It’s been a fabulous 2 weeks with Fiona, Chris and the girls here.  Chris completed his Open & Advanced Open Water course with Simon and I took Iona on a Discover Scuba Dive.  Fiona and Chloe didn’t fancy diving this time round.

Some days were just spent relaxing around the Haad Thien resort.  I would cycle over late morning/early afternoon to meet everyone while Simon went off to work.

Swimming, snorkeling, searching for black tip shark and Terry the turtle filled our days ..Boy do I miss my snorkeling buddies!!  

Even though Simon was working everyday, we all caught up in the Crystal bar and then went to the usual haunts, Yangs, Whitening, Cafe Del Sol, Pranee’s to name a few.

One of the lovely viewpoints at the south end of Koh Tao, John Suan. A little hike in the blistering heat but well worth the view.  

What was really nice is that the Fi, Chris and the girls came over for morning coffee on Easter Sunday.  It’ was so lovely to show them where we live.

I apologize for the lack of blogs, we have been busy  😀

So, at the moment, we have Fiona, Chris, Chloe and Iona visiting which is very exciting.  It’s been nearly 3 years to the day since their last visit.  They arrived on Koh Tao on a very wet Tuesday evening, exhausted from their journey, having not slept particularly well.

After a brief welcome, they were shuttled off to their resort where they could finally settle, relax and get some much needed sleep.

The next day, Simon and I rode to Haad Thien to visit the family and found them relaxing on the beach, trying to soak up some rays between showers  😀      We had a lovely coffee, chat and after a a couple of hours Si had to leave to return to work and I stayed trying to avoid the rain but later playing on the beach with Fi and Iona.

Here are some pictures of the girls relaxing, while Chris was completing his confined Open Water session with Simon in the pool.

The weather has been pretty awful.  You’d check multiple forecasts and they’d all say different things. I felt terrible the first few days as all they’d had was rain with the odd bright spell.  Thankfully we have seen the last of the rain and it’s lovely now.   We are all so silly though, as the first full day of sunshine we all got burnt 😀  …Chloe is still recovering 😀

Most days I’ve been over to their resort, snorkeling, swimming in the sea trying to spot black tip reef shark and Terry the turtle.  It’s been lovely spending time and just chilling with family.  Si’s not been so fortunate as he has to manage multiple things as per normal.

It’s been great that while Simon’s took Chris out on his Open Water dives, I took Iona on the boat for a Discover Scuba Dive.  (Pictures to come)

Both were exhausted by the end of the day 😀  

Many Happy Returns of the Day Roger!!

Have a relaxing time.We shall be celebrating in your honor!! 😀

Lots of love, Jenny & SimonX X X