After my little detour to the Maldives, I spent a few weeks at home for Christmas, but decided to escape the grey winter quickly afterwards. I had always wanted to spend New Year’s on a beach, so returning to Koh Tao, Thailand, seemed like a logical decision. I met up with my friend Sarah from the Netherlands and we had a fun party night as well as a couple of fun days together before she returned back home.

Initially, I had just wanted to spend a week or two on Koh Tao, but ended up extending my trip to about 3.5 weeks to be able to finally catch one of the trapeze shows that I had missed last time. Of course, I also took some flying trapeze lessons myself again and I ended up swapping the silks for lyra which I think suits me much better (less options for confusion and entanglement). I also went climbing a lot and managed to meet up with lots of friends – Tiffany and Joska from the Koh Tao 2022 group, Sarah and the trapeze crew who live on the island, and Justin and Nia who I had met in Turkey. This time, I also managed to go scuba diving a few times and ticked off the top dive sites around the island – some of them surprisingly good.

Tiffany and I climbed the island’s first multi-pitch which was a fun adventure in very windy conditions! All in all, it was a great way to start the new year in Koh Tao – one of my favourite nomad places with some of my favourite people. Here are more photos from my time on Koh Tao.