Ao Nang -> Koh Tao

Another early early start- picked up at 6.30am from the hostel. 3 hour drive to Surat Thani port and then a quick 4 hour ferry (including an hour stop in Koh Phangan) and finally reached Koh Tao about 14.30!

I’ll be here for quick a while - 8 nights in total with one night on koh Samui in the middle to meet Fran. The reason I’ve come earlier than Fran is after Komodo I really wanted to do my Advanced Open Water course; it’s 5 more dives and means you can dive down to 30m on future fun dives. My ex colleague Glyn had mentioned his brother runs a dive school in Koh Tao so I messaged him and he sorted me out with mates rates and a pick up from the ferry which was awesome!

Went straight to the dive shop from the ferry to register and get my reading materials - there is no test on the course but you have to read some background on each dive type and then go through a few questions verbally with your instructor. So i had 4 sections to ready tonight

Checked into my hostel which is SO nice, really fancy one but I wanted to get a good comfy bed and it has a really nice rooftop pool! Sat by the pool and did my reading before having a sunset beer and a low key dinner. Knackered from the early start and diving tomorrow so headed to bed!Read more