Ko Tao Hotels - Reviews and Rates

After a lovely but small breakfast from our hotel we set-off for a wander. The weather was a bit overcast and windy but still just keeping above 30 degrees. We walked to the next beach along from ours where there is rock supposedly engraved monogram of King Rama V when he visisted in 1899 but Laura didn't even see it so we headed up the 1.5km of...

Next stop Koh Tao (Turtle Island) – 1hr and 45 mins ride on ferry from Koh Samui.

This island is famous for quite a good Diving and this is what we came there for. Thanks to our friends from London Peggy and Yann we have been recommended instructors Giles and Lubi who have been instructors for a while and have are also good ...

Just a quick short update for you. Been in Ko Tao now for 2 full days and leave for Ko Samui at 10 tomorrow morning. What have we been up to? The past few days have been spent lazing on a beach, where the sand is white and uber fine. The sea is a lovely greeny colour and crystal clear. We have been playing frisbee on the beach and the like. By n...

Having bid a sad farewell to Chelsea, Piet, Greg and I said goodbye to Cambodia in style. Rather too much style as our sore heads at Siem Reap's airport and throughout our flight to Ko Samui reminded us. Relieved to be on terra firma after the trip on a very, very small plane, we checked into a hotel on Hat Lamai, one of the island's quieter be...

This island is pretty much devoted to diving. Decided to spend the first afternoon snorkelling, so hired a scooter to drive to Shark bay (not sure if there's any sharks there) but the roads were very steep and bumpy dirt tracks so we thought it was best that I walked whilst Alex tried to manouver the scooter down the slippery track, hadn't walke...

We spent 10 days on the island as it felt like we deserved a well earned rest after all that studying plus we hadnt seen much of the island other than the dive sites. Our other great memories included; Going to "The Queens" cabaret show - yep you guessed it.... ladyboys lip sinking and dancing away to all the diva show stoppers!! Catching a fer...

Still in Ko Tao but I'll be leaving tommorow to go to the west side of Thailand! It's the wet season there at the moment but I hope it won't be that bad! Yesterday I went snorkeling with a boat around the island! It was fun, scary sometimes in the boat and the underwater life was not as great as I expected but I got to see some nice fish and cor...

On 22nd April we caught the boat to island number 3, Koh Tao where we had made vague plans to rendez-vous with Kate and Dan to celebrate her 30th birthday. By mid afternon we had found a new home at SB Bungalows and started wandering along the beach keeping our eyes peeled for K&D. Right at the end of the beach we spotted what looked like a ...

Ok, I think I have learnt all the theory I need to for the PADI Open Water diving exam. It was all quite fun and interesting to learn, so I didn't mind doing some studying in the summer break! I'm really learning quite a lot...all the SCUBA stuff, plus I'm practising my French a few hours every day! It's improving quite a lot and very fast. I ke...

How's that tune go from the Little Mermaid "...Under the sea, under the sea, just you and me... da de da da..." Can't seem to get it out of my head, floating here weightless half expecting a talking Jamaican lobster to swim past. Hey there's Nemo, One fish, two fish, some coral...wow... big ugly slug thing... open mouth, swallow sea water! can't...