Khao Lak in the Green Season

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The Ramada Khao Lak Beach Resort and Spa consists of several hotel buildings surrounding a large lawn area and four villas by the beachside. A wide choice of rooms with very good facilities such as a large wardrobe, suitcase shelves, safe, king size bed with new mattress, stylishly designed bathroom with a lot of glass, LCD TV, desk, minibar, water kettle, extra couch inside and one couch on the balcony, all with black tiles. The restaurant is near the beach and offers seafood barbecue every night.

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The Mukdara Beach Resort lies right on the sandy beach of Bang Niang. The shopping road with restaurants, minimarts, bars, massage salons, travel agencies, dive centers and many shops starts at the entrance of Mukdara Resort.
The luxury resort offers 148 rooms and it is built in a modern and elegant Thai style. It features a lobby, 3 restaurants, a coffee shop, bars, a beauty salon, spa services, internet, one swimming pool in the garden and another one at the beach, jacuzzi, pool bar, fitness center and tennis court. It is one of the most popular resorts in Khao Lak.
The rooms are comfortably furnished with air-conditioning, bathtub/shower, hair dryer, balcony/terrace, bath robe, satellite TV, telephone, safe, minibar and coffee/tea facilites. The villas in the garden and on the beach have the same facilities, yet they come with a rain shower and a separate seating corner.

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Khaolak Bhandari Resort and Spa setting amidst a tropical landscape, it provides luxurious accommodation with easy access to attractions and a short stroll away from the beach.
Featuring traditional Thai architecture, accommodation here uses local materials, fabrics and art for decoration. Spacious and elegantly decorated, chalets and bungalows have polished wooden floors and several amenities to ensure your comfort.
Unwind by the swimming pool and soak up the sun with a refreshing drink or enjoy the wide range of treatments and facilities offered at the Bhandari Spa. It includes massage, aromatherapy and body treatments, as well as a sauna and Jacuzzi.
For those more adventurous, diving and snorkeling are also offered by the helpful staff at the tour desk.
Dine alfresco restaurant is also serves delicious Thai and international dishes.
No close at the low season and a 24 hour service at front desk.

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Chong Fah Khao Lak Resort is a private beachfront hotel located directly on the sandy Bang Niang Beach adjacent to Sita Garden and the t-Globe Service Point. The Resort offers 16 rooms in 4 double storey buildings and 14 rooms in 7 double bungalows. The 8 beachfront rooms have direct and uninterrupted sea views. The Resort features a middle class restaurant and a swimming pool with black tiles, both overlooking the sea. Due to the best location at Bang Niang Beach, the well-trained staff and the family atmosphere the Chong Fah Resort has twice gained an Award by holidaycheck.de. In the green season rates are 3500 to 6000 Baht. Peak season surcharge is 1500 Baht.

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The Bavaria House Restaurant owned by Tom and Jane offers the best barbecued chicken south of Isarn. It is served with delicious French fries and 'Spaetzle' (traditional Swabian Pasta). Tom comes from the largest chicken roastery in Ulm in Swabia (Germany). The restaurant became in a very short time THE meeting place for Germans living in Khao Lak -- the wall is decorated with their photos skillfully taken by Tom. And, not to forget, there are Jane's sundaes...
They have added a sports bar to the restaurant which is located on the access road to the beach. Sports events and music shows are displayed on a huge screen.

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Mali Seafood Restaurant on the road to Bang Niang Beach is a very popular restaurant. Besides seafood they serve also Thai and Indian dishes. The restaurant is nicely decorated and very clean. The price level is medium, seafood is sold by weight and according to market price. They doubled the number of tables lately and still are completely full every evening -- a real success story.

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Rabeang Restaurant is a very popular Thai restaurant with western flair at the quiet end of Jerung Street. The illustrated menu with photos of all dishes offers a large and interesting choice, many vegetarian dishes, steaks (250 Baht, among others duck steak) with a sauce of your choice, and cocktails from 120 Baht. Very generous portions, beautifully presented and artistically decorated. Fresh fruits are served complimentary for dessert. Upper price range. Inside partially exclusive wooden furnishing, while the open air area is only equipped with plastic tables. Very busy place! The female owner takes very good care of her customers and recognizes each one even if they come back the first time after two years and surprises them with their favorite drink.

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Tour information
Motorbike & Car rent

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In the new office in front of Sita Garden the very friendly German Paul offers all the tours guided by his partner Gang who is even more friendly and speaks good English and German. Every afternoon from 14 hours Paul gives insider information about tours around Khao Lak. You can book any tour from him, but he can not go below his cost as other tour agencies. Most customers book the tours that Pauls partners guide themselves: -- Phang Nga Bay Tour, -- Khao Sok Tour, -- Koh Tachai Tour.

