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…
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 part 2
It was an incredibly intense four days with so many highlights for a new diver; take your pick, and forgive me for listing far too many – it really WAS that good!: Similans – awesome kick-off for certification day – Dolphin Queen was off to Elephant Head Rock (big currents and big boulders – not…
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…
Traveller Ground Zero – Ko Phi Phi
Passing through the Andaman Sea’s party island
Onto Ko Mook
In theory, I’ve got to find out how to get from Trang to Kuantong Pier, then bag a space on a longtail to Ko Mook, then find my way across the island to Had Farang bungalows on the West side.
Travelling to, and winding down in, Trang
15 hours on a second-class AC sleeper doesn’t sound fun, but turned out to be a smooth ride. Knackered by this point, I went with the flow on board – overpriced separate farang menu (nice spicy soup, D- cashew chicken), super-overpriced Chang – “What did you say, 120 baht for 660ml of 6.4% silky smooth…
Grand Palace closed (yes, really)
In Bangkok, when a tuk tuk driver tells you the Grand Palace is closed, you don’t believe him – even the dumbest farang knows that’s the cold open to a scam of one sort or another.