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Ko Tao - Dive, dive, dive!
(Sep 05 '06)
"saw loads of fish - barracudas, a moray eel, parrotfish, rabbit fish, anemonefish"
From the train station at Chumphon, we bought a ticket for a bus/boat combo to get us to Ko Tao. You can get either a ...
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After the hustle and bustle of Bangkok we were ready for some peace, quiet, and scubadiving. We made our way via a 7-hour night bus ride and 1.5 hour ...
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Thailand, Koh Tao: Our Brush With Jaws
(Feb 27 '07)
"It was only the next morning when we realised that there was a HUGE gecko living in the bungalow with us"
Our next to last island destination in Thailand, on our 12-month round the world (or at least ...
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island time!!!!
(Dec 03 '06)
After a long and cold bus ride, we made it to Chumpon- which is the jumping off point for Ko Tao, Ko Samui and Ko Phangan. The 9 hour over night bus trip ended with the driver blasting some Thai ...
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I'm Brown Sugar!!!
(Mar 03 '07)
After an arduous 27 hour journey from Siem Reap, Cambodia to Southern Thailand...we couldn't have been any happier to reach the land of the sun! The island of Koh Tao was absolutely brilliant!! We ...
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Ko T"wow"
(Mar 20 '07)
The final stop on our voyage through Southern Thailand was
the small island of Ko Tao, located in the Gulf of Thailand. The island is well known for its
crystal-clear waters and pristine coral ...
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One of the things we were looking forward to doing in Thailand was scuba dive. Partly because it was just so damned hot on land ...
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April 18, 2006
We caught the ferry up to Ko Tao to do some diving. A rather Caribbean-looking, dreadlocked local was busy working the crowd, and he continued his skilled ...
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Koh Tao for diving course and relaxation
(Nov 26 '06)
The boat to Koh Tao was 40 mins late, grrr! We got there about 2pm and were really tired so we found a nice basic hut for 300B (next to a bakery), mainly because there were lots of touts on the boat ...
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Koh Tao (meaning turtle island) is buzzing. It's busy with young people. Australians, Americans, Brits, Germans and a good few Swedes. Most of them come to dive as the water is so ...
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Our dreams
(Jan 30 '02)
Before living for Asia our dream was to get two bicycles and cycle to India. But it was 11 september 2001, so we decided to get the bikes when we get to Asia.
One day a guy passed our bungalow ...
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Turtle island
(Oct 27 '01)
The 2 weeks became 6 months.
Koh Tao means Turtle Island, because in the past the waters was rich with sea turtles.
The island is a little more than 21 km² and is located about 70 km east of the ...
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Koh Phangan
(Mar 20 '08)
"Rick abstained from being painted but was obliging when it came to painting a two-tone handlebar moustache on Richard!"
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