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Ao Nang beach road generally safe 9pm — lit, busy restaurants, low violent crime. Massage touts and tour flyers annoying not dangerous. Stick main road, avoid dark sois drunk alone. Grab 40–80 baht if uneasy. Railay solo fine too — small community. Standard Thailand precautions; softer than Patong. Full-moon party nights louder not unsafe.
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Solo female 4 nights — beach road lit, felt fine, ignored massage touts.
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Monkey stealing food near south end — don't feed, they grab bags.