Travel Plans/August 2023

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/
• Mojo Diving goes to Sail Rock every Wednesday and Saturday (6am-1pm): https://mojodiverskohtao.com/

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