And yes, you can still snorkel with sharks, and perhaps the odd turtle as well, just check out our web site for all the local dive shops available. Here they found something more then just a new island to explore and soon the back packer network was buzzing about the fantastic newly found island paradise of Koh Tao. In ore by the pure white sandy beaches, the back of beyond aura, and of course the cheap living, backpackers soon arrived in droves. Attracted by the stunning coral reefs surrounding Ko Tao, and the expansion in recreational scuba diving, some enterprises set up a diving businesses on the island. These enterprises in turn developed resorts for their clients, and after a while quite a few of these resorts have become quite developed places. From the days of being a prison camp, through to its current re-development, Turtle island has retained it's sparkle, though it now caters for everybody's needs and expeniture.
