Railay and the paradox of West and East sides

Here you can see the path - up and down again on the other side :) The photo with Chris - the bushy area behind her is where the path ends.

About Railay - it is one of the most visited and sought after beaches to live on within the Krabi town area. And I can sure see why - the west side of the peninsula offers a lovely wide sandy beach and beautiful cliffs to gaze upon. The more pricey hotels and bungalows are on this side; the east side is far from being that magnificent - sure, the overall view is all right, but the beach there is too rocky for swimming and not nearly as wide. So, if going budget, get a room on the east side and have that 5 minute walk across the peninsula to the west side instead. Long-tail boats to Nammao Bay (thats where our hotel was) depart from the east side, so we walked across and were we in for a surprise of what?! Imagine walking from a well up-kept beach into a "trash can" - the middle part of the peninsula is covered in litter, there are old trashy sheds (obviously bars that have seen better days), and everything else you can imagine. People living there & tourists residing on the east side walk through that every day. I don't get it. I simply can't understand how can the owners of the hotels be so oblivious to that. Why can't all the businesses there get together and, lets say, arrange a week or two for cleaning that place up? It can't cost that much to employ a dozen of local people (truly, a win-win situation) and get all that trash out of there... it is so disrespectful towards the beautiful nature thats there to be covered up like that. But that partially is the "funny" part about Thailand in general - somehow, and for some reason, dirt and trash all around is not bothering anyone. Or not as much as it should. Unfortunately.