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Ko Tao Slideshow
Ko Tao
Travel Blogs from Ko Tao, Thailand
Koh Mosqui-Tao
This is a top pick! ... after last time! Off the train, onto a bus to the port and then a 2 hour catamaran ride to the little island of Koh Tao (or Turtle Island as the Thai translation means). We got to our bungalow at the Scuba Shack....which wasn't the best place we've ...
Koh Tao again after 7 years
This is a top pick! ... out that through exchanging various emails lately, that the lovely Canadian family we had met on Koh Lipe were actually staying here on Koa Tao. We found Skye and Pippin home, poor Pippin had ear ache but it was so nice to see them again. Kai their son ...
Taking it easy
This is a top pick! ... tomorrow morning before going to the Pure Lounge again for another chilled out night in the bean bag chairs. I enjoyed my time in Koh Tao far more than I expected. I only went there on the spur of the moment rather than Pha Ngan as I knew people there, ...
Koh Tao Diving
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Koh Tao in our entry from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia entitled 'Travel Rehab!'. Cheers, K & ...
1st Island
This is a top pick! We arrived in Koh Tao after a night bus playing movies so loud the sound was distorted. I bargained for the price of my dive course before we got to the Island because then I would get a cheaper price and accommodation for Ben would be included! 5 nights ...
Island life
This is a top pick! ... ; when to get off....we were fast asleep on the first bus when they turned on the lights & yelled everyone for Koh Tao off here ! we stumbled around packing our stuff quickly, KIm half asleep managed to fall down all the stairs when getting ...
Hitting the beach!
This is a top pick! ... and turned it off! The psychological battle worked in the end as he moved to the other side of the boat! 1 - 0 Team Smedders! We arrived in Ko Tao v early in the morning and got picked up by a lovely man in a pick-up who took us to a beach at the ...
Side track to koh tao - getting there we ...
This is a top pick! ... brutal to be honest. A quick Thai massage once on the Island and I was ready to take on the world again... "Quiet Island" Koh Tao is definitely quiet. The locals told us we were on the liveliest beach on the Island which didn't say much. If you are ...
Around Thailand with a Marge
This is a top pick! ... fly home.... Once the appeal of being able to touch my toes for the first time since puberty wore off, Marge and I took off to Ko Tao, a small island north of Samui that is reputed to be one of the best places in Thailand to learn to dive. Not having ...
Last week? No. No. I'm sure that's a mistake.
This is a top pick! ... later we reached Bangkok. The plan was to find some way of getting down from here, without too much hanging about, to Koh Tao - one of Thailand's premier dive spots (basically, the island is just a big dive shop). We had decided in China it would be nice ...
Ao Leuk
... evening celebrating with Kate and Dan who had passed their dive course. On Saturday 28th we parted company with Kate and Dan heading to Ko Pha Ngan to go to the Full Moon party whilst we started our journey back to London. We caught a boat, to ...
Ko Phangnan and Ko Tao
... the football was over. The next day followed pretty much the same pattern but we also went searching for a good dive company. Ko Tao is known for having some really good scuba diving at cheap prices. It wasnt as cheap as we had hoped, ...
Sharktastic
... to ko tao, theres a massive, totally out of the ordinary storm! The ONLY night ferry to be cancelled is....? THATS RIGHT CHILDREN...KO TAO!!! the ferries to phangan and samui are still running! So.. we get the ferry to phangan and then the 8.30 am fast ...
Sun Sea and Sand
... ; 14/01/11 So we arrived in Koh Tao and walked the short distance to sairee cottages rather than pay the extortionate taxi fare. Unfortunately there were no cheap cottages left so ...
Diving and Injury
... the internet is quite expensive again (but they keep pointing out there is free wifi for the pc I don't have) Anyway back to Ko Tao and more specifically Crystal Dive. Some people have mentioned that I sounded a little down in my last blog. That was ...
Islands at Last!
... went to this little island that was connected to two other islands by only a thin strip of sand which was really picturesque. After Ko Tao we decided to move on to Ko Phangan, for the full moon party. Considering how tired we were on the night ferry, ...
The best island on Earth
... to me) are in different places. So with sadness I leave my playground, vowing to come back at any opportunity. I love Thailand - the people are incredibly friendly, and the majority of the country that I've seen is beautiful. If anyone ever wants to ...
Open water passed!
... that went a little later than everyone else and had a space for us on their bus! get in! it also included the boat to koh tao aswell. so we went overnight to chumpon, then in the morning got the ferry to here! its such a beautiful island! we went to ...
Tauchkurs
... (letzter Vollmond war Anfang Mai, glaube ich). Ein weiteres Problem sind die vielen Touristen, die nur kurz in Thailand bleiben und deshalb mehr Geld ausgeben können. Die ruinieren uns sparsamen Rucksackreisenden total die Preise. Ansonsten ist das ...
Diving, Sunbathing and Vomit
... 's been a while since the last entry, mainly because the same thing happened to us that happens to so many backpackers on Koh Tao. We originally arrived with the intention of spending 4/5 nights on Koh Tao and ended up staying for nearly 2 weeks. Although ...
Day 30 Thailand - Ko Phangan - Ko Tao
Today we say goodbye to Munchies and to Dave. Off we go to get our boat and as we arrive in Ko Tao the usual happens, we get bombarded by people wanting us to go to their hotels, but we are prepared with our LP book and know exactly where we are going, ...
Day 31 Thailand - Ko Tao
Today is the start of my open water dive course, I am a little nervous but more excited than anything. We start the day by doing some theory work and in the afternoon we are shown skills in a pool. The skills involve taking our masks off and on and ...
Trigger fish are veyree agreysieve!
Next I headed over the sort stretch of water to Koh Tao. This island is famously one of the biggest centres of dive training with over 100 dive schools on an island that is only 21 square km. Did my PADI open water qualification with a German girl and Big ...
A couple of nights in paradise
... and two irish guys off at 3am at the port, with a good four hours to kill until our boat rocked up to take us to ko tao. Thankfully, we bonded over moonlight and a pack of cards ('shithead' is a universal winner) and I picked up a few companians to room ...
Under the sea
Ahhh, Koh Tao, by far my favorite place so far. Turquoise waters, white sand, and great food - now THIS is paradise. The hotel we stayed in was right on the beach and the accommodations very nice (comparatively speaking of course). The view from our ...
Escape from Koh Tao
... chatting to people about fun parties coming up and wandering around at night doing the same thing. Not a bad job at all! Koh Tao is like a little community, where anyone who is living and/or working there knows each other, so before long I couldn't walk ...
Amazing Diving after almost being robbed
After my success at the monastery, I figured I head to a little Island in the central part of Thailand called Koh Tao where apparently it was really cheap to get a divers certification. I already had my basic certificate, but I was interested in getting ...
Koh Tao
... nejdrive jsme nasedli na 6 hodinovy bus z Bangkoku do pristavu jmenem Chumphon, kde jsme nasedli dal na nocni lod na ostrov Ko Tao.Na Ko Tao jsme dorazili druhy den v 5 rano, a jelikoz jsme byly unaveny rozhodli jsme se prvni den stravit na ne prilis ...
Koh Tao - open water diving
Just finished my open water diving course! Now qualified to dive down to 18m. It was a great little course, crystal dive has some very friendly and great instructors. I was lucky as I didn't realise it was full moon on tuesday and I managed to get on ...