The last few days have been troublesome with power issues. Most of the day it is off, and I am still out of the water with the lingering ear infection.

Yesterday was “Songkran” the Thai New Year. I shall do a post about this in a couple of days, but first I have some other stuff to tell you.

A couple of days ago, my nan had a stroke and was taken to hospital, my brother let me know via skype, and I spoke briefly by text to Dad yesterday. Last night, while i was asleep, Dad called…

When I woke this morning and saw 3 missed calls, I feared the worst… sadly my feelings were right and my nan had passed away.

Its quite difficult to put my feelings into words. I was not the best grandson, and saw her only a few times in the last couple of years. Life is alway full of jobs to do, and seem to be constantly busy that sometimes you lose focus on important things…. like family.

Being so far away is very hard sometimes, in moments like now when I could be on hand to help Dad.. for that I am sorry…

Jen and I both send our love Dad……..

R.I.P.

x

SD

So,

Jen and I have been busy little bees… Reef Check Course for the last few days…

Unfortunately, I have attracted yet another ear infection, so while Jen has been doing the hard grafting underwater, I have been helping on land… such as driving the longtail… my 2nd time ever! And this time, I didn’t break the engine!!

After 4 days of intensive training, the students took their exams on Fish, Invertebrates, and Substrate (whats on the bottom). They passed with flying colours, and were proudly awarded their certificates… well done!

But! No rest for the wicked…. its straight on to the very intensive Marine Resource Management course for the guys… 6 days of lots of theory and practical dives…