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Diving trip planning

Date suggestions would be arriving to Ko Tao on August 20, 2023' and leaving on August 27th. We could then to visit Bangkok for a couple days arriving on the August 27 and leaving on August 30.

Resources

Wikivoyage page for Ko Tao
Agoda Search
Shop that runs very early morning trips (6am) but seems to mostly beat the crowds as a result: https://newwaydiving.com/en/fun-diving/

Potential dive shops

Sairee Cottage diving seems to have extremely cheap package deals w/ diving trips [1] and places as little as $15/night
Mae Haad dive shop with built in accommodations and some upgrade options: https://www.crystaldive.com/accommodation-at-crystal-dive/
Big Bubble which seems to be one of the bigger options: https://www.divingatkohtao.com/
Run by Austrian's with a website in German: https://www.divepoint-kohtao.com/index.php/en/
Bigger newer shop seems to be run entirely by foreigners w/ lots of options: https://www.roctopusdive.com/
Hobo-ya (Japanese Dive shop): http://www.hobo-ya.com/kohtao/

Places to stay

Splurge place to stay (~5000 TBH for the cheaper ones) https://www.kohtaocabana.com/
Just a place to stay but like 1000 baht/night: https://www.summerguesthousekohtao.com/

Mako's Plans

2023-08-16 (Wednesday) — 2023-08-19 (Saturday): Mako should be in Wikimania in Singapore
2023-09-04 (Monday): Mako needs to be in Princeton for kickoff the next day

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 * [[:wikivoyage:Ko Tao|Wikivoyage page for Ko Tao]]
 * [https://www.agoda.com/search?city=17389&locale=en-us&ckuid=ae995151-5703-42ef-98f4-dbb3dbf9cc65&prid=0&currency=USD&correlationId=35bf2b8e-eaa7-43ef-87dc-05dffc958e2f&analyticsSessionId=-2470980653307526451&pageTypeId=103&realLanguageId=1&languageId=1&origin=US&cid=1606957&userId=ae995151-5703-42ef-98f4-dbb3dbf9cc65&whitelabelid=1&loginLvl=0&storefrontId=3&currencyId=7&currencyCode=USD&htmlLanguage=en-us&cultureInfoName=en-us&machineName=as-pc-3g-acm-web-user-6fdf6d96bd-dp54q&trafficGroupId=2&sessionId=tvpdbbdpkjxqlgwkug2pldw1&trafficSubGroupId=2&aid=139090&useFullPageLogin=true&cttp=4&isRealUser=true&mode=production&browserFamily=Firefox&checkIn=2023-08-20&checkOut=2023-08-27&rooms=1&adults=2&children=0&priceCur=USD&los=7&textToSearch=Ko%20Tao&productType=-1&selectedProperty=296302&travellerType=1&familyMode=off Agoda Search]
+* Shop that runs very early morning trips (6am) but seems to mostly beat the crowds as a result: https://newwaydiving.com/en/fun-diving/
 === Potential dive shops ===