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    • Day 24

      Koh Tao

      March 10, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Mini-retraite de 3 jours de yoga. Le dortoir est très agréable avec vue sur la mer et le studio de yoga offre également une vue sur la mer. Les premiers cours étaient difficiles et pas du tout adaptés aux débutants, mais les professeures suivantes étaient géniales. Plage, chats, nourriture délicieuse, rencontres…Read more

    • Day 71

      Koh Tao #3 - Viewpoints

      December 25, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ 🌬 27 °C

      Simon hat gestern im Muay Thai Training den Nacken etwas überbelastet und hat daher (neben Schmerzen) einen etwas schiefen Kopf heute. Daher hat er beschlossen den Tag im Hotel zu verbringen und etwas über die Hexenjagd im Mittelalter zu lesen.

      Karine hat das windige Wetter dagegen ausgenutzt und ein paar Viewpoints abgeklappert. Zu Fuss versteht sich, weil sie ein kleiner Schisser ist mit dem Motorrad 😂. Neiiin, natürlich weil wir als Schweizer auch fern ab von Zuhause zwischendurch das Gefühl von Wandern in den Bergen haben wollen. ⛰️🐐

      Vom Hotel ging es zuerst - gefühlt senkrecht die Strasse hinauf - zum Love Koh Tao Viewpoint. Anschliessend hat sie den West Coast Viewpoint besucht und zum Schluss ist sie zum Tanote Peak gegangen. Das ist einer der höchsten Punkte, die man auf Koh Tao erklimmen kann und nicht mit dem Motorrad erreichbar. Die Aussicht ist atemberaubend. Schaut selbst.
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    • Day 26

      Koh Tao

      March 12, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Journée plongée pour essayer de surmonter mon traumatisme, ça s’est bien passé. Fin de cette semaine à Koh Tao avec un délicieux plat originaire de… Chiang Mai, dans le Nord de la Thaïlande. J’aurais aimé rester au moins une semaine de plus à Koh Tao.Read more

    • Day 38

      Koh Tao Kochkurs

      April 4, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 26 °C

      Und hier sind noch ein paar Bilder von unserem Kochkurs👍😊

    • Day 17

      8. Kapitel

      January 3, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ 🌬 27 °C

      Moin allerseits

      Ja ihr seht richtig. Ich konnte mich doch noch dazu aufraffen etwas über meine Reise zu berichten. Die letzten Tage beziehungsweise Wochen vergingen für mich wie im Fluge. Nach meiner Ankunft in Bangkok erholte ich mich zuerst von den Reisestrapazen. Schliesslich war ich ungefähr 26 Stunden unterwegs. Wer günstig fliegen will, muss dementsprechend auch viel umsteigen. Thailand ist wie schon erwähnt ein sehr heisser Ort mit hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit. Nach meinem Dornröschenschlaf merkte ich dann auch gleich den Einfluss der hier sehr beliebten Klimaanlagen. Ich fing mir eine starke Erkältung inklusive leichtem Fieber ein. Dies setzte mich für weitere zwei Tage ausser Kraft. Ok, vielleicht war auch der erste Abend an der berühmt berüchtigten Khaosan road Schuld. Nichtsdestotrotz war meine Zeit in Bangkok somit stark beschränkt. Da die Einkaufszentren um die Ecke lagen, kaufte ich mir dort mal die nötigen Sachen für einen Inselurlaub ein. Dazu kam noch eine neue Powerbank. Airasia fand meine bisherige dermassen cool, dass sie diese gleich behielten. Bemerkt hatte ich das leider erst als ich im Hostel ankam. Mit Elefantenhosen, Powerbank und kleinem Lautsprecher ausgestattet, war ich bereit meine Weiterreise anzutreten. Zuerst mit dem Bus von Bangkok nach Chumphon und danach mit der Fähre nach Koh Tao. Auf der Insel angekommen fand ich dann auch ohne weitere Probleme mein im voraus gebuchtes Hostel. Ein toller Ort der mich gleich mit wummernder elektronischer Musik begrüsste. Die Leute waren super nett und hilfsbereit. Ich fühlte mich geborgen und beschloss meinen Aufenthalt hier bis nach Neujahr zu verlängern. Schliesslich wollte ich ja auch noch zum neuen Tauchprofi ausgebildet werden. Da ich nun Zeit im überfluss hatte, genoss ich zuerst mal das nichtstun, lesen, Strand besuchen, trinken, neue Freunde finden, trinken, Schnorchelausflug und weiteres feiern. Nach dem schnorcheln beschloss ich eine Tauchschule aufzusuchen und mich für einen Probetag einzuschreiben. Beim ausfüllen des Fragebogens kam dann die Stelle ob ich schon mal Probleme mit meinem Trommelfell hatte oder dieses schon mal beschädigt wurde. Als ehrlicher Schweizer Bürger beantwortete ich diese natürlich Wahrheitsgetreu mit Ja. Damit starben jedoch auch gleichzeitig meine letzten Hoffnungen auf einen Tauchschein. Die Tauchlehrer gaben mir zu Verstehen das ich es zwar probieren könnte, jedoch immer die Gefahr besteht einen erneuten Riss zu riskieren. Auf gut Deutsch, vergiss es! Da ich mich noch allzu gut an die Schmerzen erinnern konnte, löschte ich auch diesen Traum aus meinem Kopf. Wie ihr seht ist meine Reise nicht gerade von Glück überhäuft. Aber naja, kann man halt nichts machen.

