Koh Tao

We retreated to Koh Tao for a few days, but decided the consistent rain would push us to the west coast. We did, however, reach the epitome of relaxation here with both hammocks strung on the front porch of our bungalow and more than enough time to ignore the reality of impending work that looms overhead. If you didn’t find us in our cocoons, we could have been stuck in the depths of a bean bag or reclined against a Thai cushion enjoying happy hour and the one sunset that the clouds would let us see.
Since Koh Tao is renowned as a diving mecca, we signed up for two dives even though the weather rumored to ruin the visibility. Our first dive site was a cluster of large boulders that is home to a Crayola box of sea anemone and a dozen or so school of fish. We swam up close with groups of batfish, large grouper, barracuda, triggerfish, and other tinier reef fish. Further down we caught three grey reef sharks browsing the plentiful snack options that were swimming amongst us. Because of its bounteous sea life and activity, this dive location was one of our favorite. The second was unfortunately a victim to poor visibility. We were both startled by a suckerfish who attached himself to our legs thinking we were a shark or some other hospitable sea creature. Otherwise, there was not much more to see other than the back of each other’s fins to guarantee that neither of us vanished into the murky abyss.