Hey People, I'm taking a SCUBA course on this sweet little island off Koh Phangan. It is a great atmosphere here. I am loving it. I have been pretty sedate here lying on the beach chilling out. In the day we have been learning about scuba. Yesterday was spent in a pool on the beach practicing. In 20 mins i'm on the boat to the reefs off the island for my first dive. 12m depth on the first dive. Listening to whitley as i write this. :D Is there a better band? ...

OK now i am in Koh Phangan...This place is cool. So the morning i had breaky with a couple of nice english girls ... someone to talk to yay. that was sweet. Then jumped on a moto and he took me to the police station and i got a thai police report. Then this is when i called travel insurance... they dont' cover credit cards. Went to the ferry station and got a ticket. Then stumbled into a cool engish guy who had a sydnay style cafe on the water. Had a decent co...

The day of perfect timing and then devestation.... Up early, another breakfast bananna pancakes and watermelon juice. A heart felt goodbye to the girls :D it truely was sweet travelling with them... cool chicks (minus the talk of dresses - buy no buying - jokes - gina slap anyone LOL). Onto the ferry to Phuket. Met a german couple note to self: all germans are cool. The onto a bus to the bus station. Got there 5 mins b4 the bus left. Scored Pad Thai 2 waters 1 ...

Woke up to another beautiful day. THis place is great. Booked an all day snorkelling trip. Set off and stopped to snorkel a rock outcrop. it was sweet pretty fish, diving down deep allong the coral. All day it just got better... a long tail boat chugging us allong throught the crystal clear water. then out we jump and snorkel. we found this island of rock where we could swim in behind. then we got halfway in and saw thius massive school of fish. so so manny l...

Ok today i spent in Phuket then took the Ferry to Phi Phi island. It was sweet. Scored cheap pad thai with the girl and hung off the back of a local bus. Just like the locals. Then hooked up the ferry over to Phi Phi island. Phuket was a bit too crazy and tourist filled for my liking. So beautiful here. In phi phi hooked up bangalow and drunk beers at a regae bar ;). Made friend with some randoms and watched the sunset as an 8 piece regae band was playin...