Anyone been to Thailand?

[Matt]

Oh! Koh Tao.... I spent a week diving there! Such a lovely place and such nice diving. I dove from Koh Tao Cottages, which was very nice -- not the biggest place on the island, but good equipment and nice operators. The rooms were nice enough. Shower and twin beds in my room, a nice terrace. The attached restuarant was fine -- and nearby ones even better. I have pictures I can share if you're interested. The dive packages to the reefs were cool. I didn't do any underwater photography, but I had a great time. I could go on all day.

I was there in October; the decision to go to the gulf side or the indian ocean side is pretty much a function of which way the monsoon is swinging. The Similan Islands on the IO side are supposed to be even more amazing, but it is an 'offshore' experience, while Koh Tao is a nice shore experience too.