      Weihnachten und Silvester feierte ich feuchtfröhlich in unserem Hostel. Mit den neugewonnen Freunden konnte ich auf ein hoffentlich erfolgreiches Neujahr anstossen. Das sind dann auch die Momente in welchen man seine Familie und Freunde am meisten vermisst. Trotzdem fühle ich mich immer noch bereit die Welt alleine zu erkunden. Mittlerweile habe ich mich auch prima ans alleine Rumreisen gewöhnt. Viele lustige Storys gab es leider nicht beziehungsweise sind nicht für die Öffentlichkeit gedacht. Diese werde ich gerne mal bei einem Bier mit euch austauschen. Ach ja, am 2. Januar verliess ich Koh Tao gerade noch rechtzeitig vor dem eintreffen des grossen Sturm. Bin somit doch noch vom Glück verfolgt.

      Derzeit befinde ich mich in Siem Reap, Kambodscha. Hier werde ich die nächsten Tage die Stadt und die umliegenden Tempel von Angkor Wat erkunden bevor es mich nach Thailand zurück verschlägt. Auf Koh Samet treffe ich dann Freunde und Familienangehörige aus der Schweiz. Ich freue mich jetzt schon auf lustige Abende und das Geschichten austauschen.

      Bis dahin,
      Sili
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    • Day 218

      Ko Tao, Thailand

      May 16, 2017 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Obwohl ich jetzt schon seit über einen Monat wieder zu Hause bin, habe ich mich doch noch dazu entschieden meine Reiseberichte zu vervollständigen.
      Zunächst einmal, ich bin gut wieder in Deutschland angekommen und habe mich auch direkt wieder gut eingelebt. Trotzdem habe ich bereits wieder das Bedürfnis weiterzureisen!

      Nun zu meinen Thailandtrip!
      Nachdem ich mir Bangkok angesehen habe, bin ich von dort aus direkt runter auf die Insel Ko Tao gereist. Die Insel ist das reinste Taucherparadies und da ich zufällig in einer Unterkunft mit integrierter Tauchschule gelandet bin, konnte ich es mir nicht nehmen lassen zumindest einen "ein-Tag-Tauchkurs" zu belegen. Ich hatte zu Beginn zugegebenermaßen großen Respekt davor mit Taucherausrüstung vom Boot zu springen aber nach einigen Minuten habe ich mich an die Atmung etc. gewöhnt und es konnte so richtig losgehen. Wir waren insgesamt 42 Minuten unter Wasser und es hat viel Spaß gemacht. Ich hatte Glück und war die einzige deutsche Tauchschülerin für diesen Tag und hatte somit einen privaten Tauchlehrer, der nur auf mich aufgepasst hat! :D
      Insgesamt ist Ko Tao eine suuper schöne Insel und ich hatte eine tolle Zeit dort!
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    • Day 142

