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Re:Ask HN: How/Where to take a month off by elai on Monday June 21, 2010 @01:19AM (#1448047)
I'm planning to go to ko tao ($200 for an open water PADI course & accomidation) and just snorkel/dive for several weeks. It's a really good place to be. Snorkeling is one of the best kinds of exercise there is. It's not too hard, but you can do it for hours and it's really fun and you feel it when your done.

Another option is the perhentain islands, tioman island or siporna archelegpo in malaysia. Malaysia has better infrastructure compared to most of south east asia. You can get unlimited 3G internet for certain ($6.50 a week USD prepaid) with celcom on those islands. (not sure with siporna).

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Re:Ask HN: How/Where to take a month off by bemmu on Monday June 21, 2010 @01:51AM (#1448106)
I don't know how it is now, but two years ago in Ko Samui the 3G internet was unusable. For example I never managed to log in to Facebook with it. It would work for a few seconds, then the connection would disappear for a minute and then work for a few seconds again. We had more luck getting a very cheap cabin next to a very expensive resort and use their wifi. Forget the internets, bring a few good books and enjoy your stay =)
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