Day 6 - First evening in Ao Nang

After the Elephant trekking trip we headed down to the beach to have a look around. Ao Nang beach is not the greatest beach in the world. It acts more like a port for the many Long-tail boats that operate to Railay and other local Islands. However, many people laze about on the eastern end of the beach. If you walk down the road that runs parallel to the beach you will be stopped every two seconds by locals asking if you would like a massage. This end of the beach is home to dozens of massage huts. It also hosts the "Last Fisherman’s Bar", a nice spot for a drink and observe the Long-tail boats sailing to and from Railay.

Monkey at Ao Nang.

It seems that the Monkeys enjoy this beach to. On the cliff there is a walkway that connects the beach to a resort behind the rocks. The monkeys live in the trees around this walkway. A local woman spends her day selling food to the tourists who then entice the monkeys on to the beach. You need to be careful, as the monkeys are not just interested in the food on offer. Anything that attracts their attention and they will make a grab for.

Eastern end of Ao Nang beach.

In the evening we headed to the western end of the beach to try out one of the several restaurants set alongside the beach. It would have been a great place to watch the sun go down. However, seeing that you would need to be there at 6pm and the weather was not that great we decided to eat at the more reasonable time of 8pm. The only things we could see were the occasional sky lantern drifting out to sea.

Monica's meal.