Koh Tao

Journey from Bankok to Koh Tao was not fun .. long bus journey, followed by a four hour wait between 3am and 7am at a boat port and then a boat. But it was worth it in the end!! We decided to stay in a quiet part of the island (Tanoa bay) as we felt like a rest after the hustle and bustle of Bangkok. We got a taxi part of the way, had to sit on the back of a four wheel drive and hold on for my life while I was driven up and down bumpy roads. Then we had to trek for about half an hour through a forest, down steep hills.... remembered quite quickly why I never signed up duke of edinborough or world challenge!! But then we arrived .......
It was a beautiful forest area, with a beach at the bottom, with a couple of restaraunts and 2 bars. The cheapest accomodation we could find was a bungalow for 700 baht, about 15pound for both of us a night, slightly over budget, but for a bungalow in a secluded area its not bad! The first day I was exhausted so mainly slept and then went for dinner, where I had a nice thai coconut vegetable soup. Then yesterday we spent the day on the beach and went snorkelling. Koh Tao is famous for snorkelling and diving, we are both to chicken to dive but snorkelling was amaze! There were so many different types of brightly coloured fish! Then we went for dinner, followed by a cocktail on the beach.
Today we had been planning to go to Koh Samui, but have just arrived at the port and the ferry is booked for this afternoon! So we have booked it for tomorrow morning at 10am. Now off we go to find some accomodation for one more night in Koh Tao ..........

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