railay beach

Rock climbibg at railay beach

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September 15th 2006
Hi all, Were now in railay beach on the andaman coast. Unfortunately the rain hasn't let up yet. We got a taxi from Khao Sok to here. didnt fancy getting 3 different local buses in the lashing rain. Taxi only cost about 25 quid for a 2 hour run. We then had to get a long tail boat to the beach as it is surrounded by 1000ft cliffs on all sides and there are no roads in. We met up with an Am ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Railay

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more