The beaches get quieter and hotels are further apart as we move further up the West Coast. Headlands separate each of the beaches here, and each bay so cut off is entirely different from its neighbours – and so are the accommodation choices entirely different

Just a few years ago Kamala was a beach, bay and mountain enclosed valley intent on growing rice and raising buffaloes. There was almost no place to stay here, and there were virtually no signs of the tourism industry that had already completely swallowed Patong. And many small restaurants have opened here, often in private homes. So the atmosphere in the small beach road, just 200 metres long, is a blend of village and resort. And the prices are distinctly village.

 

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