My favourites from an enjoyable week underwater on Koh Tao – relaxing shallow stuff, a pristine wreck, then deep and exciting out at the offshore pinnacles.
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A week on Koh Tao
Ko Tao is a classic Goldilocks island – close enough to the beaten track and relatively easy to get to, but far enough from Bangkok and the busy heart of central Thailand that you can (pretend) you’re in remote tropical island bliss.
Master Divers Koh Tao – diving review
A great week diving with Master Divers on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand. 7 days, 13 dives and a lot of fish…
From Takling’s electric blue to journey’s end
Leaving friendly Darocotan behind, the reward for another choppy hour or so of big-boat whitetop surfing is Takling Island – anonymous speck on the map, but vivid and memorable in reality.
Life on Darocotan and an unlucky pig
Our island-hopping first day with Tao had taken us less than 10km from El Nido, so time now to get some nautical miles underneath Aurora’s keel.
Exploring Northern Palawan with Tao Philippines
North from El Nido to Coron on MV Aurora with Tao Philippines. Five days of fresh fish, Rum and the odd pig.
The Lost Girls – reviewed
“Three friends, four continents” is the cover tagline of this rewarding, if lengthy, account of modern independent travel.
Never leave home without: Headtorches (plural, definitely)
My trip packing list starts like this: Passport, credit card, toothbrush, headtorches – how anyone can travel without (at least) one is a mystery. Granted, they’re dull and geeky, But I’ve been in more Asian toilets which don’t have lightbulbs than do and your hands are, well, “occupied” in such situations, so humour me.
That’s it…
Wreck dive completed, that was it – back to port, group photo, buy the t-shirt, say goodbye and onto the 12 hour bus journey to Bangkok – aircon arctic cold but have had worse trips.
Similan diving perfection
So, for those who don’t know about diving liveaboards (e.g. me, yesterday) the routine is very simple – up at 6am, then eat, dive, eat, dive, eat, dive, eat, dive, eat and finally sleep…
