Koh Tao (or heaven in water)

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Koh Tao (or heaven in water)

 Asia » Thailand » Koh Tao By Elemental
May 1st 2007
Carl Brereton to be honest i cant be arsed to write much anymore. koh tao is a divers heaven (and haven) and i snorkelled for my first time here, and i am hooked. i stayed in hin wong bay to start, then moved to sairee beach, then down south to ao chalok or whatever it was called.

i also accompanied a dive tour to shark island (a small island about 800 meters from koh tao), day tripped to nang yuan islands to snorkel, celebrated songkran (happy new year by the way....its 2550 on the buddhist calender) which is a mental 3 days of water fights and drunken revelry.

then sadly it was time to move on to koh phangnan.

most of my pics are on my underwater camera so they wont be posted until i get back and can scan them. but here are a few for you to enjoy and salivate over.

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Photos

Koh Tao Sairee Beach sunset
pad thai, a couple of cold beers, and a view like this.....doesn't get much better.

Koh Tao sunrise
got up early to watch the sunrise at hin wong bay the morning after the storm. well worth it.

Koh Tao Hin Wong Bay sunny
view from my bungalow on a good day.

Koh Tao Hin Wong Bay rainy
view from my bungalow on a not-so-good day.

Shark Island
accompanied a dive tour here and just snorkelled while they dived. awesome. sadly, no sharks though.

Shark Island splashdown
fine form off the top of the dive boat. farsh, you should be proud. i swam in the ocean for over an hour, and didn't come out till we had to leave.

Koh Tao coast
is that a rock formation on your coast or are you just glad to see me?

Nang Yaun island
three small inter-connected islands off the coast of koh tao. day tripped here to snorkel.

Goodnight Koh Tao
just liked the way the sun's rays looked on this night.

Comments

[Russ]

not surprised
I can't blame you for not writing, I mean what a decision...... enjoy those views or sit at a computer... tough one... NOT. Glad you are ok with it being a while since you posted I wondered where you had got to. I think you should just write hello and give us a couple of pics!

[Rachel]

In other words Russ doesn't wanna hear your rubbish, just wants to see the amazing pictures so he can get depressed at work

[STUUUUUUARRRRTTTTTTTT]

Bloomers
You look like you were wearing bloomers when someone threw you from the boat and you tried to roughly assume a semi dive position.

[cousin carla]

envy
Heh cuz! We have been enjoying reading about your adventures - living vicariously and all that - your pictures are awesome - looking forward to a visit in the summer when you can tell us the uncensored version of your travels - got to go - we are having fahitas, spanish rice, and nachos with hamburg, beans (canned Heinz, if your must know), cheese etc. We are celebrating Cinco de Mayo (sp?) - see - you are not the only one living a life of adventure! Take care - write!

[Russ again!]

mmmmm
upon another reading of thhe photo comments I ca't help but wonder who else was in the sea for you to have been in there an hour???? Oh and are you ok??