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

Diving Day on Koh Lanta

Posted by Sarah O'Neill , Tuesday, 5 October 2010 06:09

Ben was awake early this morning, and it was blowing a hooley! There was quite a storm raging and we thought the diving was probably going to be cancelled! Got ready anyway, and the weather calmed down a bit and we did go! The boat was great, had free drinks, hot and cold, breakfast on board, and snacks. They had pot noodles after our first dive, and then proper lunch after the second, it was all very nice! Unfortunately the sea was very choppy! The first part of the journey I felt fine, and Ben was feeling a bit rough, but as soon as we had to go downstairs and get our gear on I started to feel rough! Luckily we were getting in the sea and it passed! Getting in was a totally different story than when we dived at Koh Tao, which was always calm and still! The waves were rolling up and down around us, we had to jump off the back of the boat and swim out of the way, and then it was very choppy waiting to descend! It was a very different experience than diving in Koh Tao. The diving was good and I really enjoyed it. We didn’t see anything massive, but it was nice to be just me, Ben and the Dive master, and we were able to stay down for 49minutes as we are both quite good on our air, Ben is a little better than me, but I am not half bad! Getting back on the boat was also very different than in Koh Tao!!!! The waves were huge and the boat was going up and down, and climbing up the ladder was fun! Had lots of help, the captain nearly went overboard next to me, but we were all fine in the end!

The second dive was 61 minutes, so I hit my first hour long dive! We saw a real nemo, the right colour and everything! We ended up seeing quite a few in the end! We also saw a big crown of thorns starfish,two BIG cuttlefish and a lion fish - see pic (which is really poisonous – so we stayed away, don’t worry Dad!!!!).

We came up and had lunch laid out. At this point I began to feel Really sick! Had to go downstairs as thought I was going to throw up over the side. Did not, thank goodness, but couldn’t stomach lunch! We got back to the dive shop and hung out with the owner who shouted us all a beer. Got delivered back to our hotel and then I finally had time to write the blog, so here we are!

We’re off for dinner in a bit, and then see where the evening takes us! We have decided not to go to Phi Phi, as it seems that the weather will be much of the same, and Rich, our dive master, gave us some good tips! We are hoping to head to an island called Pulau Weh, where the weather should be good and the diving is fantastic! We’re not even sure which country it’s part of, so will have to do some research! We will spend tomorrow investigating our options! Excited to be moving on to somewhere sunnier!


Sarah x