The time is flying and we both can’t wait to see everyone but we’re not looking forward to the extreme temperatures that are forecast in the UK 😀
Nathan who used to run Eco Koh Tao & his son are visiting Koh Tao until the end of Jan.  They’ve been doing research on giant clams and biodiversity of marine life on an artificial versus natural reef. Fortunately for Nathan, I’ve had 2 Eco interns that have been around to help with the research, which has been brilliant as he’d so much planned and I think without help, he’d have had a huge feat. 
I’ve also arranged for some of the DMT’s (Dive master trainee’s) to give a hand making cages for the clam transplants. It’s funny as Nathan has not changed one bit  …he’s the same ole Nathan but Kailash his son, has grown up a lot and I think proper schooling has done him the world of good.  

So, with only a couple of days left on Koh Tao, I decided to go diving this morning with Jenny (Eco Intern) Getting up at 6am was a little bit of a struggle but it was certainly worth it.  Both of our dives were lovely.  Great visibility, hardly anyone else on the dive sight and lots of marine life out and about.   We’re both going to miss diving  ..if only the UK was a little hotter 😀

On a very happy note  ..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ROSIE!!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU !!!

We can’t quite believe that it’s been 2 year since you were here …where does the time go?

Today I am transplanting a coral for your birthday and it will be named ‘Posie’  eeehhhh!!!!!

We hope it’s not too cold for you and the bulls are not behaving themselves 😀

Have a fantastic day and we’ll be back soon to celebrate 😀

Lots of love & hugs,

Jenny & Simone

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The last couple of days have been a bit strange.  We were both shocked to hear the passing of our friend Mike and haven’t really had any communication as to what happened.  It’s not that surprising that no one knows as Mike didn’t really touch base that often 😀

Simon has been working non stop. Steve’s  been on his visa run and Si’s had to manage ‘Crystal Images’, supervise students, deal with inconsiderate instructors as well as not getting any sleep or ‘Jenny Time’.  So he’s absolutely shattered and his back has been playing up, so he’s looking forward to some quiet time.

I’ve managed to get out and do some repair work with some volunteers to JunkYard, our artificial reef.  Due to the fact that there’s been a lot of coral damage & traffic through the site/domes in general and that we have now closed the site for repair, I’ve decided to close some of the smaller domes off with rope nurseries which has worked out pretty well but it’s a time consuming job that I hope we can finish before we return to the UK.