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Published: April 9th 2009
Koh Tao
Koh Tao is all about scuba diving, even on the ferry over it’s all about trying to sell you the best Padi course. We enrolled with Easy Diver for our Open water course basically because the guy on the ferry was very friendly and the Spanish instructor Zigor seemed like a funny enthusiastic guy.
The course began with watching a video or 2 about how to breathe underwater without getting the Benes or Nitrogen narcosis.
The next day we set out on our first confined water dive were we learn how to get all the gear on and the importance on signaling if you are ok underwater.
Things went relatively well after the initial swallowing water and panicking from me (Jo). Greg was obviously a natural!
Continues over the next 2 days with 4 further dives to depths of 20m and both started to really enjoy the experience, except for the practice sessions where you have to remove your mask.
Was amazing ocean life including seeing clown fish (Nemo) in a circle that your not suppose to enter, quite hard to articulate that information while under water. Fish are weird at times as
I had a cut on my knee from falling over which they seemed to want to eat. We saw Puffer fish, Angel fish, Christmas worms, sea urchins, Groupers, Barracudas and more. All of which unfortunately we have no photos of. On the last day we had a video made which was totally worth paying for (although expensive) so what this space for future updates.
In the mean time here’s a few picture on me in my scuba gear, that stuff weighs a ton!
Bangkok - welcome to the city tuk-tuk’s a thousand Buddha’s and ping-pong shows.
Arrived in Bangkok at 3am after 8 hours on a bus. We spent around 3 days in Bangkok which was just the perfect amount of time especially as it was so hot. First day we got a tuk-tuk around to various temples it’s a bit of a scam because it’s very cheap at 20 baht but they take you around various shops which in turn they get free petrol.
In the evening we hit the hustle of Khoa San Road which is quite buzzing and good for a cheap drink outside a make shift 7/11 bar.
The next day
we took a trip out to the weekend market Chatuchak, which has to be said is the mother of all Markets. Everything is sold here from puppies, clothes, snakes and art work. Random!
The final day we visited Wat Pho, the oldest temple in Bangkok famous for the giant reclining Buddha and Wat Pho massage school where you can get a Thai message which at times is a bit like torture.
Later that day we visited the Grand Palace, and Wat Phra Kaew, where you can see the famous emerald Buddha which is seemingly levitating above the ground and see the impressive golden mosaic encrusted pillars. The Grand palace is used by the king on certain occasions like coronation day you can walk around the grounds which are very regal, but also very hot.
So now it’s off the Chang Mai for the last step in Thailand.
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JOHN AND MAGGIE
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KOH TAO AND ONWARDS
WOW - I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REAL TURTLE AT FIRST - DIVING NOW EH - I BET YOU WILL BE RIDING ON ELEPHANTS NEXT ! YOU WILL NEVER FORGET THIS TRIP - IT IS GREAT READING ALL ABOUT YOUR ADVENTURES - CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT EPISODE. HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY WAS GREAT - MAGIC TO TALK TO YOU ON PHONE.TAKE CARE BOTH OF YOU.