I remember the times when there was no bridge from town (Dawai) and the jeep has to be transported across on a raft to get to the beach. Beach was a lot less crowded then too because it was a lot harder to access from town even though distance wise, not too far.

Back then all you had to do was to walk down to the beach from the bungalow and find basket full of shells, all sizes. I remember going for crab hunting on the beach at night too, fun memories.

I find Ngapali beach sand to be finer grained and brighter (less mud) but I prefer Maung Ma Kan because, it is not as commercial and a lot cozier. Don’t need no stinking 5 star hotels, just a clean long-legged bungalow with oil lanterns and straw mat with a good mosquito net. No? :D

Too bad about the trash though. People are prob. not trashing on the beach itself but when near by towns/villages dump plastic and trash in their local streams and rivers, these things flows into the ocean and then ends up onto what was once a very pristine sandy beach. It is all over Asia these days, but looks worse on Maung Ma Kan because it is located next to a few local river outlets flowing into the ocean.

YLO, I doubt palm tress produced blue colour plastic bags and one-time used foam boxes that are very bad to the environment.

to be honest, plant disposals are not also good for the beach too.. but yea.. that’s basically we can’t control…