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Published: February 12th 2012
On Friday we left Bangkok to travel to an island in the gulf of Thailand called Koh Tao. The journey was horrendous, a 12 hour overnight bus ride and the a ferry to the island! Sea sickness is now my new worst emeny! We have 5 more ferries to catch over the next 2 weeks so really need to try and get something for it or there will be lots of bad times ahead 😞
On the plus side Koh Tao is so lovely. On sat afternoon we sunbathed under coconut trees the beach on our resort is very small and private, it is a lovely changed from Bangkok!! We had more Thai food tonight, my meal cost the equivelent of 50p and the noodles were delicious! Best so far!!! It rained tonight for the first time, the rain comes down so heavy but it is warm. Luckily we were inside eating at the time. The beds are so hard in our room here, but I was so tired I could have slept anywhere tonight! Room is hot actually feels cooler outside as me only have a fan here and no air con! 😞
We got up early for snorkling today (Sunday) we got on a boat that took us round the island and we stopped at 3 different sites to go in the water. Snorkling - what an experience!!!! At first I hated it and could not get used to breathing through the mouth piece. It seems so weird to not be able to breathe through your nose!! I also couldm't stay afloat and control my breathing at the same time, as going under would make me panic and fast breathing does not work through a snorkle!!! So I decided to opt for a life jacket....and although I felt like a bit of a child at first it really helped with my breathing 😊
With the life jacket I was able to put my head under water and sea properly, though at first I would hold my breath when I went under I soon learned to let myself breathe! It is what the snorkle is for afterall! But survival instinct told me not to breath! Once I got the hang of it snorkling is amazing!!! Seeing all the fish up close was brilliant! Saw so many kinds and colours and some coral. I now love snorkling and would definitely do it again!!
On the trip we made friends with an Australian girl who was travelling by herself, she told us things about Aus for when we go there, she has been travelling for 3 years!! Which is mental! I could never be away from home for that long! We stopped on a smaller island off of Koh Tao for two hours, here I had a delicious pineapple yoghurt shake and sunbathed a bit. Falling asleep in the sun is bad!!! Wake up SO horribly hot! But we are always tired in this heat. I have finally caught the sun today.....with some lovely tan lines! Ha!! A cold shower was amazing after today!
We really feel like some pizza for tonight so we will be off the Thai food for a change. Tomorrow we leave Koh Tao at 3pm and I have to get on a ferry again 😞 We head to Koh Phagnan another island south of here which is famous for its parties. I do wish we were staying here for longer, but the time we've had has been brilliant and the best so far! :D
I really have loved Koh Tao!!!!
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