A day in Laos

Tubing was really fun! The first bar where you start there was a bar that was non profit and gave money to the local schools that taught english, it looked pretty legit so i had a drink for the children. There are about 20 bars along the river that you get pulled into if you want to stop. We stopped at quite a few. The best was "Mr. Lao Lao's" He had Happy shakes so we all had one. At the start of the river i didnt think i was gonna do the rope swings but after a lil liquid courage i did a few.

After tubing and a meal i was done, pretty much jsut layed down and went to bed the rest of the day/night. Today i didnt really do much, just chilled out and walked around. I'm gonna meet up with the aussies around 830 and go to a bar called "bucket bar". I think I'll do some tubing tomorrow then leave on the next day.

Worst few travel days ever!

So i left Koh Tao from my hotel at 11pm for my 1230 boat. The boat took 3 hours to get to a town called Chumpon. I had a 2 hour layover before my bus from there went to bangkok. I met a nice american couple and decided to have dinner with them. Eventually i took a 12 hour busride from chumpon to bangkok. I arrived at Bangkok at 5am. After showing the americans where to stay i went to the trainstation to get the first train to Laos. I found out that the train i wanted leaves at 8 PM which means i have a full day to waste in Bangkok. I have a love/hate relationship with Bangkok. I grabed a hotel room and had a 6 hour nap. I then decided to go to MBK mall to watch a movie in a VIP theater and get some mcdonalds. On the way i wanted to check out suit prices. I didnt want to go in but i ended up going in. Its kinda a good thing i did because they need about a week to make the suit. So i ended up getting all my measurments taken and in the end bought 2 suits a tux, 6 shirts, and 5 ties. I then left for MBK and went to see the movie, "body of lies" with Leo Dicaprio and Russel Crowe. It was pretty good. Before the movie starts there is a video and music about the king of thailand that you stand for. I got back to the suit place for them to do some final measurements then it was on to the train station. At first when i saw my first class sleeper car i wasnt too impressed. It basically had a lower and upper bunk and a sink. I had a guy from new zealand in the bottom bunk. Eventually as the train got moving every 5 mins there would be a new person that came into the room to change something. One came with bottled water, then clean glasses, another to change the garbage, another to take dinner and breakfast orders and one to change the sheets. So eventually our opinion changed. I thought the ride on a train would be a bit smoother than a bus but i was wrong, even tho i did get to sleep more, the bus was really rocky and bumpy. That train wetn from 8pm til 10 am in the morning. Eventually we got to the Laos boarder. I hate dealing with the boarder. you have to sign out of thailand then get a visa for laos and sign in there. Its a long process because there are so many people. That was the boarder at "VienTien". Eventually i got through and took a taxi to a travel agent to get a bus that would take me to Vang Vien. I only had to wait 40 mins for the bus which was alright. The bus to Vang Vien was about 4 hours. I met an austrailian on the bus that owns a bar in Vang Vien so that has come in handy. The first night i took it easy and just had some beers at his bar. I met an Ausie couple at the bar who were on my bus up here. We decided to meet up to go tubing the next day.

Tubing was really fun! The first bar where you start there was a bar that was non profit and gave money to the local schools that taught english, it looked pretty legit so i had a drink for the children. There are about 20 bars along the river that you get pulled into if you want to stop. We stopped at quite a few. The best was "Mr. Lao Lao's" He had Happy shakes so we all had one. At the start of the river i didnt think i was gonna do the rope swings but after a lil liquid courage i did a few.

After tubing and a meal i was done, pretty much jsut layed down and went to bed the rest of the day/night. Today i didnt really do much, just chilled out and walked around. I'm gonna meet up with the aussies around 830 and go to a bar called "bucket bar". I think I'll do some tubing tomorrow then leave on the next day.

Most intense travel day so far...

So I took my 3 hour boat to chumpon from Koh Tao. From there I took a 12 hour bus ride to bangkok Which arrived at 5 am. Durring the trip i met a nice american couple. We had dinner together along the way which was cool. When we got to bangkok they hadn't been there before so I took them to Rambiturri rd. where i stayed while i was there.

