Ban's Diving Resort, Koh Tao, Day 2

Uh oh! Too much rum has left us both feeling pretty rough this morning. We decide the best thing to do would be to take a break from the beaches and stay by the lovely hotel pool.
After a slow morning we move there. It is only about 100 metres from our hotel (which shows how big this resort is) and is lovely and empty when we arrive. There aren't many sunbeds, but only about a quarter of them are taken. We take a dip in the pool to freshen up and chill out. The pool is great, and set on top of a hill, leaving a great view of the palm trees and hills of central Koh Tao. It helps that we are both pretty engrossed in our kindle books and the day passes by quickly. A brief stop for a pad Thai for dinner is about the only break we take from laying on sunbeds and chilling out.
It is an odd thing that days like this kind of make you feel guilty when you are travelling. The idea that we should be out here trekking up hills exploring the island, rather then sitting by a pool topping our tans up always lingers at the back of our mind. Today though, it isn't so severe as we are treating ourselves to the gift of this lovely hotel that we aren't paying for, and it would be rude to not take advantage of luxury when we finally get it.
We both decide there will be no more booze until Laos. It's not just the damage to your head, but also your wallet in Thailand, where booze is much more expensive then the rest of South East Asia. What we do let ourselves have though, is pizza. After I had a lovely one last night, we head back to the same place and satisfy the cravings for Western food that cone and go.
We stop briefly on the way back to look at another sunset that these islands keep gifting us with. It is by far my favourite time of the day, when the temperature is perfect and the madness of the night hasn't yet begun, leaving a feeling of calm and serenity that not even a Thai massage can produce. As it gets darker the palm trees becoming just silhouettes, as do the boats that linger on the water, bobbing up and down slowly with the soft waves. It is a prefect view that wouldn't go amiss on a postcard or in a travel brochure.
So all in all a much more quiet and relaxing day compared to what we have had recently, but one that is needed. Who knows when we will see a hotel like this again, if we will on this trip, so it only felt right to have a lazy day today. With nowhere to stay tomorrow, it's looking like we will be back in a fan room, so we will certainly make the most of the room tonight!Read more