Life is good.  I actually took a German couple out on a ‘Discover Scuba Dive’ and got them to sign up for another which was good fun as they were so good that it was more like a fun dive for me. 
On Monday, I organised an afternoon trip for DMT’s & Instructors to a neighboring dive school, ‘New Heaven’ who have 10 baby Hawksbill Sea turtles that they’re looking after until they’re big enough to release.  We were given a very interesting lecture and then got to feed them fish & fish pellets and then handled them very gently as they were measured and weighed.  They’re soo cute!

Tuesday morning I met the Dive Master Trainees for a ‘Beach Clean Up’ which was very productive  ..its amazing the amount of rubbish we can collect from such a small amount of beach.  Shocking really!

That’s the week so far!

The last few days have been fun as Si’s been on the boat as well, teaching Self Reliant courses to two Chinese instructors.  It’s lovely even knowing that he’s teaching, I love to see him teach 🙂  What was funny is that both girls were really nervous  …scared I think 😀  LOL

I on the other hand have been doing coral transplants and have had a couple of ‘Adopt A Coral’s to do with funnily enough a Chinese Dive Master Trainee, Mao.   He’s a lovely chap and was so helpful throughout his training.  He reminded me of a little puppy, so eager to please.

Today, Nicole my eco intern and I were busy transplanting and moving giant clams onto our artificial reef Junkyard.  Hope my Trigger fish will leave them alone and not eat them. The clams are pretty large so they should stand a good chance.

It’s been pretty hectic.  I’ve still got my eco intern and have been diving most afternoons.   Last weekend as my student decided to go to Bali for a weeks break with her friend, Simon and I went to Samui for a break with Carsten and Tina.   We went over Friday morning and returned Monday morning which was lovely.  We did a little shopping, cheese, wine and a few veggie things for Si which we are still enjoying.   We also went Go Karting, caught a movie and had a thoroughly relaxed time.  It’s so nice to get off the island from time to time, especially for Si’s as he’s not been diving at all.

I organised a big Beach Clean Up as I was disgusted at the state of the beach when we left for Samui which went really well.  We collected 158kg of rubbish, just along the short stretch of beach which is the first thing you see at you arrive on Koh Tao  ..so that was very satisfying to do on our return.  It’s just a shame that you have to organize things like this to get people off there arses.