Diamond Beach Bungalows

... is down so many of the hotels here are offering really great deals and some of them are proper nice. I stayed at the Diamond Cave Bungalows and paid around £20 a night - cheaper than the advertised rates. It really does pay to just turn up at these ...

... still a pretty small scale beach, boasting only five "accommodation operations." We checked each one out and finally settled on Diamond Beach, which had decent bungalows, all of them pretty much right on the beach for only 500 baht (about $15) a night. ...

... had cleared we began our adventure again, and trekked through what could only be described as jungle, to a beach located down the coast a little. On the way were bungalows and real tree-houses, which cost the same as what we were paying in town! If I ...

... was in my seat: WET and ruined. It must have fallen out when I opened the pack.  : (   Thankfully the memory card is fine! The rest of the day was pretty chill, we watched the sunset then ate a great dinner at the bungalows where we stayed. ...

... the place - and it was only three or four years ago since I'd visited with my sister Ains. Air-conditioned bungalows, swimming pools in beach-fronted resorts, 1,500 baht per night rooms. What's going on? I suppose it's a combination of planned development ...

... the Railey East beach. It's still mainland, but only accessible by boat. At Railey East, we found some really nice and cheap bungalows at the Diamond Cave Resort for 300Baht (ca. 7€) with fan and hot water bathroom. In the evening we had some nice ...

... in amongst coconut trees.  A few stalls sell drinks and fresh meat cooked on open coal BBQ's.  There are also 6 or so bungalows on offer for accommodation - basic with bucket showers and fan.  Kristy has a bungalow.  The rest of us are ...

... Oceanside Cliff: Approaching West Rai Leh Beach: What awaited us on East Rai Leh was a charming little backpacker retreat with bungalows built on a rocky hillside, but what we really came for was the caves. It was just a short stroll to ...

... other side past a tiny Cambodian military base, where we found a large, gorgeous, nearly deserted beach accompanied by eight uninhabited bamboo bungalows. There was a restaurant on the premises staffed by a wonderfully friendly Cambodian named Khom and ...

... heart shaped pancake! - and then headed down the beach to the diamond cave. We first started up a path that was for the Diamond Cave Bungalows. Only when we reached a dead end did we realise that we should have taken the adjacent path. When we got to the ...

... we got up to sit on the back to a truck with a couple of Swedes  for a very bumpy ride to the main Diamond Beach.    We had no booked accomodation so we probably looked pretty helpless and  confused to a  couple if drunk British ...

... so we got up to sit on the back to a truck with a couple of Swedes for a very bumpy ride to the main Diamond Beach.   We had no booked accomodation so we probably looked pretty helpless and confused to a  couple if drunk British guys at a ...

... everyone squealing at the top of their lungs is funny voices as much as is possible. Nevertheless we make it to our beach bungalows, (Becky: 'Its basically a shed isn't it'), and head down to the beach to swim. Before touching the sand a crowd ...

... . Ok, since the theme of our trip so far has been “Plan B” we walked to the other guesthouses on the beach until we found the “Diamond Resort” which was in our price range, even though it was at the top of it ($17). Food is also ...

... 'd heard about.  It was pretty low key but that made it really nice.  Then party was basically a few bars on the beach, some chilled music, people sitting around chatting, some fireworks and a bit of fire twirling.  We got prime seats in a ...

... call myself homesick necessarily, that being on islands by oneself can get a little lonely. I'm a restless sort of person. Sitting on the beach getting burnt really is more fun with a date. And burnt I am! It only took 30 minutes of reading in a chair ...

... half of Finding Nemo. I mean, the guy just wanted to get his kid back. In other news, we have a bungalow literally on the beach. The water is so shallow that high tide is mere feet from my front door, while low tide takes a 2 minute walk. Unfortunately, ...

... with no more than a moment to maneuver away from this thing, maybe 2 feet in diameter. Bindi and T who work for the Leela bungalows said the storms bring them in.   Walked into town to pick up a Paolo Cuelo book based on a few syncronistic ...