Today, since Dad & Kate had checked out of the Koh Tao Regal to head off to Jamakhiri the day before. we headed up to speak a few hours by the pool.

They were put into a bungalow which had broken air conditioning, and after a few hours of trying to fix it, the hotel gave up and moved them into “The Royal Suite!!!”

Boy had they lucked out…. it was like a palace!!

After admiring the rooms and long balcony with a lovely view, we headed to the pool to chill out and mess around with our Waboba water bouncing ball.

I also had a practice of my breath holding, and reached 1min 55sec…. not bad for an unfit oldie like myself!

After a few hours, it was time for me to head off as I had another meeting with the video company

We reconvened at Safety Stop later for a beverage before heading to Yangs restaurant for a yummy local Thai dinner (hot hot hot!!).

Food done, I managed to sort out a taxi from the dive school to take the guys back to Jamakhiri…

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So we had a plan of the day which we had discussed over dinner the night before.  Jen and I would bring a bunch of dive equipment to the hotel for Dad and Kate to try out. Then later in the afternoon, we would have a walk to the Wild Challenge site.

It was way too hot for Wild Challenge, so we scrapped that immediately and gathered up some dive kit.  Cheeky Jenny managed to convince Crystal’s taxi driver to take the kit to the Koh Tao Regal for us, which saved a lot of walking up and down the beach.

After chatting with Dad and Kate, there were obviously a lot of nerves from previous experiences, so we took it nice and chilled… splashed around in the shallows until everyone got used to it. I mainly focused on Dad, and Jenny took care of Kate…

After a couple of hours, of pool action they have agreed that a shallow dive would be good to try. I shall have to organise something in the next couple of days for them.

Then it was chill time for a bit… For me it was a great time to watch Isle of Man TT races.

After a while I left Jenny lazing in the sun, it was back to Crystal to catch up on some UK emails…

Dinner in the evening was at Dolce Vita… an Italian restaurant up the road… it was tasty!!

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Yesterday was a day to chill out by the Koh Tao Regal.

Sun, sea and sand was the agenda for today. I went to attach new hoses to my regulator that came with my BCD, while Jenny went to get various bits (map, sim card, water etc) for Dad and Kate.
Then we plodded to the pool for some chilled out time… 
I left later in the afternoon to discuss business with the video guys, and then we met up for dinner at Fizz Bar in Sairee. We had a couple of  “South Side” cocktails before having a nice meal.

After having dinner and watching the fire guys in the sea, it was time to walk back to the hotel and bedski…