Hi all, Well well well, it took me 33 hours to get to Kho Tao! It was a monster of a journey, but it was good to be back in Kho Tao and seeing the instructors I got to know before. I signed up for the PADI rescue course straight away and was watching the DVD's, reading the workbook, and completing the assessments before I had chance to shower. The weather has been amazing in Kho Tao for the last 4 days and the rescue course was excellent. I really enj...

Hi all The three hour local bus was fine and very cheap. But there was trouble. I'd woken up in agony - issues with my wisdom tooth. We arrived in Phuket and I took an instant dislike to the place. This was partly due to Patpong being anywhere as near as nice as Kota that I had visit in Phuket before. The weather was roasting and we walked around for ages with all my gear on looking for accommodation. My day bag braking (mental note - Karrimor gear is rubbis...

Hi Guys, To my amazement, the bloke was waiting for us in reception at 06:20 as promised and getting the bus was fine. We collected a few other people in Surat Thani before hitting the the 401 to the other side of the country. We met a lovely dutch girl called Cyrina who was traveling alone and we chatted to her for most of the three hour journey. The scenery on the way was beautiful as Thailand is very mountainous and green. We arrived in Kho Sok and...

Well what can I say, other than when you are the only two left at the port and everyone is packing their stuff up to go home for the night, you get the feeling something isn't quite right. All the other approx 200 travellers had got onto the coaches and left for the next destinations. Our coach had turned up an hour and a half after it should of do. It was also evident that we are the only two people to be going into the jungle too. In the end a little back loadi...

Days 14 to 22, Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, I've been bitten and bitten badly! By the diving bug...... I've come to Kho Tao for one reason and that reason is to dive and achieve my Open Water PADI certificate. On the ferry over, Colin and I spoke to several different dive companies and decided to go with Buddha View diving. The reason we decided this was because they looked the most professional and they weren't located on the main beach where every one e...