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Ko Tao's Ao Mae Haad runs to the north and south of the island's main town, Mae Haad, which is also where the ferry piers are located. Your arrival here will be hectic and noisy with a plethora of touts and taxi drivers vying for your custom.
Take a breath and relax.
Booking beforehand usually ensures a pick up but do check. If you know where you are going then arranging a taxi is not a problem aside from the usual haggling. If you want to take a moment simply keep walking away from the melee and stop at a restaurant for a drink. The chaos subsides as quickly as it began and you can relax, peruse a map and take it from there. There will still be plenty of taxi drivers around to take you wherever you desire.
The town is busiest when the ferries arrive and depart and sees some traffic when the dive centres transfer divers too. Otherwise it remains largely sleepy. The immediate beach area around the piers is quite cluttered and industrial, so not very pretty, but the areas to the far north and south are clean and have some nice snorkelling too.
Mae Haad is comprised of two roads leading up to the main road, and one long road and track running parallel with the beach, with a few side roads connecting them. Bakeries, clothes shops, banks, souvenir shops, internet cafes, travel agents, restaurants and bars make up the commercial area and the post office is located here too.
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