Ok... Time to be honest about Koh Phangan, this is the second island on the east side of mainland Thailand, I've visited, and isn't not great (I'm not going to bother with Koh Samui). In fact, it's pretty grim... The full moon party has come and gone, and the town of Haad Rin on the southern tip is pretty rough. The place where I'm staying is full of people with injuries, from people that have been burnt from flame rope skipping on the beach, to people that have ...

I woke up this morning to the sound of rain... Drew the curtains, and it was pissing it down, it didnt last long, and it was time for me to pack my stuff and check out of Big Blue 2.... Had a nice long shower, and found a geko trying to get in my rucksack! Ha ha. Decided to have a nice chilled morning, sorted out my accommodation for the next couple of days, and also managed to change my flights back to Bangkok on the 05th May! Picked up my ADVANCED Diving card...

... The sunset pictures might be boring people, but I can't get sick of them.... Today I passed my advance diving course. Of course I will tell you more about what happened! Happy Easter everyone. Well it was another horrible early morning start, the alarm was set for 6:00, which gave me just enough time to shower pack my bag, and get down to the departure point! It didn't run that smoothly, I stupidly fell back to sleep after I had turned off my alarm, oops.....

.... Waking up this morning as a qualified diver was pretty cool! I can't believe in just 3 days i've passed my SSI Open Water Course, and without giving myself a break, I'm straight onto the advance course, which will be done in 2 days, with 5 dives.. I had a quiet morning, had something to eat, then headed to big blue to start my advanced diving. My new instructor is Emma, (Not sure if I said before but my instructor for the Open Water, was Iain - I know our Ia...

Ok... Need to be honest, the alarm going off at 0600 this morning was a shock to the system! Showered, got my stuff together and headed to the meeting point half asleep! Got my equipment, and boarded Banzi the biggest Big Blue boat, we has a 45 minute boat journey to the Chumpon dive site. Got briefed about what we would be doing, 18 meters..! Whoop whoop... (At the point of going in the water I was just hoping my ears wouldn't mess about!) good news is they were...