Ko Tao

So we arrived in Ko Tao after a four hour boat journey (who said travelling was easy?) and made our way through the barrage of tuktuk drivers. Yet again we had no hotel so off we went to find one. After not realising how hilly the island is we settled on a nice guesthouse with AC! We headed out for brekkie and had a wander round the pier. We booked our diving trip for the next day and had a few drinks in an english pub watched the sun go down and had dinner in a locals house which was delicious and we were soon asleep!

The next day we had brekkie in the 7-eleven and found our boat for the trip. The tour guide was a funny american guy and he made it even better. We stopped at a place called shark bay where friendly sharks swim but due to the recent earthquake they had all left for deeper water. The next stop the water was alot deeper and the captain took photos of us diving off the top deck and Gem did it aswell! (and it was dead high so I was proud of myself haha!) We stopped at 5 dive sites and visited the nearest island which had a great a beach and some great scenery too. The boat headed back and we went home for a quick change and out for dinner to the locals house again. We booked our bus and night boat to Krabi for the following night and went home to pack our stuff.

The next day we spent on the beach and in a few bars while we waited for our ride. The boat was an experience as it was ten hours long sleeping on super thin mattresses on an open deck in a thunderstorm so it was fair to say we didnt get much sleep! We then got on a two hour bus then a half hour tuktuk and wallah we were in Krabi Town! (Lazy backpackers you say?)