Bang Niang Map 2015

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The local temple of Bang Niang Village between Petchkasem Highway and the Andaman Sea.

The temple has recently been renovated. It has a peaceful atmosphere and is used for ceremonies by the locals.

Situated in the fields to the west of the water tank, 400 meters from the highway.

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The Police Patrol Boat 813 was washed 1.3 km inland by the Tsunami of December 26, 2004. Eyewitnesses saw the boat under full power navigating against the huge wave, but nevertheless riding backwards across Bang Niang River and being stranded 200 meters from Phetkasem Highway. As it is impossible to move the big boat from there to the sea, it is left there as the most remarkable Tsunami Memorial. In 2012 a new road was built to the boat passing the Tsunami Memorial Sculpture "Stabile".
On December 26, 2004, the police boat 813 was safeguarding the daughter of the King of Thailand and her son, who as guests of the La Flora Resort were enjoying Bang Niang Beach. On various videos the boat is seen in calm waters, then being abruptly lifted up by the approaching wave. Still at that moment nobody could expect the extreme speed and power of the wave. Most probably the water was so full of air that the propellers of the boat could not exercise their full thrust.

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The Tsunami Memorial Sculpture "Stabile" was erected in Bang Niang near the Police Boat 813. It was designed by a Swedish artist.

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The "Khao Lak Museum" was created by the long time residents Franky Gun and Richard Doring, commemorating Khao Lak's 25th birthday. In July 2015 it was renamed to "Tsunami Museum Khao Lak" and moved to the road leading to the Police Boat 813, where many more visitors are aware of its existence. The museum shows the history of tourism in the Khao Lak region. Many hotels, restaurants, tour agencies, dive centers and other businesses of Khao Lak display their history since the year 1987, when the first tourist business, the Khao Lak Bungalows, was opened in Khao Lak. Other historical artifacts, maps, pictures and documents are also presented in the 40 square meter exhibition room.
The "Tsunami Exhibition" honors the efforts of the Khao Lak people and their friends to reconstruct Khao Lak in the year following the disastrous Tsunami of December 2004. Original documents show the help of the true friends of Khao Lak, help by means of donations for specific Tsunami victims and by goods that alleviated the severe pain of effected Khao Lak residents. Videos about the Tsunami in Khao Lak are displayed.
Entrance is free, a donation can be given at the discretion of visitors.
The museum guide, Khun Id, can give explanations in Thai and English. A glass of water is offered free of charge. At a counter in front of the museum competent staff from T-Tour gives information about the attractions in the Khao Lak area. They can also arrange a taxi for visiting Tsunami related memorials.

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The Shambhala is located on Bang Niang Beach in Khao Lak.
The accommodation consists of four different styles: Deluxe Room, Deluxe Ocean-View Room, Garden Bungalow, and Beachfront Bungalow. Ten rooms in bungalows and four rooms in apartments are decorated in Thai contemporary style. They are well-equipped with all modern comfort and amenities, a private balcony or terrace and also a magnificent sea or garden view.
Another E-mail : reservations@shambhalakhaolak.com

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At the northern end of Soi 2 at Bang Niang Beach a hotel building with 2 floors is under construction in July 2014. It looks like 6 rooms on the ground floor and 6 rooms on the second floor. Each room has a room size of 4 x 5 meters plus bathroom. It may be ready for the New Year.

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The Sanuk Bungalows consist of 5 small bungalows with aircon and fan, built from handmade bricks with ecology in mind. The bungalows are equipped with hot shower and a small cooking area with a fridge. Wireless internet and a small whirlpool are available. Under new Swiss management. Excellent value for money, therefore fully booked many months in advance.

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The Cousin Resort has 26 clean rooms in modern single bungalows and double bungalows with fan and air-conditioning (ranging from 1500 to 1700 Baht) as well as rooms in a row house with (1500 Baht) and two family houses (3500 Baht), extra bed 500 Baht. Internet, restaurant, clean pool, friendly management by Saeng and Sun. The owners can arrange rental of houses in the village and of family bungalows on the island Koh Kho Khao. An especially nice complimentary note from a recent guest: "The vacation was a dream. We had already heard good reports about Cousin Resort and our expectations have come true, a wonderful small informal arrangement with great staff. Also both our little ones have enjoyed Khao Lak very much, above all was the unbelievable fondness the Thais have for children." Mrs. S.H.." Mrs. S.H.

