"The next island" Koh Pan Ngang is a two hour boat ride south of Koh Tao. The island is bigger, and by tourists it is mostly known for it's monthly "Full Moon Party". This is a tradition that started in the late 70's, no one knows exactly, but it was allegedly a gigantic birthday party that was so good that the people there decided to gather there the next month to do it over again, and since then it has been on every year. As I came to...

"Entering a new world" "Koh Tao" means "Turtle Island", but there are in fact no turtles left there. The island is today one of the most known scuba diving places in the world, with people coming there from near and far to see the beautiful marine life, but maybe most of all, inexperienced divers come to get their scuba diving license. I am one of those inexperienced ones. I had never done a single dive in my life, and I was loo...

"Bangkok" Crossing the border to Thailand turned out to be really easy. After almost fighting with the woman giving out the entry cards, we got inside, and waited the 45 minutes of tourists going through the only two counters open to foreign passport holders. At the many open for Thai people, there was no line. Paul and I started talking to a girl from our bus, and it turned out she was from Ukraine. She had been to Bangkok already, and knew a cheap ...