Qualified diver at last!

3rdOct - The last day of our diving course was awesome! Although it was raining heavily and I was sea sick, I was still able to do the 18m dive. We were filmed underwater whilst doing skills like kung-fu fighting, dancing with with sunglasses on and somersaulting underwater! We watched the vid after and realised how confident underwater we had all become.

The sealife in Koh Tao is ok, no way as colourful as Egypt - the coolest thing we saw was a puffer fish - really cute with massive eyes! The other group of students saw a turtle! I was so jealous, so now I'm dying to see one on my next dive!

After diving, Kee and I went to a Spa retreat high up in the mountains, the view was breathtaking - we could see the whole of the island from the resort. From the outside of the spa, the place looked luxurious, but once we got to the treatment rooms, I felt like we were in a brothel or something! Red curtains, paintings of naked oriental women on the walls and old bed sheets! We had to lie completely naked (although only partly covering our private parts) whilst having our massage - really strange!

In the evening went for drinks with the other students and instructors at this trendy bar called the Dragon Bar - its a real chilled out bar, it's the kinda bar you would find in somewhere like Soho – cool people, funky music and yummy cocktails - though the price of drinks are like 10 times cheaper - like a long cocktail for only 2 quid or less!

4th Oct - We decided to leave Koh Tao in the morning as the weather wasn't picking up at all. We've been experiencing thunder storms and heavy rain for the past 4 days!

So now, after a 6-hour bus journey, we're in Hat Yai - a stop-over in Thailand before Malaysia. Apparently this place is a mecca for ‘massage ladies’ and hookers! A bit like Shenzen - where cheating husbands come over from Singapore and Malaysia for some ‘entertainment’!