"An Around-the-World-Ticket for Two, Please."

I've been bullied into posting something myself! Sarah has been doing such a good job!

So we are currently on Koh Tao in Thailand. It's my kind of place! Clear blue sky, crystal clear seas and soft white sandy beaches. Oh and the beer is cheap!

We've been here for a week and I can't see us leaving anytime soon. I quite like living in our wooden hut by the beach! Some air con might be good next time though!

I have quickly become addicted to scuba diving! Spent the first four days doing our PADI open water course, loved it! You're only allowed to go to 18 meters with this qualification. Is that deep enough for me? I think not! So the next day I started my Advanced diver course, this allows you to go to 30 meters. It took two days 5 deep dives, including a night dive and a wreck dive, which were amazing!

Having completed the advanced diver, it enabled me to go on a special dive arranged by the dive school to a place called Chumphon. A deep dive site well known for it's Bull sharks and Whale sharks. Oh and a place called Barracuda rock, I DON'T LIKE BARRACUDAS!!!! One day dive and one night dive later had I seen any of the above fish? Yep! Only bloody Barracudas though! Thousands of the chuffers! They grow up to two meters long, and their teeth are massive! Bit gutted no sharks, plenty of time left to see one.

Advanced diver done! Enough for me? Nope! Deep enough? Nope! So i start my deep diver and nitrox course tomorrow. This will allow me to go to 40M. This is the limit for recreational diving. It also gives me more chance of seeing something big!

Enough about me! Sarah started her advanced course this morning. Amazing! I never thought she would complete the open water course! She's done amazingly well, You all probably know that all of this is light years away from her comfort zone. I haven't heard the moose call once! I don't think there's been a time yet on this holiday where I've let her relax! Maybe next week?

I'm loving being away! we've done so much in three weeks! I wonder what we'll do next? Just got to get to Singapore by the 18th of October.

I think that's enough from me!

Hope all is well!

Ben