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Published: February 13th 2007
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Diving in Koh Tao
Just about to step into the big blue sea!!! It's been a while but so I'll try to remember everything so here goes..............................
Last time i wrote we had just been to the full moon party in Koh Phanghan!!! since then we have been to the island Koh Samui and we are now on the island Koh Tao!!!
Firstly Koh Samui......we stayed in a place called Samui Mermaid resort on BigBuddha beach as it was recommended to us by an English couple we met in Koh Phanghan. It wasn't thatexpensive and had 2 pools!!! Our first time we saw a pool!!! Once again, the only way to getaround the island is to hire a car or bike so we went the safer option again and got a jeep!! but this time it was an automatic so no getting stuck on hills etc etc!! Where we were staying was quite a built up part so we drove the south part of the island where it is unspoilt!! and it really is gorgeous!! very traditional Thai and not very Westernised! The food in Thailand is unbelievably cheap and we have been eating in Thai kitchens quite a lot of the time which is like 70p for a meal!!! Unbelievable!!!!!! So one night we decided to spoil ourselves and go to the Fisherman's Village where they have posher, more expensive restaurants!!Wefound this gorgeous one that served a lot of different types of fish!! Our meal still only came to 4 pounds a head and we had a starter!!! ridiculous!!
Koh Samui is very good for going out and we hadnt been on a night out for a while!! well....since the full moon party anyway!! so we went out pretty much every night on this island (7 nights altogether)!! so by the time we left we were feelin a bit rough!! Half of our time on this island we stayed in another partof the island so it felt we had been to 2 places rather than one!! THe second place we stayed in was also cheap and on the beach!! The only bad thing about Lamai was the horrendous amount of sex trade that went on there!! every bar had about 10 thai women waiting for western men!!! and they all probably got at least one a night!!! sick sick sick!!!!!!!! One of the nights we went to see a ladyboy show which was hilarious!!! it was just like a cabaret show but the women were really men!! most of them had had the op tho! ONe of the ladyboys came on singin My Way and as she was singin, she changed back into a man!! she took all her make-up off and put a suit on!!! it messed with your head a bit like!!!!! The next night we went to see a thai boxing match! this was also quite cultural! young boys at the age of 13 started the fighting and it ended with the main fight -n a swedish guy vs. a thai guy! the thai guy won justin case you were wondering!! theyall started the fights off doin this weird dance which looks exactly like your typical scally dance down in the 051 club!!
to sum up Koh Samui, it was a lot of fun going out every night and seeing the same people over again coz it was small enough to do that but big enough to not get bored!! half of it is spoilt with tourism but the other half is so beautiful thatit makes up for it!!!
Now for Koh Tao........we have only been here one day and i can definately say it's the mostbeaultiful island ive been on!!! everyone is so chilled here and they are all young!! the bonus is that there is no sex trade at all here (our nickname for it is 'ST' so when we see a thai prostitute with a western man we warn each other by saying ST!!!)
we have started a 4 day PADI scuba diving course which started today! it's quite expensive but the only thing to really do here and we wanted to get it out of the way before we went to Aus! we have justhad out theory today and the morning in the pool with all our gear nd learning LOADS of new stuff!! my head's a bit mashed at the mo so will have to do my homework tonight before bed!! tomorrow, it's deep sea diving time!! quit e a scray thought im sure it will go smoothly!! well keep your fingers crossed for me anyway!!! we have to go in buddy's and amy is mine so she is responsible for my life 2moz!!and mer hers!!!
so i might write soon or i may not depending on my diving success.....................................
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