1st Fun Dive

I did my first fun dive on Rai Lay, Krabi. It was brilliant and i didn't have to put anything together. All the equipment was already set up for me by the dive master who was diving with me. It was so easy! If they keep setting up my equipment for me i'll forget how to do it though, nevermind eh!! My dive master was a Polish girl called Anna, she was really nice and friendly. I saw my first Stingray (i think i saw 4 but i could have been the same one) and i saw a lobster and other things too (again, i can remember what they were called). It wasn't as good as Phi Phi for visibility and the current was a bit stronger than i'd been in before, so much so we had to turn back, but it was really good. Diving at Phi Phi the visibility was 20 meters or more but on Rai Lay it was only 5-8 meters but i got to see another side to the sea i guess. It's quite scary not being able to see far, i suppose that what it's like having bad eyesight?!

george's say

hello everybody. im just about managing to put up with nic, although it is tough at times. we have been keeping busy. she has been doing her diving, which she never stops talking about. i have been rock climbing mostly which is funny cos im shit scared of heights. also i have been doing some sea kayaking, we have found some quiet beachs along the way and had picnics, nic fed most of hers to the fish. hope everyone is ok in sunny england thats all for now, over and out.

The kayak

I actually did some, kind of, exercise!! Eli (my Norwegian friend) and I went on one kayak and George had his own ( i think he though we would slow him down!) It wasn't as bad as i expected but it's not easy. We paddled to a secluded beach on Phi Phi Don, as had quite a few people! It's wasn't exactly our private beach but it was still good. I did a bit of snorkling and saw an eel. Paddling back was a bit of a nightmare, i was exhausted. It's was pretty cool though and i'm glad i did it.

Open Water

I got my Open Water diving licence!!! It's so cool, i can dive anywhere in the world, to a massive depth of 18 meters. After the hinderence of slashing my knee open, and against the advice of the hosital, it was all worth it. Even though now i will have a bigger scar after the skin split from the water but at least when people ask me how i got such a scar i can say "it's a diving injury". I saw loads of awesome things on my dives. I've seen a couple of turtles, a bandit sea snake, a yellow sea horse (apparently they're rare to find!), loads of baracudas, sea cucumbers and lots of other things i don't know the name of. I didn't see a shark though, i'm not sure if that's a bad thing or not!? I've been told that the ones where i was can't really hurt you because their mouths don't open wide enough to bite you, but i don't want to find out. Phi Phi Islands ROCK!! I can't wait to get back there soon and do more diving.