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Spent two nights at Khao Sok, before catching the bus and ferry to Koh Samui where I also spent two nights. Didn't love Koh Samui. It was just too touristy. Even though we were at the 'quiet' end of the island, at Bo Phut, it was just ... not what I wanted. It wasn't like Thailand. It felt like it could be almost any touristy seaside town.

Thankfully after Koh Samui was Koh Tao. Absolutely beautiful. Smaller and a lot less developed, and it had the most beautiful beaches. Unfortunately I don't have many photos of Tao as my little snappy camera got soaked on the way back from snorkelling one day and is no more. Snorkelling at Tao was amazing - I've never really done that before - not in nice tropical water. We had most of the day to snorkel in crystal clear waters, checking out fish and coral, before the daily mid afternoon storm rolled in. Our little boat was half flooded and my camera was in my bag at the bottom of the boat. Very sad. Very fun. At least I still have my good camera. Spent three nights at Koh Tao before heading back to Bangkok.