Thought i would tell you of my day just before a quick samosa and pancake. Today has been amazing! Got up at 6:30 (yes mum, 6:30) and had a wee breakfast to keep me going until lunch because 1 hour later we were getting ready to scuba dive. But this time 30m (100ft) down! After the decent down, equalising all the way, we were at the bottom and if you looked up you couldnt really see the top... We practised a few skills at the bottom and as we were there a 2m l...

I am now a qualified 'Open Water Diver'! After the four day course Charlie, Chris, Di, Casper (from Holland) and i did we have all now done 4 dives (one to 14m) and passed all the theory. I can now dive to limit of 18m (60ft!) and in the next few days am actually planning to go on another dive, possibly to see sharks. Which scares the hell out of me... Charlie taking it one step further and doing another course to become an Advanced Diver but right now im...

Well i'v arrived at Koh Tao and it is amazing although did have a bit of journey to get here. After saying goodbye to charlie and co i got a taxi to the train station in the center of bangkok only to find i was 3 hours early. So had a nice lunch at a near by cafe, left a generous tip of 20% (7p) and got on the train. The train ride itself was great; meet a nice Thai woman oppisite me who recomended a fewe places, had a nice dinner and beer and saw the passin...

Well...i have made it safely to Bangkok after a great flight ,although did stupidly watch 'Snakes on a Plane' halfway through (not a great nights sleep). Meet two very nice Norwiegn (spelling?) girls on the flight and may see them again in Brisbane but who knows. Currently i am writing this from a 5 star hotel in the center of the city and feeling very grand, the accomadation a can only get worse. So far the food, people and shopping have been great and ...