It was kinda a shitty time to get to bangkok (5am) so i took a cab to the train station and found out that the train i wanted to Laos didnt leave til 8pm that night. So thats great, i have to spend a day in Bangkok. Me and Bangkok have kind of a love/hate relationship. Kinda like me and the city of Richmond. There are parts of it that are fun and then parts of it that are like pulling teeth. I grabed a hotel room so i could get a 6 hour nap because i was pretty tired. I then decided to go to MBK mall for a movie and some mcdonalds. On my way i checked out a suit place. I told them that i didnt want to go in because i knew what would happen, and sure enough it did. I ended up buying 2 sweet suits and a tux. You never know when you might need that kinda stuff right? The nice thing was that it was tailored to my body and had extra fabric if it needed to be altered in the future. I bought a grey suit, a black pin striped one and a tux. Along with 6 shirts and 5 ties. So after about an hour of going through all that i went to MBK. I went and saw the movie "body of lies" with Leo Dicaprio and Russel Crowe. It was pretty good. I did the whole "VIP Movie" thing. Super huge reclining chairs that reclined pretty much as far as you wanted them too. a blanket, cheese cake, popcorn and a coke. Before any movie in Thailand there is a video clip with music that you have to stand before and honor the king. A lil different eh? I bought a few shirts then went back to the suit place to make the final alterations to the test suit they would be making the real suits from.

I then got on a train to go to Laos. I booked a sleeper car in first class. When i got there it didnt look like much, 2 bunks with a sink and some lights. I had a nice guy named Steven from New Zealand rooming with me. We ended up traveling together through to vien tien. We were kinda choked about the money we put out for this plain Jane car. (he paid 200 more bhat than me) all of a sudden people started comming in and making changes to our room every 5 mins. A guy came in with bottled water. Then a guy came in and changed the garbage. Another came in to give us drinking glasses wrapped in paper. Another guy came in and made the beds with fresh sheets and blankets. Then the last guy came in to take our orders for dinner and brekfast in the morning as well as any drinks we might want (only alcohalic, no soft drinks:( ) So after all that we changed our opinion. I thought that it would be a smooth ride all the way through being on a train and what not but i was sooooooo far off. The car rocked and constantly hit bumps the whole way through and kept making stops. We eventually got there a hour late at 930am. Then took a tuk tuk to the boarder.

I hate dealing with the boarder. There are sooooo many people there all doing the same thing. You have to check out of thailand, then check into Loas and fill out a bunch of forms in the blazing heat. You even had to take a bus from the thai boarder to the Laos boarder, thats how far apart they were. For some reason i was feeling really sick today so that didnt help. Me and steven then took a taxi for about an hour to vien tien. I went to a bus stop and he stayed there. My bus was leaving in 10 mins from when i got my ticket so that was good, but then some stupid couple at the only hotel we had to pick up from was 30 mins late. I know this sounds like i'm complaining alot but when you are sick and waiting in the heat of 100 degree weather (not exagerating) it sucks. So we finally got on our "VIP Bus" This wasnt much of a vip bus, it had ac but wasnt very comfortable. It was by far the bumpyest bus ride I have encountered in my whole trip, and it was like that the whole way, in the 5 hours i got maybe 2 hours of sleep. I finally got to Veng Vien. It looks like its gonna be a good time.

I was thinking i would only stay 3 days because I'm feeling so shitty but with these prices i'll probably stay longer. I met a guy on the bus that owns a bar here so that will probably come in handy;) My accomadation was about $4.50 a night. Nice big bed and a huge fan, i dont really need a/c here apparently. I think thats what got me sick in the first place. I'm gonna do some tubing tomorrow and sample some dishes from the "happy Menu" so it should be fun. So thats pretty much where I'm at right now.

First and pretty much last day in Koh Tao...