      S̄wạs̄dī Koh Tao

      August 20, 2018 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Day 1
      The night bus to the port town of Chumphon was pretty standard and uneventful. Unfortunately it arrived at the pier at 3am and the ferry wasn’t due to leave until 6. Plus the pier office was closed so the rest of the passengers and I had to wait on the mismatch junkyard of airline style seats outside. Somehow I managed to sleep for a couple of hours and woke up just before we were allowed to board. The ferry itself was quite nice with comfortable seating and even played a movie on the way, though i chose to sleep for the duration. We arrived in Koh Tao just after 9am and I headed straight to my hostel to freshen up. Once I was feeling slightly more refreshed I headed over to Simple Life Dive Shop to book my open water course. There are dozens of dive shops on the island, it’s the main reason people come to the island, but I was recommended to use this one by two fellow travellers on my trip, independently of each other. That was good enough for me. The dive shop has a new open water course starting every night so I was able to sign up easily. I even met my dive instructor, Eve a lovely American girl who actually did her open water course with Simple Life a year ago and loved it so much she stayed to do her Divemaster and then instructor training. If that’s not high praise for the company I sing know what is. The course wasn’t due to start until 5pm so I headed back to the hostel for a power nap. On the way to back to the shop I had a quick dinner at one of the islands many vegetarian cafes (falafel wrap, my favourite as you know). Back at the dive shop I met the three other open water trainees; Artip from England, Molly also from England and Alex from France, all just as nervously excited as me. Eve took us up to one of the classrooms where we spent the next two hours watching the first two PADI videos, answering review questions as we went which we discussed at the end. By the end of the videos we were all pretty overwhelmed by all the information but Eve reassured us that once we were in the water with our gear on it would make more sense. Feeling reassured we all headed off to our hostels for the night to rest for the next days course.

      Day 2
      Back at the dive shop at 9 the next morning it was time to get more real. We started by trying on different sizes of BCDs (the buoyancy control device you see divers wearing), we suits and fins, making sure we all felt comfortable in the right sized gear. We then each collected an air tank (bloody heavy they are) and carried them along with the rest of our gear down to the training pool. Eve then explained each part of the gear and demonstrated how to put it all together in the right order. She then dismantled it all and showed us again. Then she went through each step with us putting together our own gear and then taking it apart. She then made us put it all together and take it apart four more times until she was satisfied that we could do it without help. Then it was time for our first test. Before we were allowed to go any further with the course we had to prove that we could tread water/float for 10 minutes. Initially nervous about this I found after a couple of minutes that actually just floating on my back was pretty easy (we are 70% water after all). Luckily we all passed the test (even Artip who had to start again after he touches the wall two minutes in). Now it was time for the fun stuff. We suited up and got in the shallower of the two pools only about 1.2m deep (compared to the 3m one we were just in). While in the water we had to do a number of skills. Eve explained each one first along with the hand signals she would be using (as we couldn’t talk down there) and then we put or regulators and knelt on the bottom of the pool (as it was so shallow). Some of the skills were clearing our mask of a little water, fully flooding our mask and clearing it, taking the regulator out of your mouth and putting it back in and clearing it of water, retrieving your regulator if it floats behind you, and swimming for a short distance with no mask but aided by Eve. We all manage the skills with ease and finished our first two “dives” feeling much more confident. We then had a brief lunch break before getting straight back into it. We had now graduated to the bigger pool were we would actually be going to a reasonable depth. We did two further dives in this pool where we learnt even moe new skills. Such as taking our mask on and off underwater and clearing it, hovering using our breath and what to do if you or your buddy is out of air (using each other’s second regulator). Each dive lasted about twenty minutes and after the two we all felt even more confident that we’d be able to complete the rest of the course. There marks the end of our second days training. Feeling proud and excited for the next day I headed back to my home on the island to rest up.

