Flew out of Phuket today and headed back to Bangkok. A nice lady I found on the Internet drove me to the airport for half of what the hotel was charging. I checked into the Bangkok Centre Hotel where my travel group was meeting. My roommate had already arrived and was showering when I came in. She is a mental health nurse in England. She quit her job in October and has been traveling around since. She just came from visiting her sister in Perth and wants to get a...

I had another wonderfully relaxing day. I explored the shopping area around Kata in the morning. Lots of cool little shops. I want to buy everything but I don't want to carry it for my whole trip so I maintained self control. Then I headed down to the beach. It is so nice how everything is in walking distance around here. It's such a nice little holiday area. Today I went to Kata Beach instead of Kata noi. They are only a few minutes apart. I liked Kata beach be...

Today I checked out of my hotel and went to a different hotel close to a nice beach. The service at my previous hotel was amazing. When I checked out, I said I needed a taxi to this other hotel. They were unable to reach the cab company so the young man working the front desk drove me himself. He just graduated from an international degree in advertising at the university in Bangkok. He is now helping his aunt and uncle with the hotel in Phuket. He stopped on the...

Today was the best day yet! The weather was awesome and didn't feel sea sick at all. The visibility underwater was amazing! Such a difference from Wednesday. Nice group of people on the boat. Got a bit of sun. It was just a fun time. We did three dives today. The second was a ship wreck called King Cruiser. This was my favorite dive site of the whole trip. Millions apon millions of fish. Seeing the wreck was awesome. There were some toilets on the side of the bo...

Today I went diving at Phi Phi. The weather was much better today. I still felt a little sea sick but it was much better than yesterday. Phi Phi is beautiful! The sun was shinning and the view was gorgeous. I saw Maya Bay where 'The Beach' was filmed. It looked so inviting. I wanted so bad to go and put my feet in the sand but the boat was not stopping. The diving is beautiful here. I saw two turtles and lots of nemos. Then we went to Anenome reef and saw more ...