Same routine with the muesli at 6am then off to Master Divers for our first official dive. We went to twins, Koh Nang Yuang. The water was so clear. Mark (the instructor) pointed at something under a rock... I swam over and nearly had a panic attack. It was a blue spotted sting ray! We saw so many fish... Longfin banner fish, butterfly fish, blue ringed angel fish, white eyed moray eels.... The next dive site was junk yard, Koh Tao. This is man made with an old...

We were up at 6am had breakfast (i made muesli and held it in front of Lees face so he'd wake up) then we headed to Master Dive for our first shallow water lesson. We checked, then packed our equipment, then got on the boat. The tank is quite heavy! We got taught the correct way to get in the water then snorkelled towards the shore. The water was stunning, so clear. We were taught how to take our mask off and breath with your mouth only under water (that sounds s...

We were up at 6 to say our goodbyes and to make our way to the ferry, ready to take us to Koh Tao. We got our sticker at the port, ate some breakfast then boarded the catamaran/ferry.

We arrived at Maan Haad, Koh Tao. We made our way to the meeting point (7/11) and found the lady owner of the guesthouse, Captain Nemo, waiting for us. She grabbed my bag and marched us down the road and up the street to our guesthouse. We talked for quite a while. She gave us a map, directions, recommendations, told us the rules to the guesthouse, past stories of customers. Her husband told us how to do a visa run (then showed us - mocking Lees question of 'is i...

Lay around, updating the blog, reading books listening to music, eating and drinking, checking Lee wasn't foaming at the mouth, checking Lees arm hadn't fallen off...... I found an application for my iPhone that takes the best panoramic views. We sussed that you can also appear in the pic a few times too so I ran across the pool whilst Lee took the pics then we swopped. A man sitting by the pool was watching us then finally asked where we were from. When we told ...