      Day 3
      We were booked into the morning boat the next day so we met at the dive shop at 7:30am. Eve briefed us on the days objective and then it was time to catch the long boat from the beach to the main diving boat. Once were were given the mandatory safety briefing we headed downstairs to assemble our gear, slightly more difficult when you’re on a moving boat than by the pool. Eve checked them all over and then briefed us again on the skills we would be doing on the first dive. We than got to relax until we reached the first dive spot. Once there it was time for our mandatory second swim test before we were allowed to dive. This one involved swimming two laps around the boat (about 200m) or three of you wore fins and snorkel (about 300m). I wasn’t confident so opted for the latter. Thankfully we all completed our test and were allowed to continue. Before getting back on the boat we did a brief “skin diver” technique were we dove a couple of metres and then swam up clearing our snorkelled on the surface. With both skills complete it was back on the boat to get our gear on. Once we were suited up and did our buddy checks Eve showed us how to enter the water using the giant stride (no room to do that in the pool). One by one we stepped off the boat and joined Eve by the mooring line to the first dive site. Time for the main event. We did our safety check and then stated to descend down the line, equalising our ears as we went. Once at the bottom (only about 12m deep) we found an area of sand we were wouldn’t disturb the coral to do our skills for the dive. Most were repetitions of what we had done in the pool, but in the rea life scenario of the ocean. Once completed we were able to have a brief fun dive before we returned to the boat. Back on the boat we changed our tanks and went upstairs to chat about the dive, all feeling much more excited now that we knew we could do it. The boat then took us to the second dive site and we repeated much the same process as before (minus the swim test). Both dives lasted about half an hour and by the end of the morning I was feeling more confident about my abilities. Once everyone was back on the boat we headed back to the dive shop and spent the afternoon watching the last three videos, taking more in as we had more context now. Once the videos were finished we did the final knowledge review covering everything we’d learned. It was then class dismissed and we headed off for the night. I went for dinner and then straight to bed.

      Day 4
      I was able to have a slight lie in this morning before heading down to the dive shop to get the afternoon boat. Once again Eve briefed us on our last two dives before leading us to the boat. The first dive involved doing a few new skills involving using a compass and controlling our buoyancy as we tried to hover. After we all successfully completed them we were able to explore the dive site. As we were now much more aware of how our breathing effects our buoyancy we were all swimming much more controlled over the coral. When we surfaced Eve commented on how much better our control he gotten over night. Having successfully completed all our skills the final dive was just a fun dive. And as long as we didn’t royally screw up we’d be signed off as completing the course. We spent the 35 minute dive following Eve as she pointed out various different fish and coral formation. With no skills to worry about this dive was definitely the most relaxing. Back on the boat we had a group photo to celebrate finishing the course before heading back to the dive shop where Eve gave each of us a log book and took our pictures for our new Open Water SCUBA licence. Very cool indeed. I loved the course so much and felt so at ease with Eve as an instructor I decided to go straight into the Advanced course which would allow me to dive up to 30m (instead of 18m) and give me more confidence it’s my new skills. Plus it meant I got to do five more dives! The other three decided against continuing due to time and money constraints so Eve booked us on the morning boat for the next day.

