Sensi Paradise Ko Tao

... but unfortunately we are far from it.

We quickly decided to head into Haad Rin, the site of the Full Moon, to seek out accommodation as well as to book a scuba package so that we could spend the days before the party getting scuba certified. We stopped at the first dive shop we came to and were immediately overwhelmed with information. The British dive instructor working the shop that night was utterly loquacious - he repeated himself fifty times before we had a chance to tell him ...

... such gangily legs i have to keep them moving or they sink which i didn't like near the spikey bits and I didn't want to damage to the pretty coral. We decided to have a look the other side of the sand bank to see if it was any deeper and it was just the same, we did see some cool fish and hopefully i'll try uploading some videos I took, hopefully they won't make you feel sea sick cause they move around a bit and sometimes I forget I'm filming and ...

... cool. A proper thai style beach house.. hammock and all. The fact it was 20 seconds from the beach was a plus aswell.

So we went to the beach and rented some snorkels and snorkeled for ages. It was a great experience. The visibility was great, there were loads of fish, lots of coral which i had never seen before. Early on i did cut the top of my left foot and my right-hand middle finger on the coral though. The ...

... Eventually find beach house one hour later, stumble, stumble, stumble.

Thailand is a gastronomic disaster area for me, the food is so good, like SO good, convinced that in one week my plane will skid off the runway and the pilot will announce over the tannoy that we can't take off because some Scottish/Australian lard ass could not stop eating chicken pad thai.



Off to Bangkok next...

... was fairly easy. We booked an overnight bus to Chumphon and a linked ticket on a ferry to Koh Tao, from where we would get a further ferry to Koh Nang Yuan. We actually had what they called a ‘buffet ticket’ which meant we would be able at a later stage to use the ticket again to get from Koh Tao to our final island destination, Koh Samui. We knew that we would arrive in Chumphon in the early morning and we were told that we would be stuck there for a few hours because the ...

... meters of water. We started in the pool practicing today which was good - and tomorrow we go out to do two reef dives in the morning early - cant wait especially with the water temperature being 30 degrees there is no need for wetsuit! Paid a bit extra for our room as it was discounted 50% because we are doing the dive course at the resort. $40 a night and we have ocean views from the hillside - amazing - and lovely swimming pools one has bar beside which is handy ...

... and i went diving for the first time since Ive been back today and somehow managed to throw my back out once again. i did the same exact thing when i first arrived in Thailand in September of this year and now i have come full circle. i cant explain how bad it hurts sometimes when i try to do something as simple as get out of bed. i haven't laid down yet so it hasn't completely locked up but tomorrow morning is going to be a ***** and I'm not looking forward to it ...

... when the lights went out at 11.30 for bed time. This scuppered both our plans, as we were not drunk enough to pass out against the noisy backdrop either! A sleepless night followed, and we eventually drifted off, we arrived at 6 AM in Koh Phangan. Koh Phangan Koh Phangan is an interesting island, in that there are far more westerners, mainly Swedish and Israelis, than locals. And it is really geared towards tourists. It does have some ...

... at ease in the water i was hooked after the first day and was even disappointed to ascend when our decompression limits approached. After our dives were over we went back to sairee beach, and were we ever tired. it was 5ish and we were completely wiped out from diving, and starving. it was an early night for all except my neighbors. when i went back to my little room the people two doors over were having a loud chat and a few beers on the porch. by the time i finished getting ready for ...