Thai massage, first day of scuba
First day of scuba
So we arrived in koh Tao after our 24 hours travel from shanghai and the first thing we see is a rock in the middle of the ocean coverlid in green vegetation and palm trees. Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve arrived in paradise. It’s a cool 90 with around 80% humidity. The shirt ha been and will remain off for the duration of the trip.
Today was an exploration of our piece of the island. The beach is Gorgeous and things are still dirt cheep. Breakfast consisted of a British breakfast up the hill. The island has a shit load of dogs and one puppy in particular attacked us while we were laying on the beach (cute lil shit). We grabbed some waters and some other stuff then proceeded to the scuba instructions. Our rooms are exactly as they sound, non air-conditioned bungalows right up from the beach. we actually have a third room mate - a gecko named leon.
Did I mention the food here is the best I’ve ever had? And cheap? I don’t wanna leave.
Enter scuba class, where were taught the ins and outs of scuba. In the class is two Israelis, two Brits, two Irish, one Aussie and us three Californians, however for the water portion of the class we will be divided in two groups. The teaching went well, actually, it was a little more intense and in depth than I imagined it to be.after that we walk into town and grab some delicious Thai food, beer, and spring rolls for a cool $5.5 US per person. Then James and I decide to get a massage - one hour Thai massage (which should be called pressure point bendy twisty but totally awesome massage) for $10 US. So awesome. Interesting fact; we have to throw away ALL tissue paper in a bucket and cant toss it into the toilet so as to keep the beach clean, which makes me think the shit just flows into the ocean. Tomorrow we hit the pool after some brief class work.
Were acclimating to the environment really well. I’m stoked to be here and I’m sure James and Fiona are too. It looks like after 7 days here (4 scuba cert. then some exploration and maybe advanced diver cert), then it’s back to Bangkok where we finish our trip with some Bangkok-style fun as well as a trip to the tiger temple/waterfalls/elephant walls.