So i woke up around 11 for my dives at 12. I went down to the shop around 1145 to check in and fill out some forms. They said we'd be leaving around 1215 so i grabbed a sandwich. 12 15 rolls around and we're still not movin. 1230 rolls around and i ask if i can just make a quick hit on the internet before we leave and they say the bus will be here soon. So 1250 rolls around and i say eff this i'm gonna go use the internet, knock on the door when we're leavin. So we finally leave at 1 pm. The gear is not already on the boat so i have to carry my own bag which is something i havnet had toi do before. We take a taxi to the "sister dive shop" and when we get down there there are sooooooo many people! When i was diving in koh phi phi i had the instructor and one other person with me and there were maybe 15 peopl ppl on the boat which are good numbers. So groups of about 12 pplk jump on speed boats and get taxied to a big boat. In the end there are 55 people on the boat and 5 in my group! That is wayyyyy too many people. Not to mentiopn the other companies that are at the same dive site. So it took quite a while to get in the water because your waiting for alot of people and i hate waiting when i ahve dive gear on, i just wanna get in the water. My instuctor had such a thick accent that i could barely understand him which isnt good. There were 2 advanced divers and me and another lady had our open water and there was the dive master. I was supposed to kinda stick with the other open water diver but she dragged her ass on both the dives! there was no way i was stayin with her the whole time. The visability wasnt that great down there, not even close to as good as Koh Phi Phi. So we finished the first dive and got back on the boat, i always get kinda a sea sickness feeling on the boat but i ahve never thrown up. The divemaster gave me a sea sickness pill. I was about to take the pill and i thought about swallowing it and right there i vommited! All over the boat, lol for some reason no one noticed. So i went to the back of the boat which was close and vommited 3 more times. I felt better:) I went on the 2nd dive and it was pretty much the same deal, slow partner, took forever to get in the water, bad vis. I knew it was gonna be like that at any dive shop on the island. Koh Tao is a nice place, really chill. But when I'm by myself chill is not a good place to be. When I'm by myself i need a party to meet people. There are some cool bars here but just not the right kind. I ended up meeting up with Maz last night and we had some drinks and what not. They are leaving today and so am I. I leave at 2 and i'll get back to bangkok at 5 am then i take a train to Laos. I'm looking forward to Laos because i always hear good things. Then again I'm kinda gettin tired of traveling by myself, kinda too lazy to make the effort to meet people. I just wanna get home and sleep in my own bed where the temp is normal. Eat a home cooked meal. Watch some tv. Eat Canadian food. And most of all be with my friends. I miss my friends alot! I should be home pretty soon, i jsut dont know how soon, could be a week could be 2 or 3?

Last few days in Koh Phan Yan

The last few days were pretty laid back. Had some meals, went swimming a few times. Last night i wanted to party on my last ngiht there but that scene wasnt really goin down so i grabbed a happy shake and just chilled in my room, listened to music and made soem calls back home. Today was moving day. I dont like moving days because you have to get up early in most cases and you gotta pack all your stuff up again. I took a boat to Ko tao which wasnt bad. It took about an hour for the boat to leave which kinda sucked but they played the movie "dont mess with the Zohan" Starring Adam Sandler, its not a bad movie. I slept through the last 1/4 of it tho because i only got 4 hours sleep last night, the last few nights i've had trouble sleeping:( After zohan they showed top gun but only got through half of it. I'm staying at a place recommended by Austin and Elliot Called Sunshine Dive. It looks pretty legit. My room was 400 bhat a night but had no electrical plug in so i had to switch a a room with electrical, gotta have my tunes;) That one cost 500 bhat, it has 2 beds, one of which will go to waste. The room only has a fan, i hate rooms with just a fan but a/c was gonna be 1000 bhat and i'm not payin that. I think i'm gonna do 6 or 7 dives while i'm here, 2 per day. The afternoon dives go at 12 noon so thats perfect! The weather here is kinda overcast which kinda sucks but is a nice break from the heat. I found out 4 of my friends from England are here so thats pretty sweet, i just gotta find them. The Calgary guys went to Ko Samui but i bet they will be here in about 3 days just before i leave. I'm definitly gonna need a bike while I'm here to get around, you can go from one end of the island to the other in like 30 mins but all the towns are really spread out.

