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Khao Lak
Beach
Similan
Diving
Phuket
Thailand
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Khao Lak Beach,
Similan Diving,
Khao Lak Hotels,
Khao Lak Resort,
Similan Islands.
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Khao Lak Beach is a little
bit different to other tourist spots further south like Phuket
or further north east like Koh Samui.
Its a
quiet beach area and no nightlife.
Khao Lak Beach receives more rain over the Andaman Sea than Phuket.
At the beach are mainly pine trees and the sand on the beach has a
spectrum from reddish-yellow in the south to light yellow in
the north. Khao Lak
is a stretch of land
along the beach with
the road behind,
about 15 km long.
Southern Khao Lak
means
the area where the
first village is
when coming from
Phuket in the
south and
north means around
the area of the Khao
Lak Meridien hotel and
beach resort, a superb beach
hotel in a lush
tropical setting and in front the warm waters of the Andaman Sea, its
Takua Pa district in Phang Nga Province.
Mainly Scandinavian and German tourist
make vacations here and the place is by far not
as crowded as Phuket, Samui, Ko Chang or other tourist spots in
Thailand.
The area popped onto the map after the
Khao Lak Tsunami disaster
since most of the damages occurred in this area because of the underwater topology.
The
clouds move in over the Indian Ocean
and stall on the hills along the coast from Mergui in Myanmar down
to almost Phuket and bring lot of rain.
The beach is lined with hotels and resorts,
the Meridien Khao
Lak is probably the best beach resort around, there
are plenty of other Khao Lak Beach hotels and resorts such as the Ramada,
Orchid Resort, Sunset Resort,
Flora resort & spa, Sarojin, Tony Lodge, Beach Sea View and
others, at the very south end is Merlin Beach resort
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Khao Lak Beach. |
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Khao Lak Beach center
Khao Lak Beach Meridien Beach Resort
Khao Lak Beach tourist floating
Khao Lak Beach Meridien Beach Hotel, Meridien Khao Lak Beach. |
Budget
hotels
and resorts are close to the east side of the through road.
This is rather a slim stretch of land between the beach and the
hills.
Most of the Beach Hotels
are very isolated, there is no town or village nearby. There area is
a great Thai travel destination if you like it
calm or if you like scuba diving.
Scuba diving means Similan islands diving.
The Similan islands or Similan
Archipelago is one of the prime scuba diving destination on this
planet.
Exploring the Similan Archipelago could be done either by a live
aboard trip out of Phuket or just book it from your hotel in Khao
Lak.
There are speed boats and other ships carrying the scuba divers and to the right
dive grounds further west in the Andaman Sea, its all very good
organized.
Probably
the most interesting area in terms of scuba diving
around is the Similan Archipelago just a few km off
in the emerald waters of the Andaman Sea, a hidden
paradise with a great underwater world.
Start in the morning, have several dives, see some sting rays, whale
sharks,
magnificent coral banks, coral snake, sharks, jelly fish,
and other funny guys of the deep blue.
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Khao Lak Beach kids enjoy the beach
Similan beach sand and granite boulder
Similan islands beach with emerald waters
Similan islands Tap Lamu pier for scuba diving |
Dive Similan Island |
Similan islands beach
panorama
Similan island beach attraction |
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Scuba
diving is the real thing around here.
One can book a day or multiple day tour called
live aboard either in the hotels
or the travel agent. There
are no hotels on the Similan islands
only a few Thai style bungalows on the main Similan island, Island
No. 8. Since the
topography is sea, beach, road and immediately after the steep
limestone cliffs covered with dense jungle |
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and
creepers, several interesting floral subject could be discovered
because of the topography they couldn't exploit and destroy it until
now, which happen in many other places in Thailand.
Typical
Thai beauties are Thai orchids or
orchids from Thailand, some of this beautiful orchid flowers are
still around as
wild orchid or orchids species and the others could be found in several orchid
nurseries. This area
is in Phang Nga province and Takua
Pa district. There are plenty of Thailand tour waiting for you
and in the evening just visit your hotel restaurant or other restaurants
along the main road and have fun.
You also could do another thing, have a look into the
deep freezer in one of the restaurants at the Lam Ru pier and buy
one Barracuda , it costs almost nothing and a good barracuda steak with some
garlic and vegetable is hard to beat, trust me, I tried it. They offer barracuda steak just the way you like at the
open air restaurants behind
Bangla Road in Patong.
But in any case, take your fins, wetsuits, diving mask, snorkel and
lead weight and go Similan island diving either by the live aboard method or
maybe via a diving school from the local dive tour operator. At
Similan its the right place at the right time for scuba diving and
snorkeling. This make your
vacation a real
one, its boring just to lay around at the beach all the time. Padi diving
courses are also offered for the one who needs a scuba dive
certification, just ask at the hotel reception they handle it for
you.
Khao Lak Tsunami
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Orchids at Khao Lak
At Similan
Fish Trawler
Similan diving supply ship at tap lamu pier
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Water Buffalo |
Khao Lak Spirit Shrine |
Khao Lak Beach Spirit Shrein red |
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Khao Lak Mosque
Khao Lak Tsunami Center |
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