This was my final day of my 'open water course' which involves two dives and an exam. The two dives were great, we went deeper and saw some great fish. I'm talking hundreds of fish brushing past you. The beginning was good fun. We had to use the rope again but it was so choppy it was throwing divers left, right and centre. My instructor signalled to me to do a free decent which is where you just delate you BCD and head straight for the bottom. The poor Thai gi...

Woke up and nursed a small hangover. Dave could see it in my eyes and he knew I didn't do my homework the night before. f*** it I'm on holiday. That morning we covered more boring information about scuba diving. I had to listen to this though because he had to quiz me at the end and plus this information could save my life while under water. After that I ate and I got to scuba dive out in sea. I even had a scuba diving buddy. A very small Thai girl that could...

Today I got to scuba Dive. I met my instructor called dave in the morning and the first thing we had to do was go through that terrible video that I partly watched. He explained it in much more simple terms and we got through it quick. After that it was time for some lunch at a cracking local restaurant where they do some great milkshakes. It quite big in thailand and it's a great filler before some Thaifood. Back to diving: dave explained the equipment in mor...

This day is pretty simply. I arrived in Koh Tao as an absolute zombi so I slept through most of the day. I arrived at reception to begin briefing and all the training non-sense however I get told I've been put in a group all by my self. Just what I want to hear as a lone-ranger but hey I went with it. I later got put in a room and I was made to watch a pretty boring video on scuba safety; it was that boring I skipped the DVD till the end and I told the instru...

Once again no luck on the jetlag, woke up with a Bangkok hangover and I had to be out the room by 12:00. I took things slow that day and met up with Jeremy and hit a massive shopping store called MBK. Got some coffee and browsed. Later we caught a sleeper train to Chumphon. Met some funny lads on the train but I hit the sack early when the beds were made at 10:00. The guy in his bed next to me decided to have some 'personal time' during the night but apart fro...