Full Moon

Went to Full moon last night around 12. Didnt come home til 6. It was cool to party on the beach with the sun comming up. I know i sound like a zombie in this post, thats cuz i feel like a zombie today. I didnt wake up til 5 PM today. There were so many thai guys on the beach trying to sell extacy. I walked around like a zombie to get something to eat tonight. Today is pretty much a write off. I'm kinda choked that my camera is messed up. It says "lense error" on the screen. The lense wont open and i think its because there is sand in the camera. Not too sure what I'm gonna do about that. Its about 7PM now and i think I'm gonna go back to bed.

What an Awesome day!

So i woke up around 11 on the day of the pool party. I really felt like doin something good today. So i walked downstairs and rented a motorcycle for 2 days. Its kinda weird driving on the left but i dont mind it. The only time where it gets scetchy is when foeigners (anyone who drives on the right) decide to drive on the right, thats where the accidents happen. So i got the bike for $10 canadian for 2 days which is pretty sweet. I drove over to my buds from Calgary's place and picked up ryan, the otehr 2 guys jsut sleep all day, nice vacation. Me and Ryan went to the beach and made a stop at the "mellow moutain bar" We had a few beers there and i had a shake. All the drinks there were pretty expensive. Then we hit up the beach, i went for a swim and met some nice irish girls. I came back to the beach and chilled for a bit then me and ryan went up to a restaurant a few meters away and grabbed some food. Met some nice girls from south africa, twins actually, lol. By then it was dark so we jumped back on the bike, i stopped by my place to grab the normal stuff i have like money camera and cell phone then we drove back to their place to meet the guys for dinner. I decided after dinner i should prob have a lil 2 hour nap before the big pool party so i drove back to my place. I didnt really sleep i kinda just layed down for a while, music was goin pretty loud outside my hotel so there wasnt much chance of sleep. I went back to their place and it was a Zoo! sooooooo many ppl! the place was packed, easily 300 people. I decided that the cell phone flip flops camera and shirt should probably go back in their room. We spent most of the time in the pool which was pretty disgusting but w/e "when in rome" right? I didnt really drink much so i kinda got bored. We met a bunch of swedish ppl, they are fun to party with, lol. I went back home around 4 but couldnt grab my stuff because ryan left before me and decided to walk to grab some food without telling any of us. I was pretty choked. Yesterday i didnt do much just went to their place to grab my stuff then spent the whole day reading my book on the beach. I was supposed to meet the english girls for dinner around 7 but they couldnt find my hotel. I went for a walk and checked out the beach which was in full on party mode then went back to my room with some beers and read a little more. I wanted to have a pretty chill night because today is gonna be a long long night. I dont plan on getting to the party til 12 at night because i know i wont leave til 8 in the morning. haha so i went to bed last night around 1. I get a knock on my door at 4 am and its the English girls! They are wasted! hahaha i bet they are regretting that today and i told them they would. Today I'm prob gonna go for some lunch, maybe do some shopping and watch a movie. Tonight is gonna be wild! Nice to see that the Canucks are doing well. I listened to overtime in the second game against the flames.

Welcome To Koh Phanyan!

