 Khao
Lak's Bang Niang Beach
Formerly
a haven of backpacker bungalows, Bang Niang
Beach is quickly moving into the boutique
and upscale resort category.
Long
stretches of beach to the north and south
provide the visitor with good early morning
beach-combing strolls.
Bang
Niang, for many years, played second team to
Khao Lak's Nang Thong Beach, but today we
see a broad range of development that is now
rivaling and may soon surpass the Nang Thong
area.
New
restaurants are popping up everyday as are
small shopping centers - these and the local
market out on the main road seem to be
bringing greater numbers of people to the
Bang Niang area every year.
Photo
above - looking north from the Mukdara
Resort in the central area of Bang Niang
Beach. Photo to the left is looking
south from the Mukdara.
An
energetic person can literally walk from
Bang Niang Beach down to Nang Thong Beach so
continuous are the beaches here.
The
thatch shelters on the photo top right of
this page are typical of the small
restaurants and massage services that are
springing up - up and down the beach.
The Ayara
Villas Resort [below] is a favorite in the
Bang Niang Beach area - partly due to its
beachfront location.
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