The Sands Khao Lak by Katathani, SW Thailand

The resort is a sister branch of its Katathani group whose hip and trendy The Shore by Kathathani and the original family style resort Katathani resort.  This new one was just opened in November, 2012, located at the end of Khao Lak town.  It took 10 min. walk to Khao Lak.  However, due to the resort being newly opened, quite many rooms are still some fix-up.  Due to the construction material around, there were quite many bugs and mosquitoes.  Gotta be prepared with adequate mosquitoes repellents.  Overall, the staff and the entire environment are very nice.