HEY! still in koh tao... started our scuba diving lessons yesterday in the pool - practiced how to breathe underwater, do some emergency skills etc. then today hit the boat and went on two dives in the ocean which was so awesome! saw some cool fish, and went down to 12 meters which seemed pretty far down for us, but tomorrow we will do 18 m. it was hard for our ears to adjust at first to the pressure change but i think they will get used to it. (plus i have a cold right now which makes it worse! - maddy speaking fyi) other than diving training we've been puttering around the island, eating, drinking on the beach... they have this amazing soup here we've been eating for lunch everyday, its kind of like Pho with the rice noodles, then you load it up with your own spices, sooo good! the atmosphere on the island is great, everything is so chill and relaxed. each resort and restaurant has all these blankets/bean bags/or other sitting devices set up right down on the beach so you can eat/drink down there then these fire dancers come and perform every night which is pretty cool to watch. anyways, we will be fully PADI certified divers tomorrow which means we can do some diving in Vietnam and Bali later on! i think we are leaving on the 24th for Koh Phangan to the half moon party which is a big party in the jungle. then after that we'll try and get a cheap flight up to Chiang Mai (N. Thailand)! thats the news so far...
sincerely,
your beloved nomads