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Published: April 22nd 2007
hello everyone just a quick update. what a crazy week i've had. i'm now a wreck and search and recovery speciality diver. not sure what that means but i'm only 3 away from becoming a master scuba diver.
so i'm know aloud to penetrate (go inside wrecks) and i even did my first ever night dive as well. i was pretty nervous about going in. it was absolutely pitch black except what you shine your torch on. i thought i would be petrified but it was kind of relaxing although i did have a few freaked out moments. but the best bit for me was surfacing and being under all the amazing stars. i had a little moment.which unfortunately resulted in me loosing my torch. good start.
i had the most amazing dive today. these are the pics that my buddy took. the turtle was absolutely massive and we swam together for ages. it was very humbling and a great experience.
this last week has been the son cran festival, which translates as water festival. basically it has been a week long water fight. everywhere else in thailand celebrate for a couple of days but hear in
pattaya it has been mental for about 8 days. the minute you walk out of the door to the minute you step back in your absolutely soaked all day. you get buckets of water thrown on you, water guns, not just little one but proper super soakers. they've had pumping trucks lining the streets with hydraulic hoses getting everyone on the way past. it has been brilliant but i'm glad it's now over.
on the actual day itself the 19th it seemed like the whole of thailand had come to pattaya and were in the streets. there was the normal drenching but you also get covered in this kind on flower paste. it's meant to be a blessing they just love getting as much as they can on you. some little bastards put tiger barm in it aswell so it stings like nobody business! we all met at the bar at 10am and i didn't get in until 8pm that night. we walked into walking street along the beach road. to be honest at sometimes it was a bit scary at the amount of people that were crammed into the streets and they all seemed to want to shove
muck in your face or down your top. but we all stuck together and everyone was in high spirits. this is the only problem with traveling on your own. i don't get to share any of this with you. so when i come to tell you about it, it never does it justice. but anyway it was one of the best days i have had in asia and an experience that will last a lifetime.
last night was so funny. i just went along to the bar for a quiet one, lynsey paul and a few others were there. another intern was there aswell, his name is josh. he was absolutely wasted. street sellers came around with bugs to eat. we brought the biggest one there was and gave it to him to eat. he ate it and then just sit i9n his chair and puked it up all down himself. it was so funny. we them told him to ring the bar bell. when someone rings the bell they have to buy the whole bar a drink. he did it 3 times. we told the bar staff to let him off, which they were going to do. but
he insisted. so the whole bar got 3 free drinks. so a quiet night down the bar turned into a great night and we ended up in walking street. josh wasn't to happy when he turned up at the bar the next day to find a 5000 baht bill. ha ha
anyway chow for now. i will try and get some son cran pics to show you just how crazy it was. these pics are just from outside the bar they are nothing compared!!!!!!!
love you all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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sheryl
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trust you rebecca rouse to lose your torch!! what a plonka!! we cant see them pics they are just black, i really wanted to see your new friend!! love ya honey xxx