Swimming with the fishes!

Whilst I was in Laos I met a few travellers who'd come from Thailand and I had asked them what to do with my spare 2 weeks here rather than hanging around in Bangkok. It was pretty unanimous that I should go to the islands and the majority also suggested doing my scuba training. For some reason it hadn't really occurred to me but it seemed a bloody good idea as it is said that Ko Tao (ko meaning island, Tao is turtle) is one of the cheapest places to learn around.
SO i booked myself on a 4 day open water course (open water being the sea as apposed to a pool) and took the night bus and early morning ferry. The island is pretty beautiful though fairly touristy. Apparently really quiet in comparison to the other big tourist destinations round here though.

Diving was amazing the coral reefs here are beautiful and despite poor visibility at times (because its nearly full moon) I saw some pretty incredible stuff. Sadly no pictures as my camera isn't waterproof... actually it stopped working last night so there may not be any pictures for the foreseeable future :(

Enjoyed the diving so much and also dreaded the idea of another 4 days in Bangkok so I signed up for the advanced course too. Just finished that yesterday so I'm now certified to dive to 30 meters! Also did a night dive on this course which was insane (mainly due to the crazy waves) but diving with torches looked made it look like we were on the bottom of the deepest oceans. Was really interesting as you see completely different stuff including glowing fishes and plankton.

So i've done nine dives over the last 6 days and am just going to chill out now till Sunday when I return to the capital pick up my passport form the Russian consul and fly to Cambodia the next afternoon.

written by

Dan on September 12, 2008 from Ko Tao, Thailand

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

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New camera then? Lots to photograph yet!
Ma x

written by carol atherton on September 12, 2008

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