Whilst writing this post I realise this is probably going to evoke jealously in whoever reads, you&rsquo;ve been warned and I apologies in advance. I also feel a little ashamed as there really haven&rsquo;t been many marvellous adventures, or significant cultural uncovering these last 2 weeks. I&rsquo;ve been spending my time in a tropical paradise - sunbathing, drinking beer, snorkelling and having a jolly good relaxing time all round.

After the first week in Bangkok, and the previous 2 weeks in Sydney I was feeling a bit drained. Bangkok&rsquo;s exciting, impressive and exhausting all at the same time. So needing a rest I decided to travel south to check out the famous Islands off the Thai coast.

My sister gave me some good advice, she&rsquo;s been to Thailand before and recommended Koh Tao as a good destination. I also realised, after doing some research, this Island is the closest to Bangkok - I need to return to Bangkok afterwards to travel east towards Cambodia &ndash; so I started planning my trip. Koh Tao is the smallest of 3 islands located 70km east of the coastline near Chumphon, in the Gulf of Thailand. Chumphon itself a large town situated about 450km south of Bangkok. 