The rest of our stay on Koh Tao wasn't quite the same without our new friends but we still managed to fit in a trip on a taxi boat to the beautiful Shark Bay where we snorkelled but didn't see any sharks or fish and got caught in a current that swept us to another part of coastline where we had to climb back to the beach across 15 foot high rocks and boulders! Jon racked up a total of 17 dives and got some amazing footage with his new gadget. We also visited...

Dive, dive, dive Part II After the amazing whale shark dive the water above was as rough as before and Katy and a few others were to too sea sick to do the second dive.... While Jon was doing his second dive I shared the top deck of the boat with my new seasick buddy - a guy from Amsterdam. Unlike me, who is no stranger to the joys of the motion of the ocean, this bloke was in a state of shock and confusion at this sensation.. Deathly pale he staggered into th...

Dive, dive, dive! The diving on Koh Tao has been spectacular! We both finished our Basic Open Water course which consisted of some classroom work, a pretty easy exam and 4 dives, which took us down to 18 metres. I then went on to do an advanced diving course which took me down to 30 metres and consisted of a further five dives in a day and a half, one of which was a night dive and was very eerie but also very cool as well as a wreck dive where I got the chanc...

Bungalow 8 On Thursday morning we were evicted from our accommodation, due to new arrivals, so we went in search of somewhere else to stay for the next few days. Our friend Amy also needed a bed for one night so after a few attempts Jon found some beach huts owned by the revered Mamma O'Chai. She was an elderly lady who didn't speak any English so as we parted with our 1000 Bhat it wasn't entirely clear if we'd just bought one of her many cockerels, paid a nigh...

After a recommendation to visit Jansom Bay we decided to take a taxi with some of our diving friends. We were dropped at a beautiful resort Charm Churee Village which was like an Ewok village in the jungle with lots of beautiful wooden villas and walkways all leading down to a small private beach. We didn't expect the snorkelling to be as good as our previous trip but it was AMAZING! Really clear water, so many fish and beautiful coral.