Koh Tao

We started our holidays on Koh Tao, a lovely little island in the gulf of Thailand. Most of the volunteers were there as a lot of them wanted to do a diving course during their stay. I didn't fancy the diving, so I just stuck to sunbathing and snorkelling.

One of last years volunteers is now working at Bans Diving on the island, it was nice to talk to her and find out about her experience of Thailand.

We all had a lovely week relaxing in the sun and working on our tans, the only downside was that it was rather expensive, meals were 3 times the price than what we would usually pay in our projects, so we had to budget very carefully as this was only the first week. There were a few good nights out, one of the most entertaining was when we went to see the cabaret show, which ended up with David and I on the stage, with a few other reluctant men, dressed in boxers, a bikini top and a big wig!

It was so hot, all of the time, I needed to shower about 3 times a day. The worst part of the heat came when we went kayaking. We rented kayaks between us for a couple of hours and just went out into the sea armed with snorkels. After about 10 minutes of hard paddling, anyone would have assumed that I had just been for a dip, but no, I was just ripping in sweat and the sun was still beating down. This was about 4.30 pm, so it was not as hot as it had been earlier, but it was still roasting.

Kayaking 

This was our view, every day we were there.

After Koh Tao, our plan was to travel to Koh Phangan and go wild at the full moon party!