Category: Thailand
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Fun diving, refresher courses, sand volleyball, oh my!
Day 243! Not too many pictures to show from today, but it was a nice and busy day nonetheless! I spent the morning and afternoon diving and had a nice evening hanging with my friend, Tom! I woke up this morning nice and early for some diving! Today no one…
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Sina’s last day on the island
Day 242! Well, the day has come… it’s time to say see you later to Sina, one of my close friends on the island. So this morning I dove and then this afternoon I spent the rest of my time with her and other friends After an exciting morning at…
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Spotting my second whale shark and Sina’s last night on the island
Day 241! A day I’ll remember for a long long time… I kinda spoiled it in the title, but today I spotted my second whale shark! It was incredible… which is honestly an understatement. Also today was Sina’s last night on the island, so we celebrated her as well! I…
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Taking my friend on his scuba diving refresher course
Day 240! where’s the time going?! It’s almost the end of August! But 240 days of traveling so far, not bad! Today I had a paid double boat. I had two fun divers in the morning, one being our favorite fun diver Michael… and then I had a friend doing…
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Finding an uncommon fish while diving
Day 239! Today was another morning of fun dives and hanging out with friends. While diving I found a very interesting fish that I had never seen before… it took me almost all day to find out what it was, but it turned out to be a fish that doesn’t…
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Exploring the Red Rock swim through with my fun divers
Day 238! Time for another morning of fun divers! Today was a great day of diving and hanging out with friends. I even got to take advantage of chilling out at Aow Leuk, something I haven’t done in a while! Two more weeks till I leave the island… crazy! My…
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Teaching another refresh course
Day 237! Today was another day of afternoon dives. I had one refresher student today who hadn’t dove in over 5 years! I also enjoyed a beautiful sunset, hung out with friends, and overall had another great day on Koh Tao. With the mishap of last nights scheduling, I had…
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The last day I get to hang out with Kit… for now
Day 236! The day has come… the Kit and Elie show season finale. It’s been a wonderful few months hanging out with Kit and going through the dive master training with him. But today was the last day we’d get to see each other for a while. As all “see…
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Getting paid to dive at Sail Rock
Day 235! Here we go! We’re now diving 😉 into the world of professional diving. Today I took out my first paid customers. Not only was it a special day for that, but we were also taking a trip out to Sail Rock, a dive site I’d never been to…
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My first day as a pro diver
Day 234! I may be a dive master now, but I definitely was not diving today. It was a very sluggish day but it ended on a very nice note! Well… as you probably can imagine after the snorkel test, I was very hungover. It was worth it though because…
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