So i didnt end up getttin too hammered on my last night in Ko Samui. Kinda took at easy and drank on the beach with the girls. I almost lost my camera at the end of the night but one of them grabbed it for me:) The next day i woke up and the fan was off and the a/c was off as well and my room was kinda filled with diesel fumes. I found out that the power was out. I didnt want to sleep in a room filled with diesel fumes (from the back up generator that was below my bathroom window) so i demanded a new room for the next 4 hours, they gave me a HUGE bungalo:) Eventually the power went back on and i went back to my room and showered and packed up my stuff to check out. I chilled in samui for the day just havin lunch and checkin up on sports scores. I left at 5 but the taxi got us there late so i had to take the 630 boat. When i got here it didnt take me long to find the guys from calgary. Some English girls (what a suprise) were walking to the same place they were staying so i walked with them. I found the guys and we had some beers. Ryan was skinny dippin at night and stepped on some coral so his foot was all wrapped up. They had a new guy with them that they met from England, nice kid. His mates left him high and dry when he banged up his knee so he's not really hangin out with them right now. He had to go to the hospital and they didnt even help him out. I will probably go to ko tao with him when i leave here. The calgary guys to to Samui after the week here. So i left their place and went back to mine to get ready. O ya i forgot to mention that my place is right in the middle of the 2 beaches and sooooo close to the one with the full moon party! couldnt have picked a better place. Its close but not too close so i'll be able to sleep. Its right in downtown haad rin so everything i need is a few steps away. We ended up goin to a beach party (which they have every night) but this wasnt liek the beach partys i had been to before. The ones i went to before were put on by one bar on the beach. This party is put on by EVERY bar on that beach and there are about 70 (not exagerating) stands to buy buckets. They are pretty cheap too! coke redbull and vodka bucket for 180 bhat, not bad at all. There were ppl everywhere, i cant imagin what the full moon is gonna look like! We met some nice irish girls too which was cool, i broke my english ppl streak, lol. This morning i woke up with a brutal hang over:S I got up at 1 and set out to find a new cell charger because mine wont charge my phone and i found one. then i stopped by a restaurant that was showing superbad so i had some fries and 2 pops. I went for a swim later on which was nice, it was kinda overcast so its not like i lost a beach day today or anything. I really wanna hit the beach tomorrow early because i wont be hungover ( i hope) I dont plan on doin anything tonight, just takin it easy prob gonna read a book or go to a movie. There is a huge pool party at the calgary guys place tomorrow and i wanna be in good shape for that. I just started an autobiography about an english footballer named Steven Gerard. O wait i forgot that the England vs Kzakstan game is on tonight! I've kinda become interested in Soccer (or football as i like to call it now) Alright time to take off.

Random Day in Ko Samui

So yesterday when i left here i went for lunch, i would like to say i was eating some amazing traditional Thai food but it was Burger King, lol. Instead of walking back along the main street and being annoyed by ppl trying to sell me everything from suits, to food, to massage to places to stay, i decided to walk along the beach back to my hotel. Afterall, My name is Jackson and I like long walks along the beach;) It was really nice to just walk barefoot and let the waves hit your ankles and look at all the different ppl and scenery. I went back up to my hotel room to drop some stuff off and grab a towel. I went back down to the water for a swim. There is an island within a swimable distance that i wanna swim to today. I swam for about 20 mins then went back to my room to get ready for the night and to watch a bit of tv to relax. I went down to the girls room and we went out for some pad thai. After that we walked around a bit just enjoying the nightlife. We went to bed early (12 am) because we had to go zipline treking today. It was really fun! In total it was 500 meters and 6 platforms. to get to the first platform it was a 200 meter hike. After that we came back to the hotel, had some lunch and came here to check msgs and what not. I'm gonna go swimming now. Talk to ya later!

A few days later now I'm in Ko Samui

I havent wrote in here for a while because i've been on the move alot and havin fun. When i got to Krabi from Railay i realized thati just wanna get to ko samui so i stayed in krabi for a night in a nice place with a tv and a/c then that night i went to a different guest house to check the travel prices, for the visa run to malaysia his price was 250 bhat less than everywhere else and because i booked my ticket to samui with him i got a discount on both trips and i stayed at his place for 270 bhat a night which is really good. The Visa run day was hell, i was in an a/c van all day and night just to get a stupid stamp of my passport but it had to be done. I can now stay in the country of thailand til the 5th of november. The next day i left krabi for ko samui, I left at 11 and got to the island around 5:30 I met some really nice girls on the boat from england. The 2 of them were traveling with 3 other girls. Their situation was really interesting. Basically 4 of them had never met until a month before they went traveling. They met on a website called "i wanna travel" which basically is a site to find ppl to travel with. (why didnt i think about that?) They are traveling the world in 8 months tho, europe, asia, auz, south america. Sounds pretty sweet eh? Then another guy is friends with with one of the 4 and she was bored so she decided to come on the asian leg of the tour. I notice most young ppl in england are professionals by the age of 23. They go to "Uni" right outta highschool. One of the girls is a lawyer and shes 24, how crazy is that! One of the irish girls i met a few weeks ago has a masters degree and shes only 24.

