We have just arrived back from a fun filled few days in Samui to celebrate Carstens 40th birthday.

We left on Friday via the ferry and within a couple of hours, 20 of us had descending on to Cocooning Hotel (now owned by Dave and Therese, ex owners of Vibe Bar).

After all the guys ordered McDonalds (I don’t know what their obsession with it is).. we had a few drinks, a laze around the pool, and then Dave set various challenges for Carsten..

Challenge 1 involved 3 friends to go down Walking Street (lined with market stalls) and buy the most ridiculous outfit that Carsten would have to wear for the rest of the night.

Challenge 2 involved Carsten having to find various points on Walking Street and have his photo taken there… Lots of very strange looks I can tell you!

The evening ended with quite a few drunken people (I was okayish) and everyone retired.

The next day, we were booked for an afternoon cruise on The Escape. A beautiful big boat that is owned by a friend called Scandy Andy… we boarded at midday after a lovely breakfast cooked by Dave, and the party continued… even with the resident pig called Bacon…  The boat was moved to the other side of the island for calmer waters and then we all jumped off the boat for some cooling water.

After a couple of hours, it was time to return…on the way back… we recreated The Harlem Shake

Straight off the boat at 7ish, and straight into The Emerald… a very english style pub… it was here we sat for hours drinking until I had to walk Jen back home and put her to bed… then I went back to the pub again!

Coming home at 2am, I jumped into the pool with Johannes for 1 more beer before bed….and then retired.

Next day it was time for some to head back to Koh Tao, while the rest of us nursed sore heads. In the afternoon, we returned to The Emerald before going to dinner at an Italian place… and then back to The Emerald for more drinks!  My intention was to stay up late to watch MotoGP but I couldn’t make it… so Jen and I went to bed…

Yesterday, most people left Samui, while Jen and I stayed an extra day to take some photos that Dave had asked for… A very relaxing day driving around the island, and then an early one..

Today, we arrived back on Koh Tao, and have to pack our stuff again as its visa run time tomorrow morning… the joys!!

x

SD

Hey all,

Well after a very busy week of teaching… we are off to Samui for 3 days to celebrate Carsten’s 40th birthday… It should be fun, and plenty of photos to come..

After that its a visa run, and then Songkran madness arrives… so the next week is going to be rather busy… and fun!!

Will update asap with Carstens photos..

x

SD

The last few days has been busy eco wise..

A couple of days ago, we repopulated the nurseries we have at Twins.. It took 12 people doing 4 dives in a short space of time to complete the project. As well as that, I was doing some “cropping” at our “Crystal Wreck” as a disease had appeared… so I was trimming back the affected coral to prevent any further spread of disease.

Then we went diving with Sophie… Jenny’s friend from the UK… she had lots of fun!!

We spent Sophie’s last night at a restaurant in Sairee called Fizz… all of us staying much later that we thought, and all of us waking with headaches the next morning.

Yesterday was a organising day for me… for today, which is Beach & Dive Site Clean Up…