So we finally wrenched ourselves away from our island paradise. Having said goodbye to our new friends the afternoon before, we spent the morning of departure cheering ourselves up with some new t-shirt purchases. It’s not that we didn’t want to move on to new experiences, adventures ands memories - it’s just that everything about our time on Koh Tao was so perfect, and we had just learnt this new skill that opened up a whole new world to us, and for the time being at least, it was over. For the seventh day in a row, we boarded a boat. But this time there would be no buddy checks, no mask and fins and no giant steps into the deep blue. Mercifully for me, there would also be no sea sickness either as the weather
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