Koh Tao - Advanced Diving Course Hi I was up at 7 the next day and just had time to say goodbye to Stacey and Jaime as they were headingoff to Koh Samui for a few days and so I said I would meet them later on. The adanced course is five dives that where you learn different skills, two of the dives are compulsory and then you can chose the remaining 3 dives. The first dive of the day was Multi level diving, this allows you to dive for longer at different de...

Ko Tao - Open Water Diving Hi, The bus journey to Surat Thani was really boring and dragged on for ever. However, I did meet a Swiss girl called Arragatta who was lovely and made me laugh most of the way there as she was so dramatic and over-exaggerated everything. She was like a cooler version of Nikki from Big Brother. I couldn't sleep most of the way so when we arrived at a deserted cafe and were told we had a 3 hour wait for the boat to Koh Tao I f...

Bangkok Day 2 Chatuchak Weekend MarketHi all, Going to bed early was probably the best decision I've made for a while as that night a western woman was shot in the head on Koh San Road, right next to my guest house. I didn't hear a thing but everyone was talking abut it the next day. Well, everyone but the Thai's, this is not good for them as it may put off western tourists who spend all the money. I couldn't ...

Bangkok Part 3 (Yes, I'm back!) Hi all, I'm back!! Yippee I love Thailand and again it was easier this time round. Just hopped off the plane and onto a bus that would take me straight to good old Koh San Road for 150 bhat - cheap as chips! I headed down the road and decided to stay in a nicer than usual place as it was only going to cost me 4 quid and it had a pool, a double bed (no more bunk beds!) and my o...

Hi all  Bangkok – for the third time  So after I had recovered from the full moon party I made a decision to go to Bali instead of carrying on round Thailand. The plan was to return to Thailand and go down the East coast after about 10 days in Bali. Everyone I spoke to on Koh Phangnan said that the weather on the east coast was poor so it may not be worth going yet. Since the weather picks up moving towards November I decided that by the time I ca...