Here's another video showing some of the weird and wonderful critters we saw while diving in Phuket. Ferdi says he'll never need to use Final Cut Pro again. Windows Movie Maker ROCKS!! ;-) If you have trouble seeing the video you can watch it on YouTube by following this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4n0P2Gjim8 Thursday, April 30th We got on our scooter early and headed to Chalong pier. We got on the boat and two hours later we were at our first dive site: King Cruiser. This 85m catamaran-style passenger ferry sank in May 1997 after hitting the anemone reef while en-route to Koh Phi Phi. We went down to 31.1m, our deepest yet. Visibility was low and there was a strong current but it was awesome and a little spooky to swim along and through parts of this ... read more

Saturday, April 25th After breakfast Ferdi had to sort out some things on-line so Talita went to the market to walk around and see what's what. Amongst other things she found a KFC! Ferdi's gonna go visit there real soon! While Ferdi was on-line he decided to check on our blog. He saw we had a new comment, which always fills us with excitement. We love hearing from our people! This comment turned out to be a real disappointment though. We had received our first hate-mail because of our beliefs. We were called "ignorant" and "wacko" and were openly mocked. It sucks, but we know that Jesus said we'd be hated because we follow Him. In the end, instead of making us ashamed of our faith (as it was intended to), it made us more bold ... read more

Tuesday, April 21st The naughty kitty joined us for breakfast again. We thought she wanted our food but it turned out she was just after attention. With a lot of stroking she quieted down and made herself comfortable on our bed (we could get a fine if management found her in our room, but we figured it's their cat so we'll risk it). Our first dive site for the day was Shark Island because everyone hoped to see the Whale Shark again. It was also too windy to dive on the west coast. Our guide for the day was a funny character named Tom (he's almost a blond version of Austin Powers). The dive was fun and we tested our new masks. They work great and we're very happy with them. Unfortunately the Whale Shark didn't ... read more

Friday, April 17th Early in the morning we packed our things, bid Haad Yao beach a fond farewell, then scooted south to Thong Sala pier. After breakfast Ferdi dropped Talita by the ferry ticket office with our little bags. While she bought our tickets he scooted to go get our big bags from storage. After dropping off the big bags Ferdi had to go back and drop off the scooter. The lady thought we'd changed a panel on the scooter (meaning we'd had an accident), but Ferdi assured her we didn't. Reluctantly she gave back his passport (which she had kept as collateral), then Ferdi ran down the beach to the pier, fearing that the ferry might leave without him. He arrived on time but the ferry was late. Rather safe than sorry. We sat outside ... read more

Monday, April 13th We got a scooter and scooted north, accompanied by Rafi, a British guy who stays at the same resort. We went to scout for a place to stay near a few snorkeling spots and he just wanted to tag along to see more of the island. While we were riding, people all along the roads would soak us with buckets of water, super-soakers and hoses. At first we thought that it was to get us to buy super-soakers and join in the fun. Later we were told that today is Thai New Year. Some say they believe the water washes away your sins or bad karma or something while others say that the water is intended to cool you down because it's usually the hottest day of the year. We reached Haad Yao, ... read more