{"id":12413,"date":"2024-03-19T23:59:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/?p=12413"},"modified":"2025-09-17T07:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:09:20","slug":"thailand-day-19-khao-lak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2024\/03\/thailand-day-19-khao-lak\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand Day 19 – Khao Lak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m in Khao Lak, I’ve rented a scooter, have a vague idea of what I want to see (some waterfalls) and just started a little road trip. I came across the Chao Pho Khao Lak Shrine<\/a>, I don’t know what it’s all about but they seem to be very fond of roosters<\/p><\/div>\n

And tigers<\/p><\/div>\n

Snakes<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s quite busy here, between me taking photos a few people came here to bring some offerings<\/p><\/div>\n

Here they say it’s the shrine of the Khalok God (whoever that is)<\/p><\/div>\n

Whoever he is, he can’t be thirsty as he’s not drinking much from the offerings<\/p><\/div>\n

The brown thing guarded by elephants in the background turns out to be a little shelter to set off fireworks, see the video on this page as well<\/p><\/div>\n

Where’s Waldo?<\/p><\/div>\n

Second item on the agenda, bamboo rafting. I’m here in the wrong season as all water has almost gone by now. The water level is so low that you get a discount<\/p><\/div>\n

They have tried to ‘dam’ the water, make little canals in which the water level is just high enough to at least float the raft<\/p><\/div>\n

My ‘guide’ (doesn’t speak a word of English)<\/p><\/div>\n

Sometimes we go extra slow to see if there something up the trees, like a snake or so<\/p><\/div>\n

Often the guide needs to get off the raft and actually pull the thing forward, I felt bad about it and got off the raft to make his job lighter but he gestured I could stay seated, ok<\/p><\/div>\n

Some Thai seem to have their house here<\/p><\/div>\n

The water is a bit deeper here and people are swimming in it<\/p><\/div>\n

There’s also a campsite here<\/p><\/div>\n

Tent, shade, power, water, should be fine<\/p><\/div>\n

The locals seem happy<\/p><\/div>\n

End of the trip, it was maybe 40 minutes? Here the rafts get taken of the water and will be trucked back to the beginning<\/p><\/div>\n

Next, a waterfall, should be a beauty, this is the path to it, I slipped and fell here and almost destroyed the camera that was in my hands, in a split second however I decided to break my fall with my knee instead and saved the camera<\/p><\/div>\n

Look at that amaaaazing waterfall!<\/p><\/div>\n

As if I’m back in Norway<\/a>!<\/p><\/div>\n

So this is the Lampi<\/a> Waterfall<\/p><\/div>\n

Not satisfied with Lampi I decide to go to the Ton Prai<\/a> Waterfall as well<\/p><\/div>\n

Not much better, at least not in this season<\/p><\/div>\n

One of those cute little houses again. You would think birds would occupy them but I’ve seen no evidence of that<\/p><\/div>\n

Thai Mueang<\/a> Beach<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking north<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking south<\/p><\/div>\n

Big turtle here<\/p><\/div>\n

I think this place itself is called Thai Mueang and it looks like this is like the local Chinatown?<\/p><\/div>\n

Nice mural, better than graffiti, no idea what it says. Leah?<\/p><\/div>\n

Wat Lak Kaen<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m back in Khao Lak<\/p><\/div>\n

Won’t be long before it sets<\/p><\/div>\n

I tried to get so the sandy beach area here but I get the impression that’s only for resorts<\/p><\/div>\n

So I watch yet another sunset (the best, with a Diet Coke!) from a restaurant<\/p><\/div>\n

Where I also enjoy a curry<\/p><\/div>\n

Very cozy here<\/p><\/div>\n

Khao Lak has got some awesome looking nightlife<\/p><\/div>\n

Lots of food stalls<\/p><\/div>\n

Bars<\/p><\/div>\n

Restaurants<\/p><\/div>\n

Streets full of them and they all look great<\/p><\/div>\n

Phet Kasem Rd, the main road going straight through Khao Lak<\/p><\/div>\n

They have got lots of stalls here with really cheap food, I like!<\/p><\/div>\n

No idea what they’re dishing up here, some kind of soup?<\/p><\/div>\n

Looks like seafood to me<\/p><\/div>\n

This is more my thing, skewers with some meat. I do have to ask them to explain what’s what because even though it might look yummy, there’s some odd things they are offering<\/p><\/div>\n

But this is (should be) just some chicken, thanks!<\/p><\/div>\n

I don’t think I want to even know what this is<\/p><\/div>\n

Oooh! This is good! Lots and lots of sweet things, like donuts<\/p><\/div>\n

But what do we have here!?<\/p><\/div>\n

“You vill eat ze bugz”<\/p><\/div>\n

No thanks!<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyway, lots of really affordable food here, lots of it very yummy but no place to sit anywhere, so it’s really just to get something to eat elsewhere (or just while standing here)<\/p><\/div>\n

I end my ‘shopping spree’ here with another great mango smoothie<\/p><\/div>\n