SCUBA mecca!

Ok, here goes the fastest update in the history of blogs. Well, at 2B/min...this is pricey for Thailand!

Ko Samui was nice, had some really delicious seafood and was accosted by these Thai cabaret performers...wish I could post the pic! Can't even tell they're guys!! We learned this neumonic device in scuba:

Bangkok (BCD - buoyancy control!)
Women (weights...I need 2.4kg on my belt)
Really (releases - check that your BCD and air tank are secured)
Are (AIR - ya, make sure it is turned ON...all the way!)
Fellows (final OK)

Ha ha, so that means I took a boat to Koh Tao, which is just north of Samui in the southern part of the gulf of thailand. It is amazing diving here! There are a bizillion dive shops. I am diving at coral grand divers, and my 200 B ($6 CDN) room includes a swimming pool. How ridiculous is that?!?! Lots of sun, soft white sand and shallow shallow beaches. The corals and fish are really cool. Puffer fish! And playing with the fish on the bottom of the ocean while they swim between your legs is fun. And ooh, Simone, a really awesome American woman I met, we did kung fu and crazy backflips and scissor kicking (think street fighter. ha ha) underwater. So much fun!!! I am continuing with the advanced open water course tomorrow. If you want to certify yourself, get a plane here!! It'll work out cheaper...and if the amazing underwater visibility (50m!) and abundance of wildlife doesn't convince you, the price will....only 9000 baht or less per course. ridiculous! Last night, we celebrated the end of our course and watched this movie that was filmed of us during the last day. It's pretty sweet...James Bond-esque somersault entries off the boat, descending into the water like skydivers in a ring formation...watching the teeny bubbles get HUGE as they race toward the surface. It is amazing. You gotta try it!!!