Well folks, this is our home for Christmas. We've certainly been in some more interesting places during the past 5 months, but this is a good place to chill out and stuff our festive faces at the end of our stint in Asia. It does seem like the end of a chapter for the trip as we head on to Australia and New Zealand from here for the next chunk of the journey. The island is something of a transition between Eastern and Western cultures, packed as it is with bars, restaurants and 7-Elevens catering to the countless foreign divers that invade it's shores. You can even buy cornflakes, digestives and Guinness! So once you've completed your Scuba course, what's left to do? Well, there's lying on the beach, reading, lying on the beach, eating, lying
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