Goodbye Koh Tao I got up feeling a bit unwell. My ear (the one I had problems equalising while diving the previous day) felt strange, as if it was clogged. I had a late breakfast and booked my ferry ticket for the 30th. I bumped into a Dutch girl called Marit, who me and the fins had become friends with. She was heading to the North of the island to meet some friends and I decided to go along. We spent a bit of time up there on the rocks by the sea. I tried a b...

Koh Tao Christmas and Advanced Diving Christmas was strange. Everything felt wrong. The sun was shining and it was blisteringly hot. I had a massive hangover having celebrated with the continental Europeans the night before and this didn't help my mood. I thought I could make things more festive by Skyping home, but we managed to miss each other in the morning and, needing to be up early the next day, I was in bed before they returned from their afternoon stroll...

Koh Tao - Open Water Course Day 1 My Open Water fee included 4 nights accomodation in the guesthouse next door, so I happily checked out of my room and moved. Later that morning, we met to go through some of the course content, to take a few multiple choice tests and to learn a little about the equipment we would be using. In the afternoon we went to do out 'confined' session. This is normally held in a swimming pool, but my dive school took us to a shallow ba...

Koh Tao (9 nights) Day 1 (Dont worry, I wont write an essay for every day!) My train arrived at the port town of Chumphon around 5.30am. I already had a transfer booked, so I found my open-backed taxi and squashed in with around 15 others and their bags. We reached the ferry in time to see the sun rising over the ocean and began the 3 hour journey to the island. The seas were calm and I slept for the majority of the way. Upon arrival I jumped in a share taxi w...