DAY 9 - SUNDAY

Travel to Turtle Island - Koh Tao

We have decided to move on. Tremain, Ked, Pat & Koy will travel north to Chang Mai and trek the jungles that we might do later. Patricia and I will travel south and island hop.

Waiting for the ferry to take us to Koh Tao after a night sleeping on the bus.

That afternoon Patricia and I set off for Bangkok by taxi to the train station. Unfortunately all the trains were full so we had to settle for an airconditioned coach, which left at 9pm and arrived at Chunpon at 5am.

We waited until 7am at the jetty for the first boat to the island of Koh Tao (turtle island). The trip took 2.5 hrs by fast speed boat. The harbour was beautiful with huts surrounding the rocky coast. There were people everywhere and many taxi ‘s, (some ones ) a ute that you sat in the back on bench seats.

We had a drink first and then set off for the other side of the island. Tremain had given us some directions of where he had spent some time.

Here is the cement walk which goes over the sea to access the bungalows.

It is very isolated. We are in a hut on the beach. It has a fan that is very slow. The first fan kept stopping so they replaced it, the shower toilet is basic but functionable. The bed is hard and lumpy but we slept well. There are holes in the floor boards but no fridge. The views are great.

To get to this place you reach the other side of the island, you either walk through other resorts or find this little path, turn right and walk to the end, then walk over a long white concrete path in the ocean through a restaurant. There you take your shoes off which is normal, then on the other side you walk through. The huts are right on the beach. A wonderful hide away. The ocean is crystal clear.

We had breakfast and dinner on the first day at a restaurant that is on the ocean. You just look down at the hundreds of fish swimming around. The water is so clear that the fish can see you throw your toast to them before it reaches the water!