Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Day 9 - 12 Ko Tao

Ko Tao The first of 2 islands we spent time at. Snorkelling and/or Diving is the main attraction here and the least inhabited of the Islands in the Gulf.

 The dreaded (overnight) 9 hour train trip that turned into 13 hours, saw us 4 hours late and missing the 7am ferry to the island. We had to sit around and wait until 1pm which was a total waste of our first day on the island. By the time we checked in it was 3:30pm.

 Nate talking to a really cute English couple. Helloooooooooooo!

 The pier we sat looking at for hours.


 Finally the ferry arrives.

 We decided to pay an extra THB 200 and sit in the V.I.P section. Turns out we were the only ones in there and got to sit in a peaceful, relaxing cabin area complete with air con and re runs of Mr bean.



 The resort we stayed for 3 nights.





 Sunset came all too quickly.

 The pool complete with a swim up bar. Sweet!



 The massive pool!


 Me pretty excited to finally get to our room.


 The Island of Turtles.


 Another sunset.


 One of our many night walks to the neighbouring town. This is where we ate out most nights.

 The entrance to one of the other resorts, too cool!


 Infinite pool at another resort.


There were many bars on route.

 International Championship Dog Show in Bangkok. We had trouble with Nate's camera taking indoor photo's. I left mine back at the resort charging.

 The Beagles.

 This poor little kitty was one of a few residents at the resort and would come out from hiding during our breakfast/dinner. It had a broken foot & almost made me cry to see it hobbling. I shared my yummy steak this night. :)

Our Snorkelling Trip

 The water was amazingly clear and the views spectacular.


 A headless - Me!

 And again!



 The underwater camera took some good & bad shots, depending on the clarity of the water at the time and well camera shake was definitely an issue lol




 We stopped for lunch here, oh my what a beautiful place to stay.


 My Lunch!

 The view sunbathers had that were staying at the resort.


 Our personal guides and boat that took us to 4 different locations all the way around Ko Tao Island.


 This school of fish pretty much surrounded me as they swam by.



 So Pretty were the corals & the fish!



Nate doing his dive. it was harder than it looks.

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