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I’m advanced, me!

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Apologies to all for the recent tardiness of my blogging, the reasons for which being twofold, firstly, we’re on a paradise island, there’s only so much I can annoy everyone by telling them I’ve been relaxing by a pool all day, and secondly, due to our relative stability, Lauren and I are using this as an opportunity to save some cash and therefore internet is a weekly option for me now.

Oh, and where exactly did the 1st of August come from?! Out of nowhere, thats where! Suddenly it’s days until my 23rd and our trip has already begun to near the 2 month stage, holy gucamoley batman, things go fast don’t they?

Enough blathering.

I began my advanced diving yesterday. It’s like the big brother to the diving course I completed a few weeks back. Although I sung her praises at the time (and still do) I am no longer being taught by Flavia of Adventure Diving. I don’t for one moment assume that anyone other than mine or Lauren’s family actually read this but just on the offchance that someone has ended up here while actually trying to download music/find hair regrowth cream/look for porn, I’d like to emphasise that for open water courses, Flavia is the way to go, she is much more patient and understanding of not being able to achive things instantly.

For advanced diving, though, go with Asia Divers. It has a much more comradery feel, as well as being much larger, and the absolute winner of all things is that yesterday at around 10 meters or so, we had finished our training and our instructor, a friendly ex-pat called Paul, wrote on his magical underwater slate-writing thingy ‘Kung Fu!’

We spent the next 10 minutes doing slow-motion matrix style kung fu moves while breathing underwater, it rocked!

Tonight I’m off on a night dive, which I’m only midly apprehensious (sp!) about. Tomorrow morning I’m going on my deep dive to 30 meters and another lesson which I won’t bore you with.

A Beautiful Day

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the union opf houses Turner and Franklin. This is a fantastic day, unfortunately, in the very literal sense, the day is an absolute washout. There was an uber-monsoon this morning, cracking trees apart and leaving roof tiles shattered on the streat, and the rain still continues to fall now. We’ve rented a DVD player, not an ideal way to spend the day of our anniversary, but we’ll make it all nice and cosy.

As a surprise, I’m taking Lauren out to what is reputed to be the best restaurant on the island. Brilliantly, even though it is one of the best, their main meals still only cost about four quid each.

The Story Continues

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
During my excitement over full moon, I may have neglected a few facts that in retrospect are fairly important. |The most important being that Lauren outlasted me at the full moon party. By 5-6ish I was done and done with ... [Continue reading this entry]

A Few Full Moon Pics and other bits and bobs

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
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The coolest thing I’ve ever done…

Sunday, July 20th, 2008
The rain pelted down in buckets, lumo paint glowed brightly and I was wearing a poncho, all in all, the setup wasn't too far from the Glastonbury festival. But this wasn't the festival, this was the full moon party, and thousands ... [Continue reading this entry]

Uber super hyper party

Saturday, July 19th, 2008
The massed throngs have descended upon Koh Pagnan, the fire works are being lit, the samsong and redbull buckets are being prepared. It is time for the full moon party. The island itself seems relatively nice, that is of course, ... [Continue reading this entry]

Thai Massage – 200Baht

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
I have absolutely no idea how I had offended my masseuse so much that she felt the desire to walk up and down my back until every disc clicked, but apparently it was also offensive enough to make her want ... [Continue reading this entry]

Rock Climbing

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Within minutes of Leauren leaving me by my self, I'd already set out on a dangerous juorney. Lauren had to go and look at hair dressers to get her roots re-done so I busied myself with putting ... [Continue reading this entry]

My Folly

Saturday, July 12th, 2008
'Size of that lizard' I shouted pointing at the medium sized black lizard sitting on a building site bag. Lauren stayed well back. 'What's wrong, bubba?' I asked with only the slightest hint of mocking over my genuine concern, 'look, it's ... [Continue reading this entry]

Swimming with beasts

Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Two more denziens to add to my bestiary today, firstly the Grey Reef Shark. Ok, ok, so it isn't a man eater, but this thing was freaking BIG. I was diving in a place called the Southwest Pinnacle, just between ... [Continue reading this entry]