We’ve both had the last few days off.   Things have very quiet at Crystal which has been nice.  I think once the Full Moon party goers hit Koh Tao today/tomorrow it’ll be a different story.  

I’ve spent the lasts few days pottering about on the bike, swimming, a little bit of snorkeling and generally spending time away from Crystal.   It’s good to take a break and I think I needed some ME time.

Yesterday I left the house and did a bit more exploring of the island  ..I decided to go to Hin Wong Bay which is on the south east of the island

We have been there a few times with the dive boat, but I’ve never cycled there.  I must admit that the hill climbs were a bit too steep and went on forever, so I left my bike and walked the majority of the way.  I didn’t feel so bad when I saw some motorbikes struggle up the hill. 

The beach itself wasn’t fantastic, very gravelly and rocky.  With what I could see, there were only a couple of beach bungalows and a small bar.    I don’t think that many people call in to have lunch/drinks   ..the road in was definitely for the more experienced bike riders.

I do think it was rather cheeky for the bar to charge 50bht /buy a drink to use the beach.

I’ve been working non stop for the last few days …I’ve done DSD’s (Discover Scuba) back to back, followed by a quick Open Water Course with a lovely Dutch Couple and last night, finished an Advanced Open Water with a night dive.

Students happy, logs books signed and stamped, mission completed. 

Eager to get home, we ordered a takeaway pizza from Hacienda.

Poor ole Si, he was shattered ..once he’d eaten, his pizza, he passed out.

Today we are off!!!!   😀

I slept in till nearly 1.30pm, I haven’t done that in months.  Obviously needed it 😀  I think Si was up around 6am but as I type, he’s asleep on the couch next to me.

It’s so hot today and I’m just considering whether or not to go to Crystal to fetch my bike.

Decisions decisions..

For those of you that haven’t seen it. Here is a video of Chris diving with Jen..!!