Alrightly.. 2nd day training starts with a bang! Before I get on today I'll finish off yesterday arv! So the meeting stated at 2pm (3pm Thai time), we went through all the paperwork, selected our brands of courses.. Katie N i decided on doing ssi whereas the boys opted for PADI. We went through our course structure and came to realise we only have 3 days off out of the whole 40 we r here! We r gonna be busy. Lots of theory, exams, preparation, presentations, guiding, assisting ect! Great news tho, one of our live-a-boards is heading out to richelou rock which pretty special! Can't wait to see what all the hype is about!

So today we started at 9am down the beach front to complete a 400m swim no fins, wetsuit, snorkle etc.. which i complete well under time. then we had an 800m swim with fins, mask and snorkle.. sounds easy but the fins we use are heavy and we also wear boots.. so I found it killer on my shins but managed to complete it well under time also. next part was a 15m float with 2min hands abve water. all fine with that also.

After that we headed back to the shop grabbed a green curry and then headed back out t help Nina (a finnih dive instructor starting her 1st season in khao lak) with a rescue diver course back down at the beach... it was pretty exhausting but great to be breathing underwater again! we just did tows, unconsious floating/underwater, panicked diver, search and resuce, beach exits etc. after that we went back to the shop to get all our exquipment and boat set for tomorrow to head out on a longtail to assist with the final day of the rescue course! part of our training is knowing how to manage, plan and arrange a dive trip. So we had learnt a far bit about that this arvo - pretty interesting.. a lot more planning and stuff goes into the whole thing!

So now its 6pm and i just got back to my lil pad and had a shower! im feeling a lil tired, a lil sunburnt but a whole lot excited about what im learnng and about getting back in the water tomorrow!

oh forgot to mention.. i was using my iphone today in bed and everything was fine until it went completely black and completely unresponsive!!! charging isnt doing anything either! Frank thought maybe its the battery so i might have to send it away to get it fixed.. such a b**** cause that has been my internet/watch/phone/camera/music/games for the last week!

tonight we are out and about.. looking forward to a chang ofter today!!

ps. got my first taste of cow neow ping today! so damn excited. got some saved for me by the thai girls for tomorrow. pick up at 7am :)

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