Blogs from Ko Tao, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 113

Sorry for the infrequent blogs, the electricity/internet capabilities of the islands are limited. I'll also apologize in advance for any strange things said in this entry - post full-moon party debauchery and my head is not yet right. After leaving Chiang Mai we went off to Ayuthaya, a city famous for its ruins (it was the capital of Thailand until the... 13th? century) to geek out a little, considering our academic backgrounds we were pretty excited. However, as a whole, Ayuthaya proved to be a bigger nuisance than anything else. Firstly, our songthaw driver didn't take us to our requested hostel, but rather feigned misunderstanding and delivered us to a guesthouse (P.U.) with the pushiest manager in the history of pushy businesspeople. We were desperate for a bed and a bathroom (both suffering from some stomach ... read more

So in the course of the 3 days I have done the following : Crashed a scooter BEFORE! renting it and moved from a nice jungle style hut to a beach front bungalow which cost me 4.50 bucks a night and got open water warm 72 degrees they say even at night.Ive kinda clicked up with my diving team and hang out at night and drink 3 brits and an ausie who are all cool.Tonight we're getting together with the instructors and have a few beers and watch the video the taped while us being underwater.Its cost like 30 bucks but I think its worth it considering the event.I asked the guy whats he cutting on and he said premier I told him about FCPvs Premo and seemed kinda impressed.Ill get the raw dv footage so ... read more

Hey all, Well I waited till about 830am or so and took a taxi to the airport 4 ko samui on the way there people were on scotters for everything.Little carts connected 3 people on 1 guys driving with 1 hand and carrying a 10ft step later with the other crazy as hell!.The flight to Koh Sumui was 92buck and was way more than I expected to pay but I kinda didnt have a choice since Chaing mai is all rained out.No jungle trek for Dax I guess.I've been on this little Island called Koh Tao and and everything is geared for diving which is nice cuz for the next 3 days thats what I'll be doing.The little hut Im staying at is maybe 7 min scotter ride outside of town very quaint and sits a ... read more

We are now in Ko Tao after going from Ko phi phi to Ko Samui and then here. In Ko Phi Phi we went on the snorkelling trip which was absolutely amazing i saw all the fish from finding nemo ( except Nemo himself, of course) and more it was brilliant. We managed to get to 'the beach' after much hassle by climbing through a hole in the rocks with waves crashing at us. We both got cut and bruised, Andys were quite bad. The following day we went on a walk and talk about the tsunami. It was unbelivable what has happened and it really hit home. There is one building that hasnt been touched, it was the staff headquarters of the Cabana hotel ( what was the most upmarket resort on the island). There ... read more

Hello guys, hope you're all well. Well, where do I start.... I'm now a rescue diver which means that I can lift someones fat ass out of the water and onto a boat, sweet. I start my divemaster training soon but to be honest I'm in no rush. I've moved into a more permanent place just up the road from the dive school. I bought a motor bike, best looking bike on the island, every one agrees.... I've also bought all my own dive stuff like mask (not goggles) fins (not flippers) and a cool wetsuite, nice.... Anyways hope you're all Ok after the bombings, i'm sure you are. You're a tough lot.. Keep your comments and emails coming, lovin it....... read more