Got back from Myanmar today! i had a senaky visa run! overall it was a halarious experience... for 1500 baht i got picked up outside a random bank in khao lak in a mini van full off other tourists heading to myanmar to get their visa extended! anyway it takes about 3 hrs to get there.. then we queue up on a jetty.. fill out departure cards at this random lilimmigration ooffice and get on a boat for 30 minutes and arrive at another jetty in myanmar and get the vis...

The last few days have been SOOOO GOOD! In terms of our dive training KAty and I assisted with our first openwater student from the beginning. Which means classroom presentations, pool pressentations then actually getting on the longtail heading to a local reef (koh nyak) and helping with the first openwater dive! The OW trainee is a danish guy call ishan who we found out had nver used fins before... so i think that sets the scene... not to comfortable in the wa...

Good evening! The sun finally decided to come out yesterday! weather is gorgeous! Yesterday we had the morning off to study for decompression theory which i spent by the closest hotels pool! haha. then in the afternoon we met u at 4 (waiting for frank and his open water students to get off their longtail boat) to have a decompresson theory lecture wth diego! pretty tough stuff to get ur head around.. especially when ur on a semi holiday! exam for that is tomorro...

HEllo Hello. Rain Rain go away... its hasnt stopped for 3 days. i guess it has been good because i have been so busy with assignments and exams and work at the shop that i havent felt sad not getting down to the beach. The course is coming along nicely. I had a physiology exam yesterday that went ok... and then today i had my first classroom presentation mark which went pretty well too. SSI conducts their classroom sessions using a particular format and things ...

So I just got home from Liveaboard #2!!!!! What a WICKED trip! honestly it was so relaxed... so much fun... great crew and the guests were cool too! This trip we headed out again on the Parinee but this time to the Similan iSlands! 3 days 2 nights! Honeymoon Bay: ----> 29.4 degrees, cuttlesfish, sea snake, first self guided underwater tour! Anita's reef: ------> 29.4 degrees, beautiful bommie, great coral, heaps of glass fish, got atttacked by a titan tr...