Ko Tao Island

Koh Tao (Turtle island) is a small island off the east coast of Thailand. It is known for pristine waters, scuba diving schools and white sand beaches. It is one of those places that we see in travel magazines where a person is walking along white sand beach with couple of palm trees on the side and crystal clear water in the ocean.

The journey to Koh Tao was quite interesting. Because of high winds, the water was extremely choppy and we were cutting through 2 meter waves. There were several european tourists who were getting sea sick due to the constant swaying motion produced by the waves. A girl who sat in front of us was vomitting every 10 minutes. We felt sorry for her but I must admit the crying/vomitting at the same time produced a bit of schadenfreude. Her boy friend kept on smiling at us while patting her girlfriend's back indicating that he was having a good time. While we were at the boat we were bombarded by advertisements of scuba diving schools/resorts from the Burmese people who worked in the Koh Tao resorts.

When we arrived at the island, we walked off the pear and headed to the nearest bench we could find. To our luck we met a very nice/friendly Dutch couple named Bart & Ingrid (pictures to follow). Also we arranged scuba lessons (International cerification for $300 Canadian + Awesome bungalows) and a place to stay while we were there.

When we got to our Bungalows (located right above Freedom beach) we knew that we had made an awesome choice. Imagine waking up to the following every morning:















And ending a beautiful evening with the following: