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Photos from the past week or so

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Here are some photos of the Perhenthians, KL and 2 from Koh Tao.  We have been in KL for a few days now, waiting for our flight on Wed. The plan was to be here for a few days cause our Visa for Indonesia was supposed to take 3 days.  Well it turned out that we could get it in 1 day (one day being a full day).  Of course I wasn’t allowed into the embassy cause I had shorts on, what crap!! I can go all over the middle east in shorts but not the Indonesian Embassy… Thankfully we had to go get copies of a bunch of things as well as go online to print out our tickets so they know we are leaving their country.  So I was able to buy a pair of pants for when we went back.  Alright so we got everything done, so time for Nandos!!  Well wouldn’t you know it they don’t have Chicken Strips and Fries, only rice, plus they had no hommous or lentil soup and rolls!  What crap!!  At least Starbucks is next door and I can get a White Chocolate Mocha, nope they don’t have them in this country!!!  Man KL sucks!! Okay it isn’t all bad but man they don’t have anything I want.  I couldn’t even get buttered popcorn at them movies!!!  The one good thing is that we have internet in the room at the hotel!  Oh and so much for sightseeing as this weekend is there National Day, something like 50 years so it jammed packed with people.  Not really the time to go out and about in the city.  I so can’t wait to go to Borneo!!!  Enjoy the photos

Jared ChinatownMark, Deb and Maryanne in Chinatown KLJared and Maryanne KLJared after boat ride!MarkJared and DebMaryanneSunsetMark and Debmalaysia-5.jpgmalaysia-4.jpglast-night-koh-tao-9.jpg

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Malaysia and the Perhentian Islands

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Well what a sad time leaving Koh Tao, but it was time.  Thank you so much Steve for coming to the pier to see us off, you are going to be missed! 

After a nice long train ride from Chumpon to the Thai border, we had an interesting time trying to get a taxi to Kuala Busit.  They wanted to charge us more than we wanted to pay but we had to do it in order to make the last ferry to the Perhentians at 5.  Well not only did the taxi guys (Yes we had to take two taxis cause we had so much luggage!), they drove like mad to get us there in time, phoned ahead to hold the ferry and stopped so we could get money!  What nice people in this country!  Alright so we get to the ferry and the boat driver I think was trying to set a record for getting to the island.  We so thought the speed boat was going to break.  Word to the wise if you come here make sure you have a place booked.  After getting our stuff on the beach, they ladies went off to find a place.  After 4 places they were either booked, nasty, too expensive and one was okay.  Well we checked a few more and nothing so went back to the one that was okay, but unfortunately one room was already taken 🙁 so Mark and Deb took that room and we took the expensive room.  Well aside from us having AC and two big beds, paying three times what Mark and Deb paid, thier room was way nicer.  Oh well the next morning we checked out the other side of the island which was a bit of a hike, but managed to find the Dive Center we wanted to dive with and some great cheap rooms!  Oh I forgot to mention, our gear is heavy as hell.  Not too bad when there is a road, but dragging it across the beach about killed me.  I told Maryanne to only take one and that I could manage with my bag and both dive bags.  I am so not 21 anymore, I about had a heart attack three times going the 500m down the beach!!  Luckily we are on a quieter side of the island and I didn’t have to carry my bags too far.  Although the steps up to our place on the hill is quiet a workout!  We are so going to lose some weight here! 

So we did one dive yesterday and man was it awesome!  Rays, Giant Moray Eel, nudis, whip coral shrimp, one Bump Head parrot fish and just had a wonderful dive. Todays dives were just as good well most of them anyways. We did our first dive of the day in a bay and it was really nice.  We say Scribble file fish, a giant moral eel, 2 box fish and a bunch other things… Next we went to a wreck the visablity was not so good and it had a current from hell.  We saw some great stuff like big puffer fish, a lion fish, baby sharks and tons of Barracuda but the dive was really not the best.  Fighting the current and having to stay close together was making me feel very closterphobic.  But we ended the day great our last dive of the day was at a laguna and it was absolutely amazing… hump head parrot fish, Moral eels, 2 beautiful Turtles, cleaner shrimp,  Clown fish,  and so so much more it was a nice relaxing dive for 75 mins.    Lets just say we are really enjoying the diving.   Cant wait for tomorrow.  

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Leaving Koh Tao

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

All good things must come to an end or so they say.  It doesn't mean we like it!  Well our time on Koh Tao is coming to an end, boo hoo.  We have met many wonderful people during our stay ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Dive Masters at last!!

Monday, August 18th, 2008
Well after much hard work and lots of diving we have finally finished our course!  The last test we had to do was the traditional Snorkel Test! Well I am sure most of you are sitting here reading this and wondering what ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Underwater Photo Specialty

Monday, August 18th, 2008
Well Maryanne has decided to learn about taking photos underwater given our up coming trips!  Well here is some photos from her first go! neudi.JPGdscf3669.JPGdscf3666.JPG[Continue reading this entry]

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Loads of sharks, Muay Thai and a bored Jared!

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
I have been very busy lately assisting in classes so that I can get Signed off (Complete all my required tasked for my Dive Master Cert). Well I am telling you this because the other day I was assisting ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Pictures of Whale Shark

Saturday, August 9th, 2008
whale-shark-4.jpgwhale-shark-3.jpgwhale-shark-2.jpgwhale-shark-aug-3rd.jpg    Whale Shark on 3rd of August.

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100 Dive Adventure Trip Coming Aug 26th!!

Friday, August 8th, 2008
Okay I know a lot of you have been wondering and asking what we are up to after we leave Koh Tao.  Well since it is fast approaching for us to leave this little island, I guess we had to ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Pictures

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Okay here are a few pictures for all you asking for them.  There is some from bowling if you look close you can see the pin guys in the back of the lane!  Some from our Deep and Wreck Dive ... [Continue reading this entry]

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ITS TRYING TO EAT ME!!!

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Alright to set the day up for this tale of horror, it actually started last night.  We are sitting at the dive shop like we normally do when it is raining.  We chatted with one of the full time staff about assisting ... [Continue reading this entry]

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