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Okkk so we got a bit side tracked and never actually posted about the end of Ko Phangan.oops!
Basically we spent a love couple of days playing cards, relaxing on the beach and eating yummy food! We were in bed by 11 most nights which was also lovely and the now 7 of us enjoyed movie nights watching comic classics like Project X. It was very quiet on the island with all the full mooners gone and we practically had the hostel to ourselves. Ane, Tonje, Tess and I could even move to a room to ourselves which was nice and made a change from the awkward moment when you wake up the person on the lower bunk heaving yourself into bed ever night..!
On our last day together we rented bikes and decided to go on a gentle cycle around the island..not remembering that the island is pretty darn hilly so that was pretty exhausting in the midday heat. Typically Tess, Ane and I rented the crumby cheap bikes as there weren't enough of the nicer ones left so getting up those hills with the boys and Tonje racing ahead was slightly demoralising..of course it was the bikes' fault and not our fitness..! We had lunch at a really nice quiet restaurant by the sea complete with hammocks (incidentally where I wrote our last blog post complete with input from the sleepy hammocks). When we eventually made it back after Ane had convinced us she'd been in a shark attack, the nice bike place was shut so the 3 of us managed to hitch a lift home on the back of their bikes..slightly hairraising but when in Thailand!! Poor Árni had to take me at one point as I'd somehow cut my toe and as he was the one who also liked to sit on the seat (the others stood and cycled instead) we made it back in record time but with aching backsides and legs (him more so than me!). That evening we went to the beach and had a chilled evening playing games (the pattern game especially that Helena taught us in Paris) and finishing the last of the drink and snacks we'd bought from good ole 7-11.
The next morning we set off for the ferry and said goodbye to Gunnar and Árni who were off to Phuket and arrived at Koh Tao in the glorious sun and heat at 3. We 'checked in' to our dive course and promptly flopped onto our new beds. However, after the chilled few days we'd had we were very excited about the diving ahead of us!
We're still rather behind on this blog as we have just qualified as licensed divers but Tess will fill that gap in soon..we hope!
Lots of love Flo and Tess x x x
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YKW Diving sounds so good!!