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Ladda Resort is a very nice resort at Soi 4, 300 m from the beach. Ladda Resort consists of 8 rooms with air-conditioning in a 2-storey apartment house and 11 bungalows in a nice and quiet garden. A small swimming pool suitable for bathing and for children lies in the middle. The restaurant is right next to the road, but there is hardly any traffic. An Extrabed for small children costs only 100 Baht. Very family friendly facilities. Danish speaking owner.

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The Pathum Resort is located besides Summer House.

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The Khao Lak Summer House Resort is located on Bang Niang Beach on the 4th road, 300 m from the beach. The resort consists of two houses with 4 rooms each. The spacious rooms with Thai decor and wooden furniture are equipped with balcony, minibar, hot water shower and free WiFi. Massage, tour desk and free parking is available. The travel agency Andaman Eco Tours belongs to the same owners, Parinya Somjai "Jack" and Sirisuk Tonsakun "Bum".
Booking with booking.com:
22 Euro = 900 Baht for a Cottage
30 Euro = 1650 Baht for a Standard Doubleroom
49 Euro = 2000 Baht for a Superior Doubleroom
49 Euro = 2000 Baht for a Bungalow

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The Sea Sand Sun Resort is situated 200 m from Bang Niang Beach in the very quiet road Soi 4. The resort offers six bungalows with terrace and a family house with 2 bedrooms and one living room for 4000 Baht per night, breakfast for 4 persons included. In the Blue Fish Cafe the owner, Khun Kukai, prepares the breakfast for her guests. This small resort is highly praised by all guests as shown on the booking.com website.
Second email: kukaiii@hotmail.com

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The Amsterdam Resort offers a variety of different bungalows and rooms, all of them come with private bathroom. The restaurant is located upstairs in the main building, it is opened all day. The service includes internet (1 Baht/minute), free WiFi for guests, travel agency, motorcycle, bicycle and car rental. The restaurant is closed during low season (May to October) and only bungalows with fan or air-conditioning are available (500/600 Baht).

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The Baan Bamboo is situated on Soi 3, 300 m from the beach, set in a beautiful tropical garden. Two rows with small and pretty bungalows are offered. They are furnished with excellent bamboo and they come with a relatively large bathroom, hot water, TV, fan or air-conditioning and a small terrace with comfortable seating. Free instant coffee during the day. Friendly Burmese staff.

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The Jasmin Resort lies in Soi 2, 250 m from the beach. 18 rooms are located in 9 concrete double bungalows, they are large, pretty and well equipped with fan or air-conditioning, set in a beautiful lush tropical garden. Restaurant with very good breakfast.

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The Garden is a new small resort with 6 bamboo bungalows in a tropical garden. The Garden is situated 600 meters from Bang Niang Beach in a quiet lane next to the big Monochrome Resort. The owner is from Belgium. Ariane takes very good care of her guests. The bungalows are very well equipped for this price, even with a fridge and water cookes and hot shower. They have a mosquito net, too. The terrace has some sitting furniture. The Garden is open in the Green Season.

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The Sandy House lies 200 m from the beach. It is situated in a 3-storey town house and offers large clean rooms with air-conditioning, TV and shower/WC. Under Thai/English management. The owners run a small minimart on the ground floor.
D. & I. McM. from Khanom Beach wrote about The Sandy House: "The room was clean, smelled clean too !! It had twin beds, and aircon, which I didn't need, a basic but roomy bathroom, and nice big fluffy bath towels.... and friendly UK owner Michael, his wife, Nok, and his large Thai family - were all very friendly. Price, no breakfast, 800 Baht. That was for a single occupancy. Incidentally, I was able to book with them via email/online, the day before I travelled there. In high season, I would recommend phoning in your reservation, as their prices are very competitive."

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The K2 Backpacker Hostel is situated beside the Riverside Guesthouse. Beds are 350 Baht per person. There are all 3 types of Dorms available.

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Above the Suksompong Resort a dozen new bungalows in modern style are under construction. They will be ready for the season 2014/2015.

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The Kaffee Bar is a new design coffee shop created by Gang and Mr. Watt. The Kaffee Bar is situated at the northern end of Bang Niang in a three storey shop house. The Kaffee Bar has a very attractive indoor setup and a few rustic tables outside. They serve a large variety of coffee and a great selection of cakes in a fridge with a glass door. The service is very friendly and the atmosphere very welcoming.

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Sabai Sabai Restaurant is situated right by the beach on the property of The Shambhala Resort. Although the food is delicious and the service excellent, it is only rarely patronized by guests from outside the resort. This is a pity because mama is a very good cook and the prices are reasonable.

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The new Rabeang Beach Restaurant at Bang Niang Beach opened in November 2014 at the location of the famous Coconut Grove Restaurant. It is managed by the same owner as the excellent Rabeang Restaurant in Soi La Flora.

