Posted by: Kelly
Week 31: Life without internet
April 7, 2009 - Filed under Scuba Diving, Underwater Photography, Weekly Report
Our internet connection has been out for the last 5 days, which means the posting around here has been even lighter than normal. Luckily work’s been pretty slow for the most part, so we’ve been taking a little break from the online world.
Once again we’ve settled into a bit of a routine here, and while it’s nice for us to chillout and not be constantly on the go, it does make for some pretty boring posts. So in an effort to keep things interesting, and because I missed “Foto Friday“, I’ve decided to turn this into a picture post.
Posted by: Shim
Week 30: Settling in on Koh Tao
March 29, 2009 - Filed under Scuba Diving, Underwater Photography, Weekly Report
This week we got settled into our new apartment. It was a lot harder to find a monthly rental than we expected, especially one with internet. Most places that had internet didn’t do monthly rentals, and the few places we found that did do monthly rentals, didn’t have internet. We did however manage to find a place. It’s not perfect but so far we’re quite comfortable here.
It’s a one bedroom apartment, a couple blocks off the main strip of town, on Koh Tao. It’s right on the beach and we have a little balcony overlooking the water as well as a great rooftop patio, both of which make up for the fact that our kitchen only has a microwave. Luckily the food in Thailand is great, and most of it is quite cheap, so while we love to cook, we probably wont be doing much of it over the next month or so. Unless anyone’s got some great microwave recipes.
Posted by: Shim
Week 29: Koh Tao – Back again!
March 25, 2009 - Filed under Weekly Report
It’s been 6 years since I’ve been back to Koh Tao, and although a lot has changed, as soon as I stepped off the ferry, a million memories came rushing back. The first time I was here was in 2003. I spent 2 months here doing my Divemaster Course, and loved every minute of it. Since then I couldn’t wait to come back, so when Mike and I decided to head to Thailand, I knew we had to come here.
Posted by: Shim
Foto Friday: Diving Koh Tao, Thailand
March 20, 2009 - Filed under Foto Friday, Underwater Photography
Week 28: Phuket to Koh Samui
March 19, 2009 - Filed under Weekly Report
We spent a couple more days in Phuket, chilling on the beach, working, and taking a cooking class. Then on Thursday we headed to Koh Samui. Koh Samui, is a little more our style, but still a bit bigger than we’d actually like. There are however, quite a few options for long term rentals so we might look into it a little further.
Posted by: Kelly
Phuket Thai Cookery School
March 15, 2009 - Filed under Eats, Stuff to do
Last time I was in Thailand I never got around to taking a cooking class. It’s something I really wished I would have done, so this time around it was at the top of my list.
Tuesday morning we were picked up from our hotel and driven half way around the island to The Phuket Thai Cookery School. Sure, there were closer ones to our hotel, but most were more expensive, shorter, or just didn’t look as good. Plus the Thai Cookery School looked like it was the most hands on, which is what I was looking for.
Posted by: Kelly
Week 27: Phuket, Thailand
March 12, 2009 - Filed under Scuba Diving, Weekly Report
Travel Lesson #347 – It always takes you twice as long to get somewhere than you think it will.
We left our hotel in Kuala Lumpur at 9:30 in the morning and finally arrived in Phuket, Thailand just after 5pm. What was suppose to be just a quick trip turned out to be an all day affair. But we made it. We arrived in Thailand and are happy to be here.
Posted by: Kelly