      Day 5
      I met Eve bright and early the next morning ready for the new challenge. The advanced course consists of five dives with each one focussing on a different specialty. The first two dives we were doing were the mandatory Deep dive and the wreck dive which I chose. Alex also decided to join us for the first deep dive so that she’d be certified for 30m too. Once on the boat we had our usual skill briefing from Eve before getting geared up and jumping in. Aside from safely getting down to around 27m the only “skills” we had to do were playing with a raw egg underwater, watching how the pressure keeps the yoke together (I know, don’t) and also seeing how colours lose their brightness at such a depth (for example red looks more brown). With the skills completed we were able to enjoy the rest of the fun dive. Back in the boat we had a quick break before Eve and I geared up for the wreck dive. The HMS Sattakut is an ex Thai Navy ship donated to a Koh Tao for use as a dive site. The ship was cleaned and stripped of any hazard before its controlled sinking in 2011. It is now home to many coral and schools of fish. Although no actual skills were involved in this dive using caution and assessing where it’s safe to swim is definitely learnt. Plus knowing not to touch anything as it’s covered in rust. Pretty cool. Although the ship is safe to swim in that is for more specialised divers so we spent our time swimming around and over the hull. While swimming around I saw my first big fish, a grouper, just chilling in the shade of one of the canopies. After half an hour we resurfaced and got back on the boat before heading back to the dive shop. I had a quick break for lunch as then spent the afternoon completing the required knowledge reviews for each of the dives (involving reading textbook chapters and answering quiz questions - felt like school). Eventually it was time to call it a night and return to my island home.

      Day 6
      After a brief lie in I returned to the dive shop in time for the afternoon boat. Today Eve and I were joined by two new advanced trainees as their instructor was unable to dive that day. Eve briefed me harry and Sam on the days dives covering navigation (mandatory) and peak performance buoyancy (chosen by me). During the first dive on navigation we had to complete a few new skills. We had to swim along a 30m like while we counted kick cycles and then return counting seconds (for our future reference); we had to swim in a square in pairs, one counting ten kick cycles and one using the compass; and finally we did some natural navigation involving Eve pointing out three distinct coral or rock formations as we swam and then telling us to guide her back. By the end of the dive I definitely felt more aware of my surroundings and not just following along. After a quick tea break in the boat he got in for our second dive. For peak performance buoyancy we learned more about controlling our movement with our breathing. Eve brought some additional weights down and did a few exercises with them (like swimming just above the sea bed and knowing them over with our regulators, and trying to over with 1,2,3 additional weights). We then swam over to the cube structures (huge metal cubes on the aww bed, like an underwater playground) and had fun swimming through them and hovering out the top and vice versa. After as the we were working a lot in our breathing we went through our air quickly so the dive only lasted 30minutes and we didn’t have any time for a “fun dive” even though I found it to be pretty fun. Once back on the boat we discussed the dives on the way back to the shop. I still had one more dive to do which I hoped would be a night dive but that depended on the weather (mainly if there was a strong wind). Eve and I decided to go for dinner in a local vegan restaurant before she had to make the call. Over dinner we discussed diving and how Koh Tao compares to other dive sites, and her new job opportunity in Japan (how exciting!). Finally it was time to head back to the shop and to my delight Eve said it was safe for us to night dive. As it was just the two of us we would do a shore dive which meant we’d gear up at the shop and walk down to the beach to enter the sea. Slightly harder as it involves carrying all your gear for 100m before you can swim. Once in the water we put or fins in and swam out until Eve said we were deep enough to descend. We turned our torches on and headed down. The only skill I had to complete was swimming in a straight line and back again using the compass like before. After that it was just a fun dive, where I followed Eve closely scared of getting lost in the darkness. The sea is completely different at night with different sea life coming out. We saw dozen of hermit crabs and a few puffer fish. At one point Eve stopped and lay down on the seabed looking at a rock. I wondered what was wrong until I saw an octopus tentacle poking out from beneath the rock. She’s told me earlier that it was her favourite animal (even having a tattoo of one on her leg). I must admit it was pretty cool seeing one, especially when it came out and swam (or whatever the do they do) around the base of the rock before it hid away again. We continued on with our dive and say yet more crabs and even a few glowing plankton when we turned our torches off briefly. After a while Eve motioned that she was going to surface to check where we were and then guided us back near where we started. Once back at the surface we were both ecstatic with the dive and what we saw. Plus at 48 minutes it was my longest yet. We spent the swim back to shore talking about all the different fish and crabs we saw, and the octopus of course (only the second one she’s seen an the biggest too). Back in shore we returned the gear and said goodbye for the night.

