Kamala Beach ... setting is superb, a fishing village amidst coconut trees fronting the beach. Like Surin, however, its bay is cursed by a bad undertow. There are small, low-budget bungalows on th...

Mai Khao Beach ...joining mangrove area is now preserved as the new Sirinat National Park and includes a visitors' centre. Dine at one of the small thatched restaurants on the northern end. They ser...