Ao Nang day 2

Diving today! There was a dive shop next to my hostel and as I’m going to do my advanced course on Saturday I thought it might be a good idea to have a quick refresher...! They were also really nice so I signed up.

Turned out there was only me and an Irish girl Lisa on the boat - the boat could take 30 so it was a great private trip! She was doing her open water so I had a divemaster just for me called Tash- she was Thai and super nice.

We were going diving around Koh Phi Phi which is about 2 hours off the shore and where I stayed when Kate and I came in 2012 so it was nice to get a boat ride out in the area. We did two dives; 10.30 and 12.30 with lunch in between. We dived at Maya Nui North and Maya Bay corner- great diving, lots of fish although no turtles or sharks! Interesting to see Maya Bay too- we visited here in 2012 as it’s the beach from ‘The Beach’ the leonardo di caprio film. It’s not that big and as it has so many tourists the government has closed the beach and the shore indefinitely - there’s a rope where boats are allowed to go and no people can swim past it. It is really beautiful and good for the environment I think as it was apparently getting very dirty and killing all the coral and fish.

Nice leisurely journey back to Krabi and got back about 5. Went down for sunset again and dinner and then packed as I’m leaving very early tomorrow. Knackered after diving and early start!Read more