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Trip Start Jan 29, 2008

Trip End Mar 04, 2008

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Sunset Buri Resort

(Ko Tao hotels)

Flag of Thailand Ko Tao, Thailand
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Today the three of us started advanced bright and early. Our first dive was at 8:00am so we had to meet at the dive shop by 7:30 to pack our equipment bags. It was just us three and our instructor though which was awesome. We did a deep dive to start, going down to 30m at Chumphon. The visibility was much better today than the last time SH and I were here.

At the bottom we cracked open eggs and the yolks hold together because of the pressure, so we played a little ping pong. I dropped my yoke though when I saw a huge reef shark at least 6 feet long and pointed at it. I managed to get Cindy's attention but the boys didn't notice at all.

We went up a bit to 18m where we saw another reef shark which was also pretty big. After that dive we had to wait an hour before doing our peak buoyancy dive at Japanese Gardens

Cindy and Robert on the dive boat

. I spotted a moray eel sticking his big ugly head out of his hole while we were down at the bottom taking turns swimming through a hoop. I pointed him out to Cindy and then he tucked his head back in but the guys got in a little closer and saw it too.

We came back for a land break before heading out again, once again at Twins, with an underwater camera. That dive was pretty fun, trying to take pictures of fish. It isn't easy. The colours don't look great unless you really know what you are doing. Fortunately I have Photoshop so I'll see what I can do about that. We saw another eel and some pretty fish and may have gotten one or two decent pictures, but even if we didn't it was still fun taking photos of one another.

After three dives in one day we were pretty tired but we met up for dinner at the Hippo before going back to study. On my way to the restaurant I stopped at bought some more flops, the exact same pair as my last ones. I had to replace them because last night someone stole them when I was at Papa's Tapas and I was once again shoeless.

I didn't get much reading done, once again, because my instructor and I decided to check out flights to Cambodia for our visa runs at the same travel agent as yesterday. It's not looking good for Cambodia but maybe we'll get lucky with a last minute price drop or something.