18 MayHaving had a late night the evening before we slept in till 10h30 after which we headed to MBK, a mall very popular with Thai students and also cheaper than many other shops who try to take advantage of unsuspecting foreigners. Taking the local bus we arrived there and did some windowshopping for around 3 hours before succumbing and buying two jackets with detachable inner fleece and waterproof jacket outer and some souvenirs. From here we made our way bac...

17 MayWe arrived in Bangkok at 09h00 and walked to the first guesthouse we could find, we bargained for a price and headed out to the city.We had not even crossed the street when a very nice lady stopped us and showed us where to go on our map. She informed us that today was a Buddha holiday and there were special government tuk tuks (usually excessively expensive) that were only 10 Baht for the day, this was as cheap as they come considering two blocks with them...

16 MaySleeping late, we woke up at 09h00, finished up and took the scooter to the other side of the island where we bought tickets for the ferry to Chumporn and a bus to Bangkok. We visited some of the dive shops to look for masks that would fit. Compared to RSA the prices are really good and as we did a course through Simple life divers we were given 10% discount. We ended up buying two really nice masks for R600 a piece. We were even able to buy New BCD's for R...

15 MayThis morning I had to complete the last 2 theory chapters before writing exams for the remainder of the morning. The boat went out again to Chumpon Pinnacle where they spotted a whale shark that everyone on the boat saw, our luck! At lunch I went and bought some lunch before heading back home. Leanne had been passed out for the duration of the morning due to the pills, I have never seen her sleep so much. Then again I could do with some extra sleep, the pas...

14 MayLeanne's ear problems persisted today but she now had throat pain and a cough, she tried using some of the medication we had brought with but this didn't help. She decided to stay in bed for the duration of the day with the hope of sleeping it off. Meanwhile I had to go to Simple life to be examinated on the Rescue diver theory by Alex, one of the instructors. At lunch I headed to one of our favorite restaurants, purchase some food and headed home to check ...