Ko Tao, Thailand Travel Blogs

Scuba Camp!
Oct 4, 2009 (7 photos)

... is hard to come by the days before the full moon, as thousands of tourists migrate to the island off the eastern coast of Thailand monthly just for the massive beach party. The owner of our hostel in Krabi had recommended a hotel for us and we had reserved ...

Sad news
Jan 24, 2007

Hi all, Just before we left Sweden in November, Kristina's dad got taken into hospital. Over the past few weeks his condition worsened and on Saturday the 20th of Jan he passed quietly away. We're almost definitely going to cut our trip short to be ...

Diving in Thailand!
Sep 14, 2007 (3 photos)

... Diving Resort because a friend from Australia was working there now as a Dive Instructor. It is the biggest dive school in Ko Tao with a great location and facilities. Being so big, the treatment when we first arrived was definately sub-par. We weren't ...

Koh Tao: Falling in Love On and With and Island
Jan 25, 2009 (109 photos)

January 16-25, 2009: Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand Getting Settled into Koh Tao and Island Life, Thai-style Mary and I took an overnight bus from Bangkok to the town of Chumporn, the gateway to the islands in the Gulf of Thailand.  Our bus arrived at ...

Slight change of plans.
Feb 24, 2007

... .  Finally we docked, and surrounded by a lovely sunset and beautiful girls, i made the decision to stay on Koh Tao...i believe a stronger man than me would have buckled under the pressure! However, annoyingly i had paid 1000 Baht (about 15 pounds) ...

Scuba diving in Thailand
Sep 5, 2006

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The family arrive
Dec 26, 2006 (29 photos)

With a stinking hangover and very little sleep me and my bro get a boat to Koh Tao....6 hours on the rough sea.....needless to say i was sick! Anyways we arrived around the same time as the family did....Pam, Sat and Sukie....It was so cool to see them... ...

Thai Island #3
Sep 15, 2007

So this is my Thai entry - the second last before i get to see you all in person and bore you to tears with my stories and photos. We had a tough enough journey to Bangkok, involving an overnighter from Melbourne and a 5 hour layover in Singapore, ...

Sukellukset takana
Oct 5, 2008

... ja ajoin paikalle taksilla. Sain yllattaen kymmenen prosentin alennuksen asumiseen, olinhan Koh Tao Diversin asiakas. Kavi ilmi, etta ko. sukellusfirman jampat viettavat iltaansa saannollisesti resortin ravintolassa ja eraana iltana yllatinkin sielta ...

Ko Tao
Apr 5, 2008 (12 photos)

... notre cote, par contrainte de temps nous n'avons pu le faire!  Contre notre gres nous ne sommes restes que 3 jours sur Ko Tao.  Ce fut 3 journees tres remplies et inoubliables.  Avec notre ami Wilco, nous nous sommes loues des motos et avons ...

Koh Tao - We made it!!!
Apr 15, 2006

Hey gang... Well, we are certified open water divers. It was incredible today, with a big sting ray, and a great sighting of tons of fish. We had a great time on both dives, took our exam and finished up. We ended the day with a nice thai dinner at ...

Zugfahrt, Tauchkurs
May 17, 2007

... und ich haette irgendwo uebernachten duerfen. Stattdessen hatte ich zehn Minuten spaeter mein Bootsticket fuer die sogenannte Mitternachtsfaehre nach Ko Tao, die aber eigentlich um 23 Uhr abfaehrt. Ankunft war morgens um 5, ich durfte also wieder ein ...

Scuba Diving
Jan 28, 2009 (31 photos)

So here we are on Koh Tao (Turtle Island) not sure why it's called that as I haven't seen any turtles. We took our coach to the pier in Chumporn. The pire was a really long rickety piece of wood and we were sure it would collaps under our bags. Luckily it ...

Terveisia paratiisista
Sep 20, 2008

Bangkokin savu ja halina jai vihdoin taakse. Matkustin siis junalla Chumphonin pikkukaupunkiin Siiaminlahden rannalle. Junassa istuskelin paikallisen iloisen hemmon vieressa, joka opetti minulle thaita ja antoi Chumphonin poliisin numeron ja varoitti ...

downtown ban mae hat
Aug 24, 2006 (12 photos)

es ist mal wieder soweit: heute müssen wir uns in den grossstadtmoloch begeben (mae hat, internationale hafenmetropole von ko tao) . bahten holen, heimreise buchen für nächste woche (fähre und bus), auslagen bestaunen. für mich wars ein schock (schon vor ein ...

