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Around Ko Tao

Posted by Stuart at 08:51 PM on October 13, 2003

We spent most of the day today being wet. We woke up early, had breakfast, and boarded a boat at 8 AM. The boat took us all the way around the island, stopping at four different bays for snorkling and a stop at Ko Nang Yuan.

The snorkeling was awesome. I saw perhaps 20 different types of very colorful fish and many different types of coral. I wish that I was a marine biologist so I would know what I was looking at, but instead I just had to settle for "Oh, that thing is pretty, whatever it is!"

The last stop was at Ko Nang Yuan, which is actually three small islands connected by a sand bar. We climbed to the top of one of the islands for a great view of the surroundings, including nearby Ko Tao. This little excursion was only marred by the fact that I had to pay 100 baht (US$2.50) to go to the island. You might say that $2.50 is not a lot of money, but considering Piyawat only had to pay 30 baht (about 80 cents) since he is Thai, I was (as usual when this happens) annoyed. The view was great, but unfortunately my view was not three times better than his, even though my entry fee was.

Oh well. It was a wonderful day in any case. Even with the 100 baht island fee, the whole package of 8 hour tour, snorkle equipment, lunch, water, coffee and transportation between our bungalow and the pier cost us 650 baht (approx US$15). Not bad for a very fun all-day outing.

So far our vacation has been a lot of fun. The only truely bad thing about the trip so far was the fact that we were both eaten alive by mosquitoes last night. We changed bungalows for tonight, so hopefully we will actually get some sleep!