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...

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...

OK, this wont be the most exciting part of my year-blog, as im pretty much going to be here, diving. So ill leave a few comments and observations as i go, and i hope i dont bore you with them. However you all know me well enough to know that all anything can happen when im in town and they probably will......im off to go find an apartment for a few months....

and im back!! Sorry for the lack of entries, its been a whirlwind couple o weeks here on Phi Phi, so ill update as much as i can. I got here on the 1st, and got straight back into Diving.....ive now completed my Emergency First Response (First Aid) and Rescue Diver courses and am now a dive Master in Training. So what does that mean? I can perform first aid on a patient....i can rescue someone from the water in case of an accident.....its been tough.........