So, completing the Stress test finishes off my Divemaster course. I am now qualified to lead you out on the reef if you have an open water licence. Fancy that. Will i ever use it? Who knows. Well i say i am a Divemaster, well as any DIT knows you are not 'officially' a DM until you have completed the 'Snorkel Test'. Put simply, any new DM gets stitched up in the bar by having to down as much booze as your Instructor can convince the barman to give you. All...

Finishing the Diving..... Over the past two months, ive been on a bit of a detox....i gave up smoking as i kept reading somewhere its bad for you!! And i only had two beers in the whole of November.... Mainly because of the diving, you see.....but then just when i get close to the end, i decide to break the ban and all hell breaks loose.... I only popped out for one, the owner of my dive shop, Shay, had opened a new bar in the centre of town, so myself and And...

Mosquitos, Mosquitos, Mosquitos. As every tourist will agree they are the bain of your life....for me they are just the sneakiest of all animals and i am on a crusade to eradicate them? Why? Becuase they dont play fair.....ok, i have really succulent tasty blood.....thats obvious....so i take precautions to ensure they dont eat me with deet......take that you f***ers.... anyway, they have been ganging up on me at night. I sleep in pajamas with a towel over ...

The Great Phi Phi Clean Up. Its the Kings birthday in Thailand today, so as a mark of respect the bars were closed last night, making it a quiet evening on party island. Much to the dismay of all the holidaymakers who come to PP to cane it for a few days. Anyway, im diving, so none of that matters, but i took part in the great clean up that takes place each year. My shop sends me and the other dive master Carlie, to represent our company of illegal workers...

A day in the life of a Divemaster on PP. Scuba day 7am Wake up and run for the boat 8.30 First dive of the day. Up to one hour on Koh Bida Nok or Nai the two island reefs of PP. 9.45 Breakfast anchored off Maya bay. Watch the tourists jump off the huge rock into the sea and hope they dont belly flop and need fishing from the water. 10.am Normally a challenging swim round the boat for stamina test 11am Second Dive and shallower around the shark waters of...