Thailand: Koh Tao: Sairee Beach and Golden 99 Buffet Restaurant Review

Quick one for Koh Tao, the island with most dive sides in Thailand. 

So if you're wondering how to go Koh Tao from Koh Samui, click me and scroll down a little to see the balded wording. 

So John and I stayed for 4d3n because he wanted to go diving (you cant fly 24 hours after you dive). 

As usual, we avoided the most happening area and for the first time in my life i was regretted on my hotel choice because it was in middle of no where (and that is because of wrong location showed in the map and mislead my judge), anyway i will keep that for next hotel review post. 

Quick look on the island. 

grab from internet.

Not up to the level of Phuket but close to Samui, so you can expect a leisure village island. 

The most happening area is Sairee Beach (refer to the map), you can find everything in that village and of course a nice beautiful but crowed beach, with heaps of beach side pub/restaurant/bar for amazing sunset view that i will show you some pix later on. 

This is not a small island but take hours to walk from north to south, so you can either rent a bike / bicycle or ATV like below. 

i didn't ride this blue monster even once, i felt unsafe. But John had great fun riding this to goes around the island. 

John and I doesn't have any motorbike license *but no one care in Thai, and we have very little experience of riding a bike in villages, so we decided to get an ATV.

Well, the fact is John eyed and couldn't move his eye from the ATV since the day he reached, because this is the first time he saw ATV for rent in Thailand, he rather give up diving but wanted to rent one.

So we got one, 24 hours rent for 1500bath, you don't need to show your license but you have to deposit your passport, and get it back when you return the ATV.

oh by the way...

they sell gasoline in bottle, just like Bali. 

And i cant deny that ATV brought we so much convenience in moving around in the island, because the location of our hotel is suck, totally nothing around, the nearest shop is 15 minutes walking distance which you possible kill John.

So our schedule as below:
1st day: Reached Koh Tao by 4pm and check in hotel.
2nd day: Snorkeling and Island hoping to Koh Nang Yuan
3rd day: Round the island with ATV (well this suppose to his diving day!)
4th day: Pack and left to Surathani.

Lets move on to the sunset view in Sairee beach!

we reached pretty early but its alright, we enjoyed our evening cocktail while waiting the sun goes down.

great weather after storm in the noon time

argggg... great enjoyment.

you cant believe until you see this. 

we didn't see the sunset but God is given this beautiful clouds for us. 

great evening.

glimpse on the night life in Sairee beach.

and of course the walking street that full with street food, restaurant, dive shop and etc.

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Alright, review on the fave restaurant of us in the island, Golden 99 Buffet, which located between the main pier and chalok bay, you won't miss it if you take the main road. 

As the name of the restuarant, its MoGaTa (Thai BBQ Buffet) restaurant, and its only 99bath / person (as in March 2013).

2 pits for BBQ and steamboat

lots of yummy and fresh prepare ready-to-eat food

you will never believe you get so much choice of food by only paying 99bath.

Alright next will be hotel review, stayed tune to know more!

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

20140623, 1103pm
Rach in gastric pain mood.