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4th-11th April Koh Tao Arrived at Chumpon on a bus from Bangkok very early then got the ferry to Koh on the 4th, arriving at 9am. Taxi to Hat Sairee to meet Chloe and find accommodation. We rented a mo-ped to look around, get our bearings and find accommodation and we nearly lost will before finding an unbelievable resort called Ban's Dive Resort. Only problem was the only had one of their top villas but as it was a bargain we took it anyway, in hope that a stan...

We woke up and went to reception to try again for a new room, but again failed, so we had our second amazing room for another night. We had a pancake breakfast and then returned the moped, exchanging it for a 225cc offroad motorbike. Ricky was in heaven! Lucy went to sort out some laundry, while and Ricky rode around to fully get comfortable on his new ride. When we were renting the new bike, we literally took it straight out of the hands of two German guys who w...

We woke up at ten ish, and went to try to get a cheaper room. Unfortunately the standard rooms were unavailable, so we downsized slightly to another Bungalow still on the hill, at a slightly lower price, still fantastic and in ways better!We got changed and went to check out the beach. We shared a fruit salad and Pad Thai noodles for lunch, sunbathed, and went on a mission on the scooter to find a know viewpoint in the south for the sunset. Unfortunately, we deci...

We arrived at 4am on the bus where we waited 2 hours for the first boat to Koh Tao. We docked at 9am and made our way to Hat Sai Ree, the main area on the island, to meet Chloe and Josie, 2 english girls who were on the trip. After a brief breakfast with Chloe we wondered down the beach to find some cheap accomodation. We managed to find a few matchbox sized, fan "cooled" shacks along the bay, and after an hour, Ricky had had enough and decided to rent ...