      Day 7
      The next morning I headed back to the dive shop for the final time so complete my last knowledge review as have my photo taken for my new Advanced Open Water SCUBA licence. It was then time to say goodbye to Eve for the last time, thanking her for her patience and for truly giving me the diving bug. I then spent the rest of the day lazing about around the hostel, catching up on some Netflix shows and ordering take out food from the twins burrito bar (thanks for the tip Eve!).

      Day 8
      On my last day in Koh Tao I decided to finally explore more of the island. I followed the coastal path around the south of the island and found a lovely quiet beach with crystal clear water. I spent a an hour reading and swimming before continuing my hike, hoping to find more pristine beaches. After a slightly more strenuous hike through the wood (part of which I’m not convinced is frequented by tourists) i came across another quiet beach, this one with a beach bar. Sadly the water wasn’t as clear but the cold drink from the bar and the deckchair made it worth the trek (sort of). After another hour spent reading I continued on and soon reached Chalok Ban Kao beach, the main beach on this side of the island. Across the bay I could see people on top of the hill at the John-Suwan viewpoint so I decided to push on. To reach the viewpoint involved climbing up a hill over a number of boulders with makeshift ropes to guide you up. Although pretty tricky at points the view was certainly worth it. Sitting on the large rock outcrop you could see the island in a sort of T shape with beaches on either side. I spent twenty or so minutes there taking in the view before navigating the rocks down again and treating myself to a mango shake at the bamboo bar on the adjacent freedom beach. Sadly it was soon time to head back along the main road to my hostel where I showered and got ready for my night ferry.

      So there you have my week in Koh Tao where I became a certified Advanced Open Water Diver and caught the SCUBA bug. Next stop is back to the mainland to visit some national parks.

