Saturday, June 18, 2011

Koh tao

                                                                Tao  Island








KOH    TAO,    (  Turtle  Island  )        Tittle  more  than   21  km2,
locate  about  70  km   east   of  the  coastline    between
Suratthani   and   Chumphon,  in  the  Gulf  of  thailand.


    Koh  Tao  means   Turtle  Island,  because  in  the  past
the  waters  in  this   area  were  rich    with  sea  turtles.
nowadays   they    they  have  mostly   moved   on  to  
other  breeding  grounds.
                                               
                                                         NANG YAUN    ISLAND
                                              The  neighbour   island  of  KOH  TAO


   From  1933   on  the  island   was  used  as  a  political  prison.
And   in  1947,  Khun   A-Paiwong,   prime  minister  at  the  time,
pleaded   and  received  a  royal  pardon   for  all  prisoners  on
the  island.


In  the  eighties   the  first  travellers  discovered   the  island
paradise   and  quickly  mate  it  widely  know 
as  popular   diving   destination.




 As  a  consequence,  bigger, faster  and  safer
  boats  were  used   to
 allow  easier  access   to    KOH  TAO.   


ROUT  MAP   TO    KOH   TAO



1 comment:

  1. I'm addicted for landscapes and scenarios like this are really impressive and amazing.
    Regards from capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joey Walli (ThaiJoey)

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