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The tour agency at the entrance of Wandee Hostel. It is run by the agile owner of the hostel.

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T-Tour is a tour operator in Bang Niang, Khao Lak, specializing in nature adventure tours that no other tour operator offers. Khun Nok has researched the most fabulous places in Phang Nga Province and combined various attractions into highly rewarding tours. Her top tours are the T-Globe Triathlon and Mini-Triathlon around Phang Nga Town and Thap Put with the three sports biking, kayaking and swimming. The detailed description of these tours is available on the webpage
www.t-globe.com/14915
One of them is a 3-in-1 world class kayaking trip with 3 completely different kayak trips in one day: on a jungle river, on a tidal mangrove river and in a limestone cave in close contact to awe inspiring stalactites.
She also arranges a 4 hour jungle trekking in Khao Lak-Lamru National Park on hiking trails that even the locals do not know. This trek leads mostly in the shade through extremely beautiful vegetation with many flowers hardly ever seen. Soon she will be able to arrange a mountain bike trip through this beautiful national park.

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Ton Son Beach Massage are the bamboo huts behind Ton Son Restaurant at the southern end of Bang Niang Beach next to Ramada. Thai Massage costs 300 Baht, Oil Massage 400 Baht as elsewhere.

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Jomkwoan Massage is situated at Phetkasem Highway next to the R.T. Hotel. As in all massage shops in townhouses the Thai massage places are downstairs, the VIP rooms for other massage are upstairs. The masseur ladies are nice and friendly, but they change quite frequently. The oil massage is performed differently by each lady including some quite unusual sequences. Most customers are Thai men who patronize Jomkwoan Massage until late.

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Rungwadee Massage is situated at Phetkasem Highway in the townhouse next to Saxophone Cafe. As usual in townhouses the massage places for Thai massage are downstairs, the VIP rooms with one to three massage places are upstairs. All massage ladies have several years experience and detect small muscle tensions easily, so I like their services after a hard day in front of the computer. Rungwadee Massage has a high reputation among Thais, too, who come there until late in the night for the real Thai Massage of almost two hours. The small side services like a drink before or after the massage are lacking, but the staff likes to chat with the customers in the front room.

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Die fünf- bis sechs-köpfige Band von Num in der Degree Bar spielt für meine laienhaften Ansprüche den besten Thai Rock in ganz Thailand. Erst ab 23 Uhr füllt sich der zur Strasse offene Laden so richtig. An manchen Abenden gehen die Thais mit, dass sich die Tische biegen. Vor allem Frauen jeden Alters tanzen zu den Stücken von Carabao und Job to do, dass der Boden bebt. Da lassen sich sogar die paar alternden Farangs anstecken und tanzen sich in Schweiss. Mit wenigen Baht fuer ein Sprite und einen Teller geröstete Cashews kann man ein paar tolle Stunden erleben. Pünktlich um 2 Uhr nachts wird aufgehört, was die Musiker auch brauchen, die sich da fast ohne Pause in Hochform spielen.
Immer mal wieder sind Gast-Musiker aus anderen Orten Thailands da und bringen einen anderen Sound mit, mal zum Guten, mal eher zum Abwinken. Auch Farangs, die eigentlich ganz bieder aussahen, haben schon mal die Instrumente und den Saal in Stimmung gebracht.
Sollte es mal an einem Abend nicht so funken -- macht nix, einfach wieder kommen.
Hier habe ich noch nie einen Fight erlebt und noch nie Betrunkene die Stimmung verderben gesehen. Auch Gatoeys sieht man hier nie. Allerdings auch nur ganz wenige Touristen, die in Khao Lak eben um diese Zeit schon in der Heia liegen.

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Mars Bar and Cafe is run by a Thai-English couple, and is on the main Road, just before the Honda garage. Open the whole year round, it is a meeting point for tourists as for ex-pats living here. There is a large variety of cocktails and beers. Mars, a friendly host, with innovative ideas, has decorated the bar in a fashionable style. Once also a DJ, he passionately loves to play 60's and 70's Music. Thursday is "Ladies Night", when ladies as well as men dress up as ladies they are offered drinks at half price. These are fun nights, when people like to have a drink or three or more! New, Monday is men's night and Tuesday is music night ! The food is simple and good value for money. They offer a variety of fast foods, such as Steak and Kidney Pie and chips or mash with beans or mushy peas, curries , sandwiches and breakfasts, as well as " boiled eggs and soldiers" !

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