13 MayWe're up early, I have to complete the First and Second Aid theoretical tests that I have to submit before we go on the dive. 07h00 we gather at Simple life for the Chumpon dive, the best diving site in Koh Tao and known for seeing Whale sharks around April/May. We collect our kit and head to the beach where we wait for the longtail to pick us up. After an hour the longtail arrives, we pack our kit on the boat with the other 20 people, climb aboard hoping i...

12 MayUp at 09h30 I head down to Simple Life to start with the rescue course, today will be a full day of First Aid, Second Aid and CPR. Bex, my instructor sits with me obtaining all the relevant information before I start watching the DVD. The DVD itself is longer than 2 ½ hours! I break for lunch at 12h00 and head back to look for Leanne not confident that she will be back at the flat. I had told her earlier that I would be doing the theory the whole...

11 MayWe slept late to recover from the lack of sleep of the prior day. Packing our bags we headed to our new accommodation we had found the day before and booked. Most of the people who attended the Full Moon Party and opted to stay another day on Koh Pnang to recover would soon flood to Koh Tao and our accommodation options would be severely limited. Heading out to the dive shop we chose our gear for the dive and headed for the longboat, our transit ride to the...

10 May Up at 06h00, we pack our bags, have breakfast and start the 20 minute walk to the pier where we will take the ferry to Koh Tao. Its been a couple of years since we've had to survive a day with only 2 hours sleep and buckets of alcohol in our systems….In all honesty only sleeping the 2 hours was probably the best thing for us, more sleep and we may have started to feel the lack of it more. The ferry to Koh Tao was not so enjoyable, the sea wa...

9 May First things first, we're leaving tomorrow and we have washing to do, we sort out the clothes and hand them in along with the keys for the scooter. Back at the bungalow I finish off the last few pages of my book before starting with the inevitable, recording our expenses from hardcopy to digital. Tonight is Full Moon Party and we have decided to take it easy during the day knowing that it was going to be a late night. We spent the day lazing in the bungalo...