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Diving Days in Koh Tao 🏝️🤿

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@DPM Diving 🤿 Diving days in Koh Tao. Crystal water, chill vibes, and sunsets from Simple Life Cliff View. Best place to learn to breathe underwater. #KohTao #DivingThailand #SimpleLifeResort #KohTaoDiving

♬ Everything Stays (From “Adventure Time”) – Just Kids

Where I stayed:

Simple Life Cliff View Resort

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What I did:

  • Got my open water scuba diving license
  • Started my advanced diving course and dived to 98 feet
  • Dived at two shipwrecks
  • Hung out with new friends

Thoughts on the place:

Koh Tao. Damn. This place is beautiful. Tiny but beautiful. I am immensely glad I decided to go and sort out my scuba license here because it unlocked a new island for me that I will be going back to happily. I fucking loved this spot and the diving instructors at DPM Diving were phenomenal teachers to the point where I actually now feel comfortable diving even at 98 feet or in a shipwreck. All I can say is this: Get to Koh Tao and dive!

Tips:

  1. Use DPM Diving, they get you in the water fast and safely. The other schools focus on pool days which are just a waste of time
  2. Scooters are unnecessary if you’re staying right on Sai Ri Beach and not planning on moving much beyond the dive schools
  3. The staff at Lomprayah Ferries ticket office on the island are great and very accommodating if you want to leave early to catch a flight in Koh Samui

The Island Life in Phuket

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Phuket missions 🙂 🌴 Slow mornings, quiet beaches, and mountain views in Nai Harn. The Gallery Hotel was the perfect little base Phuket has more to offer than Patong! #NaiHarn #PhuketThailand #TheGalleryHotel #PhuketTrip #BeachEscape

♬ original sound – PROPER MUSIC

Where I stayed:

Gallery Hotel Nai Harn

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What I did:

  • Learnt to drive a scooter
  • Surfed a little (waves were a bit sparse in October)
  • Relaxed on the beach
  • Hung out with kitty cats

Thoughts on the place:

God Nai Harn is lovely. I’d been to Phuket before but never to this little spot and I am so glad that I did this time. The beach was divine, the local food was lovely, and this whole experience was the closest I’ve ever come to just enjoying living on a beach. Loved it and highly recommend.

Tips:

  1. Stay right near Nai Harn beach so you can walk or ride to it quickly
  2. Pick up a bike from Dr Moto, no passport deposit needed!

Singapore Missions

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📍Pan Pacific Singapore. 5 stars and right near Marina Bay…. Loved it! PPanPacificSingaporeMMarinaBayViewsSSingaporeHotelsLLuxuryStaysingapore

♬ Soda Pop – Saja Boys & Andrew Choi & Neckwav & Danny Chung & Kevin Woo & samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast

Where I stayed:

Pan Pacific Singapore

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What I did:

  • Explored Marina Bay Sands and watched the light show at the Supertrees
  • Ate at Lau Pa Sat hawker market
  • Went to Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen (craved English food)
  • Visited the ArtScience Museum

Thoughts on the place:

I used to live in a place called Media City which was a bit of corporate owned land just outside Manchester, where the BBC and ITV were now based. It was pure concrete and chain brands, not much soul. Singapore gets the reputation as being the same, but amongst the big bank buildings I saw glimpses of a real soul; a first date happening at a cafe while the new potential couple were clearly on lunch from their big corporate jobs – the smiles over the table and gradual drift to pure body language – it was delightful to see; the skateboarders with a speaker blasting reminding the locals that punk ain’t dead and that counterculture is unkillable; and an afternoon with a friend who took me to a vibrant hawker centre for a meal and a people-watch. Interesting place, for a certain kind of person.

Tips:

  1. Stay near Marina Bay, not in Marina Bay Sands. The view of the hotel is better than the view from it.
  2. Hawker centres are brilliant but not super forgiving if you hesitate. Know what you want before ordering.
  3. It is extremely expensive for anything imported, which is nearly everything.

Hua Hin for NYE

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Hua Hin with @aliceinwonderland8912 Staying at the wonderful @marrakeshhuahin hotel 🙂 Honestly my favourite hotel in Thailand now. This place is so lovely! #traveltiktok #couplegoals #coupletravel

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Where I stayed:

Marrakesh Hua Hin Resort & Spa

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What I did:

Thoughts on the place:

Hua Hin is seriously beautiful and the Marrakesh Hua Hin Resort & Spa may be the nicest hotel I’ve stayed in a long time… I was pretty injured after the surfing in Sri Lanka so spent a lot of time lounging on the massive balcony with my foot raised, and still the vibe was so fucking lovely. I was like a lizard just soaking the heat up. Loved it. Hua Hin itself… It’s small but worth a visit if you’re specifically just planning to chill at the beach and eat some lovely (but pricey) seafood. Imo it’s good for couples and families.

Tips:

  1. Marrakesh Hua Hin Resort & Spa is excellent.
  2. The city is framed around the beach and one long road, stay on the beachfront, not over the road!