Ban Bang La on

On the map version 051011 (last printed map) Ban Bang La on is wrongly called Nang Thong Village.

I got this very informative mail from Alex B from Khao Lak. Thank you!

The real name for the village (that is commonly referred to as Khao Lak and you named it on your map as Nang Thong Village)-  as it appears in roman alphabet and Thai letters (not only) on the road sign-  is: "Ban Bang La on" Translated in English: Village (Ban) small (Bang) of La on. All the locals call it this way and I asked some long-term residents again: They all agreed on the name La on. The Nang Thong family, as described in my last mail is a very influential family in La On, but has not named the village (yet ;-) ). So I would suggest you name it Ban Bang La on, or just Ban La on. I quote Lonely-Planet here on the Post-Tsunami update of their travel book "Thailand - Island and Beaches" (available on the www) from 07/2005:

"Back from the beach in Bang La-on (the town commonly referred to as Khao Lak), most of the buildings on the higher parts around Highway 4 survived or sustained bearable damage."