Christmas Day was the last real dry day we’ve had.  Since then we’ve had heaps of rain and the diving has been pretty bad with really low visibility of 1-3 meters.  The sea temperature has dropped to 26 degrees which is very chilly.  It’s brilliant for the corals, it’s like sending them on a nice relaxing winter holiday 😀   Simon and I have only been out for a single dive this week, it’s been that grim. 

So it’s New Years Eve  …my goodness where has this year gone?  We’ve not got any plans for this evening apart from going down to the Crystal bar  ..as Simon has to be there.  We’re hoping everyone leaves around 10pm and then Simon is free to what ever he fancies.   I don’t mind if we go out, stay in  ..as long as we’re together it doesn’t matter.  Last year I think we made it back home just in time to open the bubbly and toast the New Year in.

So, before we head out, Happy New Year everyone!!!

We hope you all had a festive time.Thinking and missing everyone very much!

We are on a visa run in Penang, Malaysia at the moment.  Staying in the lovely George Town in a Heritage house, 2 doors down from where we stayed last time.  It so similar that Simon thought it was the same place until we opened the door.

Our journey began with an 6am ferry from Koh Tao to Surat Thani airport, a flight to Kuala Lumpur another flight to Penang and then a taxi ride to our accommodation.

So a long but smooth journey.  Not having anything to eat apart from some crisps we were both very eager to dump our bags and head out to find something to eat.  Not yet having hired bicycles, we walked into town, stopped at the nearest bar for a drink to make a plan and to use their internet.  On ordering, we were told that Ladies drinks were FREE before 9pm

After a few games of Connect 4, Simon doing a little research on places to eat and sending random photo’s to family, we left the bar a little tipsy and headed to an Indian restaurant called  ‘The Kashmir’ which was on our route back to our accommodation. The food wasn’t great, the entertainment terrible (Indian band) but we found it hilarious.  Simon took a short video 😀

Tomorrow we’re hiring some bikes, handing in our visa/work permits, going to breakfast at Mugshot Cafe and then doing a little shop to get some basic provisions.