Koh Tao is one of the biggest spots in the world for diving and snorkelling and is second only to Cairns in Australia (Great Barrier Reef) for dishing out diving qualifications. Me and Maj gave the diving a miss here, since we plan to get qualified in Malaysia, but I think we will try out some diving here when we return for Thailand Part 2. We spent a good week in Koh Tao, mainly relaxing and partying, but of course we have the significant memories to share with you.
The beach nearest to where we were staying wasnt too impressive. It was really shallow, full of dead coral and packed with taxi boats. We spent our first days sunbathing and cotchin here but needed to get exploring the beauty of this place. I cant forget to mention that Clair climbed a slanted palm tree with me and managed to get herself stuck up there. Funny, because she was giving other climbers grief when they were up there. There some really great rocks on either side of the beach that I couldnt resist to have a scamble about on. I took Kim with me on a mission and she hated me for it. Clair nearly had a search party scouting the beach for her. I thought it was great :)
On one of our days we wnated to head the south side of the island where the better beaches are located. The island isnt big at all, only 21sq km, so the journey was quick. Only problem was, that the bikes we hired were rubbish and completley unsuitable for the terrain of the island roads. I had a little slip with Kate on the back, luckily no damage to either us or the bike, but Clair and Kim also fell, and managed to break a wing mirror and scratch up the side of the bike, not to mention some horrible booty bruises to go with it. They ended up having to fork out about 80 pounds for repairs, but it could have been worse I guess. The beach we went to was beautiful though, definately worth the damage to their backsides. Clair brought some goggles and the water was unbelievably clear, this inspired us to do some snorkelling later in the week.
It turned out to be a very unlucky day for the ladies since pastey Beth was incinerated by the power of the sun. She got burnt up pretty bad, and had to be known as hell girl for a few days.
One of our highlights of Koh Tao was going to watch the ladyboy cabaret show. I didnt know what to expect from these weirdoes, but it turned out to be really fun. But boy, were there some strange looking characters. There was Jigsaw (the doll from the saw movies), monkey girl (who had incredible concentration), mega mouth (mouth bigger than head) and everyones personel favourite....the pisshead (a man/woman who was so out of sync with eveybody else, great entertainment). One of the acts was when a ladyboy came out dressed as a female (whilst frank Sinatra's 'I did it my way' was playing) and slowly re-arranged her hair, face, clothes until she was back to his original self. The best part of the night was when Maj was asked to join them on stage, before he could even decline, Chris had threw himself at her/him and was taken to be dragqueened up. He definately stole the show, and made a great a woman. He said he looked like his sister, although Im sure she would think otherwise.
On another one of our days I joined the ladies for a day of snorkelling. Maj didnt come along because he wanted to Thai box. We got a taxi boat to take us all the way around the island, stopping at the best snorkelling spots. The water was really clear and we saw so many kinds of different fish. The highlight was the spotting of a baby shark by yours truly, it had some fishing line dangling from it mouth and I was tempted to have a tug, but though against it. It may not have been Jaws but it could have nibbled my finger, or worse.
On our last day we took Chris for a Thai boxing session and the girls came to watch. They were not impressed at all, and said they would be able to take us on without any training. They were probably right on that day, since the Hong Thong (whiskey) from the previos night was still swirling around inside me. After training we went to have an all-you-can-eat BBQ. I think I ate more than I could eat. Chris took the winning trophy with 6 and half skewers of meat packed away. Fat bastard.
We had to steal our photo's from Beth for Koh Tao, since we are having camera trouble. Not to worry though, we got the important shots.
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