Coral Tree Inn

... the boat and ride out to the reef.  Their reefs are recovering from several typhoons at the moment.  So some of the coral is damaged and the rest is not looking wonderful but there are still a lot of little reef fish.  Visibility ...

... the joker tried to tell me!  Again I am a sucker:)   Kesa We find her sitting under a coconut tree (one that is "cleared" to sit under with no potential noggin busters threatening our heads) with a giant knife, peeling ...

... and a good assortment of places marked with Japanese signage to cater to the many Japanese tourists here. Our hotel, the Coral Tree Inn, sits between two hostels and is equipped with everything you might need, in particular a salt water pool! It's ...

... a good assortment of places marked with Japanese signage to cater to the many Japanese tourists here.  Our hotel, the Coral Tree Inn, sits between two hostels and is equipped with everything you might need, in particular a salt water pool.  ...

... , there weren’t too many around, so alot of time we had the beach to ourselves.  The snorkelling here was unreal. The coral & fish were so colourful. There was an island just across the beach, that you could swim out to, so we did this. On ...

... !  Give us mountains any day. We spent about 4 hours in total at the reef and did plenty of snorkelling.  The coral was far more colourful and varied compared to what we’d seen in Malaysia and Vietnam, and there was a greater variety of ...

... did give us the Nemo sign as we passed over some coral. Speaking of which, the coral was again so varied and so colourful. Most coral is living and therefore cannot be touched, but we were given the signal to touch a soft coral. This signal is made by ...

... a string, which is tied to a rat's tail, in the other hand. Can't work out what is going on. Snorkel through the resort's front coral garden, see two big butterfly cod, and pipe fish. Leave gear on end of jetty with two kids looking at us, but gear is ...

... has been created by making a break in the tetrapod seawall, and excavating a semicircular pool 50 metres across and adding fine, white coral sand. There is a paved perimeter with greenery and seating, plus a toilet block. The setup is great for men and ...

... , but it is presently experiencing a growth in the eco-tourist industry with extensive nature walks up the mountain, and some excellent coral reefs to scuba dive upon. The beaches are advertised to be beautiful, but we felt they were not nearly as nice as ...

... find they were clumps of coral and home to hundreds of fish. There were beautiful clusters of anemones, blue and white antler coral and bulbous multi-coloured brains and the fish were as colourful and tropical as anything we'd seen on the Great Barrier ...

... I was being stung. I panicked a bit and tried to swim away as a big wave came and threw me into a massive piece of coral where I grazed my arm.  I took some time to recover and went back to look but the jelly fish where still hanging about so I decided ...

... . Before we knew it our 45 minutes were over. On Monday we boarded the dive boat for our two offshore dives off Pulau Tulai (Coral Island). Our first, the deep dive, took us to 27 metres at a site called Sea Fan Garden - a wonderland of massive orange, ...

... I had hoped for.  However the temperature was just about right and within a minute of swimming in we were surrounded by fish and coral.  Although the coral was mostly dead, it was still very colorful and made for beautiful backdrops as I tried ...

... the boat dropped us at a coral garden and for half an hour we swam along the edge of the drop marvelling at the abundant coral (with splashes of bright yellow, orange, purple, blue and green) and lots more fish. We had originally come to this island to ...

... . Stunning (a word I am over using here) Atardeser – sunset. I saw this fall on several evenings behind the Islands only coral eyed Moai near Hanga Roa. Suave – smooth. Smooth stone work on the platforms that the Moai sit on. Porffa ...

... the island. It was only a 30 min boat trip to Had Rin pier on Ko Pha Ngan and we quickly found a bargain at Coral Bungalows, a large backpacker resort with swimming pool, bar/restaurant, organised parties, movies and a seafront view-all for £3 each. The ...

... on the beach but this is India and respect to the locals must be shown. Rude. I bought a very sweet turquoise and red coral antique style pendant from a Tibetan woman, i haven't seen another one like it and many people comment on the piece ...

... on the barbeque (when I say "we", AD caught three, I caught precisely none! Then snorkelling off the boat where we saw coral and urchins and sea-cucumbers and many fish :) Then lunch on the boat, then more snorkelling and then a circuit of the island ...

... not happy about it. Needless to say, i was ready for the next part of the trip. We were taken out to a shallow coral reef that was filled with beautifully collored fish and really cool reefs. Again I felt we were violating the enviornment as people would ...