with the scarf are common. Rather seldom are totally covered women where one only see the eyes, I wonder how they can stand this immense heat and especially the humidity, it must be like a moving sauna under this black cloth. Sometimes Thai spirit houses and Wats show a different direction of faith.

Probably the most interesting place around is the Similan Archipelago just a couple of km off the coast in the turquoise waters of the Andaman Sea. A hidden paradise with a great underwater world. Scuba diving and snorkeling is the real thing around here, you can book a day or multiple day tour either in the hotels or the travel agent. There are no hotels on the islands only a few Thai style bungalows on the main Similan island.

Beach at Khao Lak
Khao Lak Beach Thailand
Khao Lak Beach Meridien HotelKhao Lak Beach Meridien Hotel 1
Meridien Hotel                                                                         Meridien Hotel 1
Khao Lak Meridien HotelKhao Lak float at the Beach
Meridien Hotel                                                                        Float at the Beach
Khao Lak enjoy the beachkhao lak down town
Enjoy the beach                                                                      Village
Similan islands beach
Similan islands beach
Similan islands beach white sand and granite boulderSimilan islands
Similan islands beach white sand and granite boulder      Similan beach emerald waters
Similan islands Tap Lamu pierKhao Lak Similan islands tap lamu pier fishing boats
Similan islands Tap Lamu pier                                                 Similan islands tap lamu pier fishing boats



- After the Khao Lak Tsunami

The international help after the Khao Lak Tsunami was overwhelming, a dozen or so NOG's opened offices around Khao Lak

Mosque Thailand
Mosque Thailand

and further up to the north. A lot of money poured in
and relief was quickly implemented. Today many new
houses show that the international help worked finally.

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Khao Lak Tsunami flattened everything between beach and road
1 year after

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ew houses and boats for the fisherman
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Khao Lak tsunami volunteer
Khao Lak Tsunami Victims Thailand
Khao Lak Tsunami Victims Thailand

After the Tsunami nothing was happen for quite a while beside the emergency relief. It somehow looked like the idling around the Khao Lak area was because there are lots of land disputes after the Tsunami hit.

Many local people who lived there for years or even for decades are gone for ever. Many others luckily not, but due to the situation with landownership this people who want to redo their environment have no paper showing they owned this land.

It is common practice in Thailand that when one stay on a piece of land for a long time it become virtually his but not on paper.

A lot of people  - in Thailand they call them, influential figures - tried to exploit this situation by claiming this have been their land, sometime they show fake land title etc. and they have the material for blackmail, it was a weird situation.

After the old land owners fought back, their problem is they have no money to pay the necessary motivation money needed, the others have. Since this disputes especially around the Khao Lak region wont be cleared so quick, it came to a standstill. But until now most of the disputes have been settled.

 

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