The free breakfast was basic but just what was needed. Tea and coffee on demand, toast, boiled eggs, cakes, cereal, yoghurt, and bananas! I was stuffed after making sure I got my money's worth. We were getting on a mini bus today for Ranong. The journey is 2 and a half hours, however we met people in the hostel last night who had just come from Ranong and it took them 9 hours! The heavy rains had bought down trees and flooded the roads. The journey took us 3 ...

Full of excitement we jumped out of bed and headed for the meeting point. Tea and biscuits for breakfast on the boat and we were into our 3rd dive, this time to 18 meters. Visibility again wasn't amazing but it really didn't matter. It was hard enough to take in all the fish in my view of 8 meters, I can't imagine what it is like if the visibility was 30 meters! We sat on the bottom and watch a wall of barracuda fish swim past. It was never ending, there were...

Another early start. Breakfast was had in the classroom while completing our last lesson and final exam. It was all pretty easy going. After lunch we got geared up and jumped on the dive boat. We did two dives at 12 meters and it was amazing! The visibility was apparently not to Koh Tao's usual standards but it was amazing non the less. It was all over far too quickly but we have two more dives in the morning. On dry land and showered we all headed out for...

The next couple of days are going to be devoted to completing the PADI. We were up early for breakfast and practical lessons in the morning. Donna took the chance to chill out on her own terms for a few days. We would meet her for lunch and then again for the evening. This afternoon we were getting wet! Geared up and ready to go we headed for the pool for our first dive. We had to complete a number of skills in the water and prove that we could swim. In the...

Up early, packed our bags and got ready for a morning of exploring. We jumped back on the scooters and headed to find some waterfalls. The sky was dark but luckily not raining. On route to the waterfalls we passed elephants and monkeys. Not wild, but still. At the national park HQ the rain fell and we sheltered undercover and ate breakfast. From the HQ we could follow a nature trail along a series of waterfalls to a view point. It was wet and slippery and ...