Our last two beach experiences were my favorite by far. We started on Koh Mook which couldn't have had more than 20 other foreigners as it was the low season. I think we were the only people staying at our place though the woman was super nice and had four amazingly cute puppies for me to play with. It was also the first beach we've been to that had proper waves and I had forgotten how much more fun that can be...except also super tiring cause I'm lazy. There was only one restaurant but luckily it served amazing and super cheap food. We ate every single meal there. And they had two cute kitties to play with. The beach was facing west so we had two amazing sunsets where we were the only people on the beach.
We then had to come to Bangkok for a few days to get out visa for India sorted out which was not very fun but we happened to run into our friend Sihanoukville and decided to go with her and her brother to Koh Tao for the weekend instead of waiting in Bangkok for 7 days for our visa. Koh Tao is on the east coast of Thailand and the beaches there were some of the best of our entire trip. The water was completely clear and the sand was like cornstarch. We spent and entire day laying in the water as it is shallow for the first 4 meters and almost completely still. We had a great hotel and also had a great restaurant and bar. Koh Tao is famous for its diving certification programs and it was nice to hang out with older people who were doing something a little more interesting than the standard 18 year olds partying route. The second day Danielle and I went on a snorkeling trip around the island and got to see some amazing fish and coral. I was shocked how deep the ocean was where we were swimming and how huge some of the coral is. Also the fish are crazy looking. All in all the beaches here have been amazing and we have met some great people in Thailand. I am going to be very sad to leave but I am getting super excited/scared for India (we just bought our Lonely Planet tonight so we have some research to do).
More on Bangkok later.
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