      Lā k̀xn!
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    • Day 188

      Koh Tao, Thailand

      May 27, 2018 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Der letzte gemeinsame Footprint, Wahnsinn! Mit der Fähre brauchen wir ca. 2 Stunden von Koh Phangan bis nach Koh Tao, unserem letzten gemeinsamen Stop! Nach der Ankunft spazieren wir erstmal zu der Tauchschule, die uns Bekannte noch in Neuseeland empfohlen haben: Scuba Club Divers! Das Team an der Rezeption ist kolumbianisch und uns als alten Kolumbien-Touristen natürlich sofort sympathisch. Wir unterzeichnen deshalb direkt den ganzen Papierkram für unseren SSI Open Water Diver Kurs, der uns die nächsten 3 Tage beschäftigen wird. Danach werden wir zu dem inkludierten Hostel gefahren - doch das ist schon voll! Kurzerhand gibts ein Upgrade und wir kriegen ein tolles, privates Doppelzimmer mit Kühlschrank und einem Bad, in dem man ausnahmsweise nicht auf der Toilette sitzen duschen kann... So ein Luxus! Da wir von den drei kurzen Nächten zuvor noch leicht geplättet sind, verschieben wir das Erkunden der Insel (die trotz der geringen Größe mit den Bergen, Felsen und kleinen Strändchen echt cool aussieht) und des Nachtlebens auf die nächsten Tage, chillen noch ein bisschen am Strand und genießen den Sonnenuntergang, bevors auch schon in die Heia geht.
      Da unser Tauchlehrer am nächsten Morgen noch einen anderen Kurs beendet, müssen wir erst um 10:30 anrücken und schauen uns geschlagene 90 Minuten Tauch-Theorie-Videos (aus den 90ern) an - aber nicht, ohne uns davor mit den obligatorischen Frühstücks-Toasties gestärkt zu haben. Als Bart dann auftaucht, dürfen wir uns Flossen, Anzug und Maske aussuchen und dann gehts ab aufs Boot, um die Theorie endlich in die Praxis umzusetzen! Bei den ersten Tauchgängen geht es hauptsächlich darum, sogenannte Skills zu lernen: das Steuern der Tauchtiefe mit der Atmung, dem Ab- und Aufziehen der Maske und des sonstigen Equipments usw. Aber selbst bei den ersten Tauchgängen kommt der Spaß nicht zu kurz, die Hälfte der Zeit unter Wasser gleiten wir wie schwerelos über Korallenriffe, Abgründe und vorbei an unzähligen farbigen Fischen! An den Folgetagen werden uns immer mehr Skills beigebracht, und wir tauchen immer tiefer -bis wir uns nach insgesamt 2,5 Tagen und 6 Tauchgängen zertifizierte Open Water Diver nennen dürfen! Das muss natürlich ordentlich gefeiert werden, was bei Koh Taos Nachtleben entlang des Sairee Beach auch überhaupt kein Problem darstellt...
      Die letzen beiden Tage mieten wir uns mal wieder einen Roller und fahren zu den verschiedensten Stränden und Aussichtspunkten, die die Insel zu bieten hat. Leo knackt noch eine letzte Kokosnuss (Tradition seit Panama) und wir schaffen es zu guter letzt doch noch, uns endlich mal Red Snapper zu gönnen. Und dann ist es nach unvorstellbaren 6 Monaten fast 24/7 zusammen soweit: der Abschied ist gekommen, für Leo gehts zurück nach Bangkok! Der Roller bricht unter uns und Leos über die Zeit massiv gewachsenem Rucksack (mittlerweile stolze 21 kg) zusammen, aber wir schaffen es dann doch bis zum Hafen. Und dann ist der Zeitpunkt für eine letzte Umarmung plus männlichen Händedruck gekommen! Als das Schiff ablegt mit mir an Bord abgelgt, wischt sich Eric eine einzelne Träne aus dem Augenwinkel - da bin ich mir sicher, auch wenn er das nie zugeben wird!
      Das wars von meiner Seite (Leo) - vielen Dank für's Lesen, ich hoffe ihr hattet alle Spaß und musstet das ein oder andere Mal zumindest Schmunzeln! Eric: war ne geile Zeit mit dir, bis bald in Deutschland! Drop the mic - Leo out!!
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    • Day 27

      Koh Tao

      August 10, 2017 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      After a very delayed boat and sitting in a whole bunch of ants we said goodbye to Koh Phagnan and hello to Koh Tao . We checked into our hostel which was right on the beach. As soon as we dropped our bags Eva and I rushed to the water to watch the sunrise where a random American guy took this amazing photo of us (thanks David wherever you are). That evening we watched a fire show on the beach. The performers were so talented. At one point they tried to get me to let them carry me under the burning limbo pole which was my cue to head to bed.Read more

    • Day 75

      Koh Tao, Thailand

      July 27, 2017 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Whit and I arrived to Koh Tao after a two hour ferry trip from Koh Pha Nang. Since starting this adventure, other travellers have consistently had good things to say about this relatively small island with the highlight being its affordable SCUBA diving.

      At the recommendation of my brother, we rented a scooter and some snorkelling gear and spent one day visiting several different spectacular snorkelling spots across the island. We discovered a phenomenal Thai vegetarian restaurant and devotedly attempted to eat each item on the menu during our numerous visits. While we had reserved a SCUBA trip to 'the best dive site in the Thai peninsula',  unfortunately the weather failed cooperate, cancelling this excursion and dashing our hopes of diving in Koh Tao. After four relaxing days we left Koh Tao feeling refreshed and ready to travel to the city of Hua Hin, two hours south of Bangkok.
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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Ko Tao, קו טאו, タオ島, 따오 섬, Тау, เกาะเต่า

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