Snorkels, Swedes and Singha Beer on Turtle Island
Jun 20, 2008 (12 photos)

... to get off our sunburnt behinds and do some type of "activity". So we signed up to a full-day snorkeling tour (as Ko Tao is renowned for it's beautiful corals, clear seas and suitability for diving), which was superb. The instructor was an English ...

Relaxing on Koh Tao
Jul 27, 2006 (4 photos)

It was great to start the beach part of our trip and as you can see from the photos, a good place to start. We stayed on the best beach on the island, Ao Leuk. It is a small bay with warm clear water, lovely soft white sand and coral around the edges. ...

Switched islands!
Aug 21, 2006 (4 photos)

... us a very good deal. We were taken to another part of the island by taxi boat (there are hardly any roads on Ko Tao! Amazing!). This was a lovely secluded beach with huts overlooking the beach and ocean on a hill with beautiful palm trees and a great ...

Peace and quiet
Dec 15, 2004 (5 photos)

... this for a laugh, lets goto to Koh Pangan So we goto yet another pier (Big Buddha pier) and sail for almost an hour to Ko Pangan :o) This is where the title of this diary entry makes sense.....we are in a town called Hat Yao which is very very quite ...

Goodbye Koh Tao
Feb 27, 2007

... .  Had a massive sea-food curry, containing prawn, squid, and various unidentifiable things...set me up nicely for the bus ride.  Said goodbye to the south of Thailand and jumped on the bus, hoping to get some sleep on the 7hr journey to Bangkok.

Turtle Island.
Mar 19, 2008 (28 photos)

... the island but there was only the odd accomodation available and that was being charged at prices way over our budget. Kho Tao looked immediately nicer and had a lot more charm, similar to Phi Phi, and a lot more reasonably priced rooms. We ...

Lists
Apr 5, 2006

... I'd give a few impressions, things I like and dislike, and hopefully I'll hit all the highlights. Things I like about Thailand: The People. Thai, and southeast Asians in general, have a happy and friendly outlook. It's culturally unacceptable to ...

Run for your lives, it's the Canadians!
Jul 4, 2004 (1 photos)

... fifth sentence with "Eh?"! So, I wrote a story that the newspapers published about the incident: Bangkok Times 5 July 2004 Ko Tao - An American citizen, on a cultural exchange and good will tour of southeast Asia, was the unwitting victim of an ...

Full Moon Party
Oct 25, 2007 (14 photos)

... Party. I had heard about these once a month huge rave parties on the beach and figured if i'm all the way across the world in Thailand.. why not!   It was one heck of a journey to get to this place!!! We were picked up at the hotel by a mini ...

Thailand: The islands
Apr 11, 2006 (11 photos)

... an amazing learning tool, more mental than phyical. A little different than the last two week binge drinking usually done when leaving thailand, But it had to be done. Hard to describe the place.. But looking back on it now it seemed the only analogy ...

Diving is fun
Jan 26, 2007 (29 photos)

After almost two weeks of sun & diving here on Koh Tao, it's time to leave. Kristina wants to continue our trip, so we'll be staying away until just before the funeral. We've been in touch with If (our insurance company, who are great by the way), and they ...

Koh Tao - First day of the diving course :)
Apr 12, 2006 (7 photos)

... scuba safety, and then a pool course in the afternoon. Just as the sun was setting over the Gulf, we finished up. Koh Tao is a beautiful place, and not too spoiled with tourism yet. We are loving it so far, and are excited for some downtime tomorrow ...

Pictures
Aug 30, 2007 (5 photos)

Pictures!

Ko Tao
Feb 18, 2006 (4 photos)

... to Ko Tao. We had left Neil behind on Hat Lamai and were just going to spend 2 days and one night on the tiny island. Ko Tao is definitely the closest thing to paradise we have ever come across. It's a mere 21sq km, with lush rolling green hills, dirt ...

happy
Jun 9, 2009 (41 photos)

... at all the different flowers that carpet the island. Exotic flowers that have no names in English because they are only in southern Thailand. Bright red and blue ones that look like birds taking off in flight and pale yellow ones so big you could turn them ...