Sorry for the lack of blogs, the time has just flown.

I’ve been teaching Reef Check & Open waters. Si’s been really busy with UK work, editing films for the Koh Tao festival (28th/29th April) , teaching Marine Resourse Management, organizing, prepping and filming the Crystal Dive Eco Underwater Olympics and among various birthday bashes.

Then on top of that, had a 24hr sickness which he’s now fully recovered from. So it’s been pretty full on.

To our excitement, Roy, Simon’s brother is coming over. It’s lovely seeing someone from home! We’ve booked him into the Regal Resort, 2 mins walk down the beach from Crystal and has a lovely 3 tier pool. We’d probably spend a lot more time down there if we had it, just playing in the pool. He’s coming at a great time as the Koh Tao Festival is on.
Today the power went off pretty early so after a quick cup of tea and shower, we rode to Crystal to make use of their amenities. Unfortunately their powers out too, so we’re pottering about, updating signs and just waiting for the power to come back on.

The Island is pretty quiet at the moment, not too many big courses going on. Next month things should pick up when we’ll be wishing for time off.

What a day!!

Simon and I took a cautious ride down to Crystal, prepared for the worst.  Strangely enough, we arrived down at Crystal dry as a bone but that didnt last for long.  Guns bought and loaded the water fight commenced but a few unlucky staff who were stuck in the pool & office, it was going to be a long day.

As we gathered in numbers, we headed down the street to ‘Safety Stop’ which is an ideal position on a corner so we could shower the passing traffic and all the newby’s off the boat who were dry for only a short time.  I did feel sorry for them for a nano second but they should have done their homework and realized it’s not the ideal time to travel 😀

As you can imagine, things got very messy but luckily no casualties   ..apart from a few heavy heads the next day ;-D

Just to let you know…

There has been an earthquake in Indonesia (pretty common) and Tsunami alerts issued for the Indian Ocean area. This does affect the West coast of Thailand.. Koh Tao is in the Gulf of Thailand, protected by a massive land mass.

These pictures are from Phuket, Phi Phi, and other Western coastal resorts, where evacuation orders to higher ground have been issued purely as a precaution. So far, no actual evidence of a Tsunami have been noted.

Take note, we are unaffected by this, so please do not worry.  Any further updates, I’ll let you know..

xx