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The Taj Mahal Restaurant is advertised with full name Tourist Taj Mahal Restaurant. This Indian Restaurant was opened in December 2011. It is situated right behind the Pinocchio Pizzeria in the side road. Despite this close proximity we have seen rarely more than 2 tables occupied by customers. The prices of the Indian dishes correspond to the relatively high price level of Indian restaurants in Khao Lak.

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Pinocchio Pizzeria is the most popular restaurant in Bang Niang. Every evening guests flock to this central location to dine in true Italian style. Ramon, the Italian owner, speaks perfect German and takes very good care of his guests. T-Globe has voted him the "best restaurant host" of the Andaman coast. The ingredients for the pizzas are directly imported from Italy according to Ramon. The pizzas are prepared by the cooks in the open kitchen and placed into the wood fired oven in sight of the customers. The waiters present the dishes in professional manner, directed by the owner in an unobtrusive manner. Prices in Pinocchio Pizzeria are at the upper end of all restaurants in Bang Niang but obviously reflect the expectations of customers. Besides Pizzas many other typical Italian dishes are served as well as original Italian wine and other spirits.

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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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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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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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Miss Pimmanee (nickname Jiab) obtained the first legal taxi license in Khao Lak in 2009.
It took 10 long, long months to get the green number plate with the number 1 (later by government order changed to 67). She had to pass a difficult taxi driver course and had to fulfill many unforeseen requirements like a real garage for her car. Her taxi has a first class insurance (300 Baht per trip).
Miss Pimmanee is very friendly and speaks enough English to communicate with her passengers.
The transfer from Phuket Airport to Khao Lak costs 1700 Baht per trip for 2 persons.
If passengers get delayed she wants to be informed by a telephone call or by SMS.
If you did not book your hotel with the help of Internet Booking Service Khao Lak, you may still use the taxi service of Khun Pimmanee by mailing to khaolaktransfer@gmail.com
If the mail button at the bottom of this window does not work, please use the email address khaolaktransfer@gmail.com in your mail program directly. Thank you!

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Das Drei-Frauen-Team Phung, Pi Pon und Mama Phung macht seit drei Jahren Thai-Massage direkt am Strand von Bang Niang auf dem Grundstück von Sita Garden. Dieser Service wird von allen Gästen sehr geschätzt, kann die entspannende Massage doch gleich neben dem Strandbungalow genossen werden, ohne erst durch die Gegend laufen zu müssen. Die liebenswürdig freundliche Art der drei Frauen lässt sehr schnell eine freundschaftliche Atmosphäre entstehen, die den Urlaubsgenuss spürbar erhöht. Viele Gäste freuen sich schon monatelang darauf, bald wieder diese wunderbaren Massagen erleben zu dürfen, und das für 300 Baht pro Stunde, einen Preis, den sich jeder alle Tage leisten kann.
Die Frauen arbeiten als Freiberufler und bezahlen für die Bambushütte mit allem Zubehör eine Tagesmiete von 150 Baht an den Grundstücksbesitzer sowie eine Betreuungsgebühr von 150 Baht an die Aufseherin. Ihnen bleiben dann durchschnittlich 750 Baht pro Tag bei 3 bis 4 Massagen am Tag.
Anderswo in Khao Lak ist allerdings eine Miete von 50% der Tageseinnahmen üblich, was den Verdienst der meisten Massagefrauen auf 525 Baht pro Tag reduziert. Das klingt zwar auch noch wie ein üppiges Salär von über 15000 Baht pro Monat, ist aber bei nur 5 Monaten Saison nicht gerade viel, zumal auch die Lebenshaltungskosten in Khao Lak vergleichsweise hoch sind.
Die Frauen der Sita Beach Massage haben seit Jahren einen sehr guten Ruf und können deshalb auch einen höheren Anteil vom Massagepreis von 300 Baht beanspruchen.

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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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Der Ableger der erfolgreichen Songs Bar neben dem Bang Niang Markt liegt direkt am See in Bang Niang. Wie schon das Original wurde diese Bar vorwiegend aus Naturmaterialien gebaut. Sie verbreitet unter Leitung des englischsprachigen Besitzers eine gemuetliche Atmosphaere.

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Eine sehr urige Thai Bar befand sich jahrelang am südlichen Bang Niang Strand. Von dort wurde sie bei der dubiosen Aufräumaktion im August 2014 vertrieben und anschliessend von den Besitzern am See von Bang Niang wieder aufgebaut. Die neue Bar wirkt sehr einladend, hat aber nur selten viele Gäste.

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