So we had a plan of the day which we had discussed over dinner the night before.  Jen and I would bring a bunch of dive equipment to the hotel for Dad and Kate to try out. Then later in the afternoon, we would have a walk to the Wild Challenge site.

It was way too hot for Wild Challenge, so we scrapped that immediately and gathered up some dive kit.  Cheeky Jenny managed to convince Crystal’s taxi driver to take the kit to the Koh Tao Regal for us, which saved a lot of walking up and down the beach.

After chatting with Dad and Kate, there were obviously a lot of nerves from previous experiences, so we took it nice and chilled… splashed around in the shallows until everyone got used to it. I mainly focused on Dad, and Jenny took care of Kate…

After a couple of hours, of pool action they have agreed that a shallow dive would be good to try. I shall have to organise something in the next couple of days for them.

Then it was chill time for a bit… For me it was a great time to watch Isle of Man TT races.

After a while I left Jenny lazing in the sun, it was back to Crystal to catch up on some UK emails…

Dinner in the evening was at Dolce Vita… an Italian restaurant up the road… it was tasty!!

x

SD

Yesterday was a day to chill out by the Koh Tao Regal.

Sun, sea and sand was the agenda for today. I went to attach new hoses to my regulator that came with my BCD, while Jenny went to get various bits (map, sim card, water etc) for Dad and Kate.
Then we plodded to the pool for some chilled out time… 
I left later in the afternoon to discuss business with the video guys, and then we met up for dinner at Fizz Bar in Sairee. We had a couple of  “South Side” cocktails before having a nice meal.

After having dinner and watching the fire guys in the sea, it was time to walk back to the hotel and bedski…

So folks…

Pops finally showed up after 5 years of us being on this island!

He arrived on the afternoon ferry which 18kg of shopping that I had asked him to bring.!!

Twiglets, Peanuts, Pot Noodles, Veggie Hot Dogs, Falafel Mix, English Mustard etc etc etc…. ooooh  I am in heaven!!.

Also, he brought my brand new ScubaPro X Black BCD which I have been in serious need of since my old BCD is leaking badly and torn to shreds. I shall set it up with my self reliant equipment in the next few days and take it out for a dive. There are lots of green eyes staring at this tasty piece of kit now!

After Dad and Kate checked in at the Koh Tao Regal, we met at the poolside bar for quick couple of Singhas…

Then it was time for me to have a business meeting at Crystal before meeting up with them again and heading to dinner at Whitening…

During our meal, a whopper of a storm came in which trapped us there for a couple of hours!  Finally, the rain chilled and Jen and I shot home to escape the next bout of rain…

Waking up this morning, its another sunny day 🙂

x

SD