10. Khao Sok - Khao Lak

Today we woke up to torrential rain, the smells coming from the surrounding jungle was so strong. We packed up and had a transfer collect us to take us on the short drive to Khao Lak. Our driver was literally the worst yet and we were questioning if we would make it at stages... We were dropped off in a big downpour so jumped in a taxi straight onto our hotel. Once settled up in our hotel and after doing some washing we headed down to the beach for an explore and then stopped at a local restaurant and stopped by the sea front for a drink and the best mango sticky rice.
Khao Lak is famous for being a jungle seafront area. It is also known for being the worst hit area when the tsunami hit back in 2004. 4000 people died here out of the 5000 in Thailand. If you have seen the film The Impossibles its based here. We are pleased to say that they have an early warning system in place now and we have checked out where we would need to go as our accommodation is as beachfront as it gets, we fall asleep listening to the sea. We have learnt that 2004 was a freak disaster though and had probably been coming for a few hundred years. There is still evidence of tsunami to this day, still many derelict building / structures left to ruin.Read more