Apart from everyone getting ill from a tummy bug, we fell in love with Koh Tao from the moment we got there. By day you can shop, scuba dive, snorkle, kayak, fish, hire out a moped and go around the island to all the other beaches.. the list is endless. By night you can chill out on bean-bags sipping cocktails on the beach or you can purchase a few of the deadly alcohol buckets, watch the fire shows and enjoy a bit of dancing in places such as the lotus bar.
Greg and Kim did Scuba diving here whilst Jenny and PJ did a bit of kayaking over to nearby islands. We all managed to stay in luxury bungalows with air-con - what a lovely change.
Koh Tao is one of the cheapest places to obtain your open water suba diving qualification. It consisted of 4 days, including several class sessions, a bit of homework, 1 confined dive (where you learn all the skills you need) and 4 open water dives, and then a final exam. The first two open water dives were at Mango Bay. We went down to 12m and saw lots of lovely tropical fish swimming around the corals. We also saw one massive school of fish which surrounded all of us to the point where we couldnt see anything else, it was brilliant. The third dive was literally in the middle of nowhere, you couldnt see anything around us until we got under the water. We went down to 18m and saw schools of batfish and barracuda, sea eels and trigger fish. The final dive was at White Rock, again it was amazing, but the best bit was when we saw a green turtle sleeping at the bottom. We were able to get so close to it, it was incredible. Next new job... to become a Scuba diving master!!!
We ended up stayin here longer than we were supposed to as the Koh Tao festival was on. Acts were performed, prizes were won (dont even bother asking if we won anything!!!), bands played their music and we danced the night away!
Link to photos of Koh tao:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2288262&l=def91&id=197810485
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