A busy week for me...I have moved house which involved an emotional goodbye to Killer the cat, however I have a fantastic view at my new place which more than makes up for the lack of pets! The dive school is also very busy at the moment with an influx of backpackers who have been living it up at the full moon party in Koh Paghnan. Busy times indeed with lots of opportunities to assist on courses. Also meeting lots of new people at the time and social life is g...

Loving island life! I've posted some pics to give you an idea...but in a nutshell; I've met lots of French, acquired a cat, learnt to navigate underwater, spent a small fortune at the dive shop and celebrated a fellow DMTs birthday by diving as Wonder Woman. A busy few months! I'm nearly at 100 dives now and I still surface buzzing every time - best decision I have ever made to dive every day. More to follow... Kate x

A teenie tiny post to tell you that I have had a great day! My very own scuba equipment arrived and we played spot the music intro at the bar tonight - a happy girl :) Got some really good friends here now and feeling very settled. I also assisted on my first open water course today, 3 girls from England, an Italian and a French guy. Loved every minute although was a bit challenging at times, got a real kick out of helping with problems and ending the day with ...

I'm back from my visa run! Actually, I didn't make it to Laos because being the dizzy b***** that I am I managed to get on the wrong minibus and ended up in Burma rather than Bangkok. But at least I extended my visa for 14 more days and have rebooked the trip to Laos on the 22nd April, what a dope. (Just to add here that my friends at the dive school thought this was the funniest thing ever to happen and I have had it ripped out of me all week...if they only kne...

So the pork noodle soup was a bad idea, as once again I was struck with food poisoning :( Before I realised the extent of my sickness I completed my rescue training and day of hell on the dive boat. This mainly consisted of French guys jumping off the boat and pretending to drown and me struggling to tow them back to the ladder while pretending to give rescue breaths! It was really difficult and I was starting to think it was a bit too much for me, especially wh...