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I'm sat on a day bus that's going to Bangkok - at least I hope it is. Will's on my right, legs forced to the aisle through lack of space while I'm bobbing up and down due to the bumps in the road - it really is taking some hand-eye co-ordination to write this! To be fair it isn't half as bad as my night bus experience - it won't lead to taking sleeping pills put it that way! I did have a lovely packet of oreos to munch on the way, however I stupidly left the packet open (one of the reasons for eating them all in one go when I usually buy them) for the ants to devour instead, so now I'm stuck with 5 hours to go and no food. I could get very grumpy so I've decided to distract myself by writing about the last few days.
Approaching Koh Tao was like escaping to the middle of nowhere, greenery and palm trees everywhere, all very un-spoilt. We stayed on the main beach (Sairee) at the far end, in a beach bungalow but this time we had wifi in our room, an upgrade or what ha! There weren't any cockroaches like we had in our last accommodation, not that we saw anyway and it was a perfect distance from the main drag and restaurants. The beach front reminded me very much of Otres beach in Cambodia. Very 'Hippy' like with candles, small tables and pillows on the beach in the evening for sitting and eating lovely food. The sea down our end was crystal clear and turquoise, you could walk out for several meters before it even got remotely deep. After a wander through town and a beach day I booked to do a dive. They put on a special trip to a few dive sites where even dive masters have actually paid to go to (that's saying something). I managed to do three dives plus snorkel. There were sightings of shark but I wasn't lucky enough to see any, instead I saw amazing fish such as huge Grouper, Barracuda and giant Eels. It was probably one of the best dive days I've had - especially because we got to go to a place where no other divers know about. I got burnt, surprise surprise, but I think my body's getting used to it by now. We've been pretty lucky food wise on the island - eating lovely curries and Thai food whilst watching fire throwers along with the sound of the sea. For our last night on the island Will treated me to a slightly more upmarket meal than we were normally having. It was a posh resort along from where we were staying - the restaurant was lit up in the rocks. We sat in our little private area, on cushions, overlooking the sea and the beach, it was amazing. Beer along with a lovely tasting fish platter and curry - we stayed there most of the evening and it was a perfect ending for our stay on the island.
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