YUMA

On the sand at Karon

One room, two moods — midday to last light.

Yuma sits where the road meets the sand on Karon Beach. By afternoon it's iced coffee, cold drinks, and a warm breeze off the water. As the sun drops over the Andaman, the cocktail shakers come out — mint, lime and rum poured against a sky that does the rest.

No velvet ropes, no rush. Just good drinks, a barefoot crowd, and the best seat on the beach for the show that happens every evening around six.