GREETINGS FROM A VERY HOT AND SUNNY THAILAND.TODAY IS OUR LAST DAY ON KOH TAO AND WE ARE BOTH SAD TO LEAVE-WE LOVE KOH TAO! OUR LAST DAY WAS SPENT AT THE VERY EXCLUSIVE JAMAHKIRI SPA RESORT WHCH OVERLOOKS ONE OF THE NICEST BAYS ON THE ISLAND-SHARK BAY.MIMI SPENT A WHILE IN THE GYM AND THEN WE HAD A RELAXING DAY BY THE POOL.
SINCE THE FULL MOON PARTY A FEW NIGHTS AGO,THE ISLAND HAS GOT MUCH BUSIER.YESTERDAY THERE WERE NEARLY 30 DIVERS IN BOTH SWIMMING POOLS.AM VERY GLA THAT I DID MY DIVING IN A SMALL GROUP (4)AS SOME INSTRUCTORS HAD 8-10 IN A CLASS.
WE HAVE BEEN ON TWO SNORKELING TRIPS AROUND THE ISLAND THAT TAKE YOU TO SIX DIFFERENT BAYS AROUND KOH TAO AND NANG YUAN ISLAND.ANYONE CONTEMPLATING DOING A DIVING COURSE BUT NOT 100% SURE SHOULD GO ON A SNORKELING TRIP.THE SNORKELING IS GREAT-NEARLY AS GOOD AS THE DIVING.WE SAW TWO SMALL BLACK TIP REEF SHARKS,SOME VERY LARGE BARRACUDA AS WELL AS SOME NICE CORAL.
I HAVE TO REPORT THAT SNOWFLAKE IS NO MORE.AFTER NEARLY SIX WEEKS OF FACTOR 50 (AND 1 DAY OF FACTOR 30)MIMI HAS GOT SOME COLOUR!NOT A LOT BUT SOME! IT DOES LOOK A BIT FUNNY THOUGH-AS SHE HAS BEEN WELL AND TRULY MUNCHED BY THE MOSQUITOS-YOU COULD PLAY DOT TO DOT ON HER LEGS! NEW NICKNAME SPOTTY??
WE HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED OUR TIME ON KOH TAO BUT ALAS WE MUST LEAVE,ONTO OUR MONTH LONG TOUR OF VIETNAM,LAOS AND CAMBODIA.FROM NOW ON WE WILL BE SWITCHING OVER FROM HOLIDAY MODE TO TRAVELLING MODE.WILL PUT PICKS ON IN BANGKOK TOMORROW....THWA-BA-OUN-MEH!