Returning to Prachuap, nine years later

I'd spent Christmas 2010 in Prachuap Khiri Khan, and enjoyed this laid-back, non-touristy city, so as I pass passing through the area this summer, I decided I'd pay the town a return visit.

Ao Manao

It's changed a bit. There's more hotels, and a few more Western tourists. In 2010, I went to the beach at Ao Manao on a busy weekend, and was one of only three Westerners on the crowded seafront. This time, there was a small group of dreadlocked women doing yoga in bikinis on the beach (sigh) and gaggles of old white men shooting the breeze in the town.

The town has also added a touristy night market at the southern end of town, and a bike lane along the town's seafront (which is largely unuseable because of all the twats parked on it).

The town is still pretty, though.

Sunrise over the town

Very pretty.