The Haad Tien Beach Resort Ko Tao
19/9 Moo 3 (Shark Bay) Ko Tao, 84360, Thailand
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Santa Claus Is Coming - Koh Tao
So it's nearly Christmas and, bizarrely (for I have never spent
Christmas abroad) the weather is hot, there are beaches and coconuts
and my biggest decision of the day is whether to sit in the sun or the
shade to read my book. Tough.
Just to bring you up to speed on our travels, our train from Trang
to Chumphon was almost lovely …
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... with bath like turquoise water – just cool enough to be refreshing. The natural scenery was top notch, however it was no isolated tropical island, plenty of large, bronzed European beer guts hanging out (complete with some of their partners leaving not much to the imagination, especially upstairs) to bring it back down to earth. Phuket is known for its three main beaches, Patong – by far the most famous, ...
Thai Islands
... made our way to more affordable accommodation down the road, which was also much nearer to the best beach on the island. Our last two days were spent enjoying the soft sands and warm sea, and sampling the beach-based restaurants and nightlife in the evenings. On the last evening, we took a sunset stroll along the length of the beach and then relaxed with a cocktail while we were entertained by more fire shows and live music.
Our time on the islands came to an end and ...
Heading back to Bangkok
Dagens minus-liste - at bruge 31 time på at læse dykker-lektier klokken 6.30 om morgenen på altanen, for derefter at være oversået med myggestik på begge ben - at stå søvndrukken foran 7/11 klokken 7 om morgenen for at købe morgenmad inden de sidste dyk, og se på alle de andre unge, som er skide stive og ikke har været i seng endnu - at måtte løbe fra min færdiggjorte Open Water eksamen for at nå taxaen mod havnen - og for derefter at ankomme til havnen ...
Just call me 'Scuba Andy'!
... point that I thought "I really have to do my advanced diver course now"! Perhaps in the Philippines, you never know.
We had dinner with Chris again that evening, this time at Ferd's (Chris' dad) favourite restaurant on the island called 'Barracuda'. We'd never had barracuda before and so this was the obvious choice for food that night. It was beautiful, the best food we had in Thailand! We didn't have a late one that evening as not only was I diving earlier the ...



