Food in Khao Lak

Dev's favorite: pad thai

 After our liveaboard scuba trip from Khao Lak, we spent a couple days in the town recovering from diving. It's quite an exhaustive activity, especially when you aren't used to diving four times a day, three days in a row. We both got ear infections, and I got a minor cough, so we took a couple days to just relax and get well.

We went back to Walker's Inn and stayed there, and we ate there as well. Compared to the rest of town, they have great prices and great tasty meals. In Thailand and most of southeast Asia, you need to be careful about the cleanliness and sanitation of the meals you eat. Eat somewhere where the food isn't warm enough (temperature wise), or the sanitation isn't very good, and you could end up with a nasty case of traveler's diarrhea. If the place looks sketch, it just isn't worth the risk.

Chicken with cashew nut

Our favorite dishes at Walker's included:

• Pad thai: Devlin's favorite
• Chicken with cashew nut
• Thom Kha Gai - creamy coconut soup with chicken, and they served it piping hot

A great place to stay and eat, all on a backpacker's budget!