Koh Tao

On Wednesday night Julie and I took a bus all the way from Bangkok to Chumporn in order to take a catamaran to Koh Tao from there. The bus ride took about 9 hours and the ride on the catamaran less than 2 hours. The picture below shows the pier by Chumporn at dawn.

 Nungyuan island - the best place to go diving

 Once we had arrived Koh Tao, we took a "cab" (a pick up....) to our "hotel" on the other side of the island. The coasts are only 3 kilometers apart.

 Once again, we almost died taking a ride with this taxi, and soon we realized why taxis around here couldn't just be small cars, but needed to be pick-ups. The ride was bumpy and we were off-road a lot driving through the jungle.

 Finally we arrived at our little cabin

 Our cabin from the outside

 The pool right by the beach is just 50 meters from our cabin!

Goodbye and Dubai

01.04.2014 - 02.04.2014

 

 

It's astounding how many American chains (food, cosmetics, electronics) you find there (more than in Europe!), and thus how westernized Dubai is (or has become).

BOTTOM LINE:

Dubai is definitely worth a trip - especially if you have a layover there anyway, just like in our case.

I'd say that 2 days are definitely enough, though, to see most of the sights AND go to the beach.