Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Day 484: Koh Tao

We arrived in Koh Tao late last night and were happy to stay in the first reasonably priced place we could find. In the morning, the owner of the place came knocking at our door at 7:30 to tell us we would have to move to another bungalow if we wanted to stay. This episode made it very clear to us that we didn't want to stay there: knocking at guest doors in the early morning is a big no-no.

So we made it our first task to find a new place to stay. We looked at many wooden sea-side bungalows, but were never quite convinced - most of them smelled either musty or smokey. We were about to give up when we finally found a nice place. This is the path leading to our bungalow. Lovely, isn't it?


After moving our luggage, we decided to go ahead with the next bit of necessary planning: the return trip. We found a ferry company that offered a combined ferry/night train ticket for a reasonable price. At that time, it was already afternoon and we felt we had earned a day relaxing and satisfying food cravings. We found a beautiful cafe overlooking the bay...


...and some homemade beach swings on the way back:


In the evening - surprise, surprise - there was another lovely sunset: