Ko Tao, a divers paradise! Crystal clear waters, white sand beaches, exactly what we needed after 3 busy weeks in Bangkok!
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| the small island we went to on our snorkel trip (will talk about later in the post) |
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| Sitting on the beach outside our bungalows. |
After 14h of travel on an overnight bus and boat we finally arrived on the island! We were in paradise! This was my first beach in Thailand! and yes all the exclamation marks I am using are needed to exemplify how nice it was to get away from school and the city for a few days. Not that I don't like Bangkok but I did miss the ocean.
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| Our bungalows on the beach! Top one is the one Amber, Rachel and I shared. |
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| Half of the group sitting on the beach outside our bungalows, drinking our beers, waiting for the sunset. |
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Rachel and I
hehe Rachel and Rachelle |
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| all us girls! |
There were 15 of us exchange students who ended up going on the trip. A few too many for my liking but I was able to get away a couple times on my own so it ended up being a great trip anyways!
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| 1/2 of my dinner! |
The first day we just relaxed by the beach, ate seafood and explored the night life. After the overnight bus this was all we had the energy for!
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| Dinner next to the beach the first night! I shared red snapper and a chicken skewer! SO YUMMY! |
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| there were fire dancers EVERYWHERE! |
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| The group after dinner! Rachel's on crutches b/c she cut her feet on rocks earlier in the day :( |
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| We randomly ran into 5 of Rachel's friends from Australia! They had some "MOOSE" inside joke and had us all make moose faces! I went off dancing and came back to my camera with an entire album full of MOOSE pictures. |
The next morning I woke up at 9am to go diving! As I hadn't done a dive in a couple years my first time in the water had to be a refresher dive where I went over the basic skills then did a short dive at the end but my second dive of the day was a proper 45min dive. Beautifully coloured fish and coral, 27degree water even at 15m deep, Thailand is hard to beat when it comes to swimming and diving!
The next day we went snorkeling for the day as a group. We did the touristy thing and took a boat tour around the island where it would stop off at 5 locations for us to snorkel. Our last stop was Koh Naang Yuan, an island with a beach connection two hills. I hiked up to the top of one of the hills (no big enough to call it a mountain) to get an amazing view of the area!
[lot's of pics but more writing and pics below the set of snorkeling]
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| us on the snorkeling boat |
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| Marie and I in the water! |
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| Amber! |
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| ME :) |
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| Dont worry dad I was reapplying the sunscreen about every 1/2h! (no kidding!) |
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| arriving on the island... |
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| top of the hill with a beautiful view |
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| Another pic from the top of the hill with a beautiful view! you can see the beach connecting the two parts on this one |
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| Long tail boats. |
On my last day I woke up at 6am to go for a morning dive. We dove around the island we had stopped at the day before. Right on the first dive we saw a turtle! There were also tons of blue spotted sting rays and I even spotted a couple eels! Perfect end to the weekend getaway! and a good morning before I had to get back on the 14h bus/boat trip back to Bangkok!
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| Amber, Rachel and I eating seafood on the sand. |
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| fire dancer show... ring of fire!! |
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| they start them YOUNG! |
After 14h of travel on an overnight bus and boat we finally arrived on the island! We were in paradise! This was my first beach in Thailand! and yes all the exclamation marks I am using are needed to exemplify how nice it was to get away from school and the city for a few days. Not that I don't like Bangkok but I did miss the ocean.
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