Comments on: The Next Piece of Paradise https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=koh-tao Tue, 27 Mar 2018 04:13:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Making It to My Dream DestinationBeaches & Borders https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/#comment-1323691 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 03:56:07 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=13600#comment-1323691 […] first discovered the island a few years ago on Alex in Wanderland’s travel blog. At the time, I was living through long winters in Ottawa when the temperatures […]

]]> By: Maddy https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/#comment-673681 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 03:04:23 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=13600#comment-673681 So beautifully said! You’re right though, it’s a big world out there – and you’re so good at exploring it!

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/#comment-408440 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:10:39 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=13600#comment-408440 In reply to Stefanie.

Shark Island has some beautiful coral, though Sail Rock is more about seeing big schools of fish and interesting topography. While much of the coral in Koh Tao is threatened, there is a lot of it!

]]> By: Stefanie https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/#comment-408130 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 01:57:38 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=13600#comment-408130 Hello again!
Thank so much for your answer, it was really helpful. We will definately check out the island for few days before signing up for our divemaster. I do underwater photography and what interests me the is simply seing a colorful underwater scenery. I recently read that Koh Tao is not particurlarly known for being bery colorful but I guess there are still beautiful corals? As for the site that you recommend, are they more interesting for the corals or is it that we can see more “big things”? I read on a forum that seing either big fish, sharks or special big species is something that happens rarely on Koh Tao. Would say that this is true? Thanks again for your help!

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/#comment-408006 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:26:19 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=13600#comment-408006 In reply to Stefanie.

Hey Stefanie, it is so hard to say what one diver will be impressed by and what another will be disappointed by. I sometimes got bored with Koh Tao after being there a while but they do have some impressive sites there that I still dream about (Sail Rock and Shark Island are my favorite!) But those are rarely visited and the usual daily divesites can get a bit boring for an extremely experienced and well traveled diver. In my opinion the lifestyle on Koh Tao cannot be beat. I highly recommend checking it out for a few days before you sign up and decide if it is for you! Hope that helps!

]]> By: Stefanie https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/#comment-407422 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 02:10:17 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=13600#comment-407422 Hello,
I read many of your post and i need your advice to choose where to do my divemaster. I was fist planning to do it in the Gili as yoi recommend but it woild be more convenient for me to do it in Koh Tao. The problem is that I got many answers on different forums that the diving the is not worth it and that the fish and corals are nearly nexistant. I dive in many diving paradise befire such as Bunaken, Fiji, Red Sea, Cozumel and Belize. Do you think that I woild be disapointed of the diving in Koh Tao? I chose this place because there seems to have a very interesting life outside diving there but the diving is still my priority so if it is really bad, should I consider going somewhere else? I plan to do my divemaster in 2 momths so that is a lot of dives. Please…help! 🙂

]]> By: Alex in Wanderland | Travel and Diving Blog | It's a Bloggers' Prerogative... https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/#comment-223188 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:01:30 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=13600#comment-223188 […] too long ago I declared that I was moving on from Koh Tao — that I was forging ahead to find my next piece of paradise. And yet just around six weeks later, I felt that familiar siren song pulling at my heartstrings […]

]]> By: Alex in Wanderland | Travel and Diving Blog | The Great Escape: Month 19 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/#comment-222974 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:25:08 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=13600#comment-222974 […] On that note, and as I’ve said before, my return to Koh Tao was a rollercoaster that started with a bout of anxiety that I had a hard time shaking. With so […]

]]> By: Alex in Wanderland | Travel and Diving Blog | Bumming Around Bangkok https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/#comment-220939 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:00:23 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=13600#comment-220939 […] two and a half weeks in Koh Tao were over, and it was a sad goodbye as always. But at least Olivia and I would have high-thread count pillowcases to cry ourselves to sleep into […]

]]> By: Alex in Wanderland | Travel and Diving Blog | Photo of the Week 89 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/koh-tao/#comment-216054 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:00:33 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=13600#comment-216054 […] Remember this post? Written just about a week or so ago? About how I was saying goodbye to Koh […]

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