Two ticks today! Swam with a giant turtle which was incredible and spotted a black top reef shark swimming bellow us! He didn't stick around for very long though as they're quite nervous but we swam quite a while with the turtle! We had headed off to shark bay with our free masks and snorkels from Joey at sunshine. We got in and visibility was really poor but did get better as we swam to the middle of the bay, the rain started so we headed back to move our clothe...

We're certified open water divers! So very proud of Amy for completing it as she was struggling to get to grips with it all even though she was doing really well throughout and had a bit of a freak out over breakfast. She's over the moon she stuck with it, think I'll need to find a new dive buddy though for future dives! We were in the classroom to begin with this morning, learning calculations mostly, then had our final exam. Headed out with the other divers to...

Today was awesome :) definitely got the bug to get back out there and under the waves to see more! It literally is a whole new world you're travelling through the middle of. I woke up this morning feeling very nervous, mostly about having to jump into the deep sea with all the heavy gear on! Amy was feeling even more nervous but after a good (free) pancake breakfast we were ready to head off and meet our boat. We ran through safety procedures and kit and stuff ...

Today we were up early and ready to start our new venture... The underwater world. I have to admit I really could have done with a few hours longer in bed this morning but I was excited to get going with some real practical scuba skills. After hearing all about it from Sam's travels it's always been something I've wanted to experience for myself and always been up there on my travelling to do list. The dive resort here is really good, it's in the south of the isl...

Loving Koh Tao! Very relaxed atmosphere, lovely beach. We arrived, grabbed a pizza and a cocktail and had a random dance on the beach. Today we started our padi open water course! This involved sitting down to watch a 3 hr video and answer a series of questions on the theory. Tomorrow we head to the pool to start practicing :) before our lesson we had a wonder around town, grabbed a nice sarnie and then chilled out on the beach for a while, the tide was up though...