Last night was such a laugh.   After going doing to ‘Vibe’ at around 8pm there was hardly anyone there so Si and I went for a stroll along the beach and grabbed some food at ‘Blue Wave’ restaurant and then on our return to ‘Vibe’ the bar was full  …so many people from Crystal were there for Mark’s (Instructor) leaving do.
Little Dave who runs the bar put made a speech and wished him farewell and then announnced that anyone that wanted to buy Mark a farewell shot, it’d only be 50baht  …so as you can imagine, he had loads lined up on the bar 😀    An hour on or so Simon and I decided to leave and go to ‘The Castle’ to meet up with Nathan & his wife Tracy who were already there.  At the entrance we paid to get in and received an disgusting orange shot and then looked for Nathan & Tracy who were already on the dance floor. 
As the evening progressed, more people from Crystal turned up and then the heavens opened.  It was quite a weird experience dancing whilst getting totally soaked.  Steve (from Crystal) who was Dj’ing there did a brilliant job and managed to mix in ‘Take me dancing, naked in the rain’   ..anyway, after beers & buckets, we left around 1.45am

When we woke it was chucking it down.  Once it had just about stopped, Si went out to get some breakfast.  My museli, fruit & yoghurt turned out to be only fruit, so with that he headed back into Sairee to get what he’s paid for.   When he finally returned we sat and enjoyed our breakfast watching Eastenders.

Later in the afternoon we popped down to Crystal to see if any new Open Water courses were starting but it’s all a bit quiet at the moment and the English ones dont start for a few days.
Waiting around in the Crystal bar we chatted to a few people and then popped down the road to check out ‘Airshot’ very similar to paintball but with pellets for Cartsons (Instructor & Si’s ole mentor) birthday which is on the 5th April.  Last year we played paintball which great fun but boy was it hot.

In the evening we stayed at the Crystal bar and watched a video and then we were supposed to go to dinner at Cafe Del Sol with a few of the DMT’s as it was one of their birthdays but when we got there, they were no where to be seen.  As it was busy they must have gone elsewhere, we didnt have their tel no’s so checked a few places and then decided to give up, grab some food and went home.

Jen

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday dear Pops!

Happy Birthday to you!

It’s our day off today and we both woke around 10.30.  I was shocked  that we managed to lie in for that amount of time, especially Simon.

After catching up with work & emails I went to collect our washing.  The Thai lady in the office looked at me blankly and said  ‘I have no washing for you’.  it had mysteriously disappeared or someone else had taken it.  We checked the washing line, she called her boss who clearly remembered me bringing it in  ..but it was no where to be seen.   I was told to come back later and ‘Sorry, Im Thai’   ..whats that got to do with it I thought.  Simon wasnt pleased at all as it was most of his clothes.

 After that saga, we popped down to Crystal to see if there were any Open Water courses starting that we could team teach on, unfortunately there were only German & Dutch starting  ..so we headed off to grab something to eat at Cappucino’s Coffee house.  I had museli, banana and yoghurt and Si had 2 poached eggs on toast.

It seems blisteringly hot today so we decided to go for a swim at Crystal Regal pool   ..this is where our friend Scott stayed.  The pool was pretty quiet apart from a bunch of open water students doing their confined session at one end of the pool.  So Si and I mucked around in the rest.  After a few hours of handstands, being half drowned and races we dried off and came home, only stopping for toothpaste, crisps and water.

Tonight we’re off to ‘Vibe’ beach bar with a crowd of people and then going onto ‘The Castle’ club where one of the instructors are Dj’ing  …should be interesting.