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Hello all! Just a quick one to let you know what we have been up to. I have started my Divemaster course so am getting to do a lot of free diving as I need to log at least 60 dives by the end of the course but I will end up with more than that. Am getting to know the local dive sites as once I am qualified I will be leading certified divers on tours and basically showing them a good time! So far we have seen Blue Spotted Rays, white eyed Moray Eels, Clownfish (Nemo!), the feared Titan Triggerfish (I have now seen it attack two different divers, luckily neither of us have been victims yet!) and cool, moody looking Groupers to name a few. When we finally get our camera housing we will be able to show you pics of all our fishy friends! I have got a lot of studying to do too! Kieran had his first instructor job today teaching Advanced Open Water students. The dive school really like him and his work so have offered him more courses, which is great. It has been a bit stormy here over the last couple of days and the sea has been very choppy indeed! A lot of the dive schools aren’t sending their boats out in the morning and apparently one sunk a few days ago! It is still hot though so the rain is quite refreshing.
The view is from our favourite hangout, Happy Daze Tree house Bar, the name says it all! The Siamese cat lives there, his name is Oo-un which means fat in Thai! He is very talkative and will just come and plonk himself down on you whenever he feels! He lives with about 10 dogs of various breeds and Bud the monkey and of course the chickens. The drink is one of our favourites, Pineapple, Mango and Banana shake, just mixed up with ice, no milk, perfect!
As you can see the sunsets here are really beautiful, these pictures were taken last week. There was a full moon too a week ago, the moon was huge and amazingly bright, you can see why they party under it! The moon also ‘fills up’ (waxes/wanes) from bottom to top here, rather than from side to side like in the UK, which I thought was quite interesting. We have not ventured to one of the full moon parties on Koh Phangan yet but we have heard some interesting stories!
Hope to hear from you soon…ACxx