Ok, so I’ve been trying to find some internet stable enough to write this for a while and can’t really remember or be bothered to look back to see when I last wrote anything.
Currently I’m sitting in the Fishbowl at Ban’s with waves breaking under the bar, every boat from the Gulf of Thailand is moored up as close to Sairee Beach as possible and monsoon is very much on its way! The forecast for today is 28 knott winds rain - lots of rain! Currently however its 27 degrees, sunny and I’m going fun diving this afternoon.
Dive Master course started yesterday and I was thrown in at the deep end being in boat master for the day on both the morning and afternoon dives. It was going well until we got to the first dive site and I attempted to get 36 people into the water with 3m swells; it later transpired that the water was full of jellyfish and a speedboat had to bring out more vinegar for all the stings.
November 2nd also saw a strange Thai ritual falling on the full moon and marking the start of monsoon season. W collected our negative thoughts and channelled them into a woven basket of flowers and leaves before lighting a candle and floating it off into the bay to join about a thousand similar offerings.
Thinking about it I do remember the last thing I wanted to write about… the whale shark hunt at Chumpon. It didn’t go well, no whale shark, 1.5m visibility and a whole ocean full of jellyfish. Better luck next time eh?
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