As a cheeky Christmas present, we splashed out on our accomadation which was the best idea. We had to catch a taxi from the port to Sairee beach (the longest and most popular beach on the island), where our resort was located. The taxi itself was already more expensive than up North and cost us 125TB each. We were staying at Koh Tao hillside resort for £29 each a night. The place is just perfect. We were welcomed with a drink of some sort, and our bags were taken to our bungalow. We'd originally booked a deluxe bungalow but upon our arrival, we were told we'd been upgraded to a superior bungalow. PERFECT!! The bungalow is amazing... So nice to be staying in a decent place with daily room service, a good shower, good bed/pillows, infinity pool and a buffet breakfast. Literally in love with this place. Not quite sure how I'm going to cope going back to budget accommodation (cry).
After settling in, we caught the daily shuttle taxi that the resort offers into town. By this time, it was getting late, so we attempt to find some grub at a reasonable price. Everything is so expensive in comparison to what we've been paying previously; restaurants, bars, even street food. Dining in Koh Tao is more like dining in Brighton, there's food of all sorts; Mexican, Italian, Japanese etc. Everythings based around tourism really. We finally found a small decent place that does dishes for 60-70TB so tucked into some pad Thai and some chicken noodles.
Night life in Koh Tao is mainly along Sairee beach - bars offer sun loungers and serve cocktails just off the sea shore. We went for a wander and decided to head back (up a ridiculous amount of steep hills) to the hotel.
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