Blogs from Ko Tao, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 10

We started our day by going to the restaurant for a drink and to sit in some shade to write yesterday’s blog (we were too drunk last night). Sarah sought out another hammock to sit in and attempted to write the blog from there. Lise (the owner) came over after a bit and we told her our news and talked about weddings. She told us about the wedding they had at Seaflower earlier in the year and it sounded amazing. After writing the blog we were hungry and decided to eat something in the restaurant, we went for sandwiches as it was a weird time of day (too late for breakfast and too early for lunch really), the sandwiches were amazing and confirmed to us what a fab place Seaflower is. We talked about returning soon. ... read more

So 3 weeks in Koh Tao turned into nearly a month. The island is incredible and so were all the people that i met. I arrived with an Austrian girl that i had met on the ferry frojm Chumphon and we decided to stay in a bungalow together until she left four days later. We stayed at O'Chai bungalows and they were lovely. After a few days i had met lots and lots of people from all over the world and it's true what everyone said to me, you will meet lots of people and never be on your own. I met a group of guys who had been on a diving course together and we hired an ATV (quad bike) between us to explore the island. It only took 15 mins to drive from one ... read more

I’m sat at the dining table at my mum and dad’s in Holmfirth, Yorkshire having a brew and listening to Simon Mayo on Radio 2. My mum is cooking tea and my Dad is upstairs watching Last of the Summer Wine. I thought I’d best escape and write my blog before I got too sucked into the hilarious plot line about Compo being put in a bath with wheels or something. I’ve not slept great since arriving back on Saturday and as a result of sleep deprivation I’m struggling to distinguish between our travels (holiday) and reality. Subsequently I’m not sure whether whilst in Bangkok I saw some transvestites riding around on zimmer frames fixed to the top of some black cabs singing Spice Girls songs or whether that was something in the closing ceremony in ... read more

After a long sleep in the morning we decided it would be cool to see the island from the view points on the map. The best way of course was via Quad bikes so we got ourselves a couple and headed off into the afternoon sun in search of many things views new grounds maybe even an island to call home. Unfortunatly all these things had already been found and we were probably 100 years too late. Anywho we did find a mountain view bar which was a hut on the top of a mountain were one woman and 3 kids sold drinks and a view. What a view it was too possibly the best we have seen so far. We stayed there for a while and took it all in before heading back down and ... read more

After waking up at 3:15am at the bay we had a further 3 hour wait for the boat to take us to the island. sitting on tyres (used) I managed to get a little sleep but not much before the sunrise awoke us and the usual barrage of guides and locals appeared. to this I walked off and took some sunrise snaps. The ferry was awful also packed on a tiny boat like sardines with only the outside to sit and the morning sun litterary beating down on us we got trampled on by people walking past and burnt and very grumpy! all the taxis on the island are hi luxs which i thought was cool as it was perfect for the terrain and you could chill in the back. The hostel was cool a nice ... read more