So right now I'm in Ko Samui for 2 more days. My hotel is awesome, i paid 500 bhat for a fan room which included hot shower mini bar and a tv. haha i guess they didnt notice the air conditioner in my room that i have been using and will keep using for the next few days. For an A/c room its 700 bhat. Score! The beach is a 50 meter walk from my room and there are restaurants on the beach everywhere here. Yes i had dinner on the beach last night, some really good pad thai and 3 scoops of strawberry icecream for dessert. The shopping is pretty good here too. They have burger kind starbucks and mcdonalds, lol. The calgary guys decided to go straight to koh phan yan and then come back here leter which kinda sucks. I'll hang out with this for about 5 days when i get there. Today i think I'm gonna book a zipline treking tour for tomorrow, it should be fun. On my last day I'm gonna rent a scooter and rip around the island. I would never do it in a busy place like bangkok because they drive on the left here but on this island there isnt too much traffic. Its gonna be weird to drive when i get back.

The night life is alright here. Kinda tame and the girls dont really drink too hard. Which is kinda nice because it gives me a break until i get to koh phan yan. Lotsa bars here tho. It kinda reminds me of puket but not as sleasy.

Well I'm outta here. talk to ya later!

In Railay Beach

So i left ko phi phi the other day. I was kinda sad to leave, its the place i stayed the longest and i really liked it there. I cam to Railay beach because my friend Austin recommended it. Everyone has their own opinions and mine is that i dont like this place. You either stay in an expensive resort or a shitty bungalo with a mosquito net, not cool. I am sweating my ass off here for some reason. Its a small quiet town for chilling out in, not alot of young people here which kinda sucks. So I'm gettin outta here ASAP i will have spent a total of 20 hours here. Next stop is Krabi and because of my brutal stay in Railay i think im gonna slurge on a good hotel room. I'll probably stay in krabi for 2 nights then down to Malaysia to get my passport stamped. O ya so i ordered some pizza here last night and what i thought would be half pep half hawaiian turned out to be hald hotdog weiner half hawaiian and the pizza sause was ketchup! Saying i was pissed would be sugar coating it... I met some nice ppl last ngiht tho, an english girl, a guy from Aus, 2 girls from sweden and a guy from laos. The guy from laos was awesome! Not much left to say, talk to ya later when I'm in Krabi!

So I was supposed to leave today but ran into an unfortunate event, lol. I went out with some friends to a bar last night and had soem drinks. It was on the beach which is always nice. So we decided to go for a swim. We walked about 50 meters down the beach and went in. Some english guys also came in the water for a bit. So when we got out 500 bhat ($15) was gone from my wallet and my new fave shirt was gone! This shirt was pretty sick it was a bright light blue billabong tank. So i was pretty choked about that. I talked to my friend and all her cash was taken from her wallet too. So i walked back to my place and went to bed. I was supposed to be at the dive shop for 8 am. I woke up today at 4 PM!!! I'm guessing somewhere along the way someone put something in my drink because i never sleep in that late. So i left my place to go get something to eat and I walk by the travel agent that sold me my boat ride to krabi that i missed today as well. she was supprised to see me and asked why i was still her. She felt bad and changed my ticket for tomorrow right away. I had to go to the dive shop and tell them why i didnt show and they understood and rebooked my dives. I know this all sounds bad but its really not that bad, doesnt really bother me. I'm choked about the money but im the most chopked about the shirt, lol. I'm probably just gonna take it easy tonight have a few drinks with some friends at the irish bar that is litterally 40 steps (i counted) from my place. After my first dive tomorrow i will be certified to dive at 18 meters. Talk to ya later!

Last few days in Ko phi phi

I haven't wrote in a while because i have been busy diving. 3 days ago i started with my confined water dive just off the beach. We didnt go any deeper than about 12 feet. There i learned alot of different skills needed for when you are diving. You can get into some pretty dangerous situations down there and if you dont know how to handle them you could really injure yourself. The first day i had a hard time with clearing water outta my mask while underwater. So much trouble that i was even thinking that i wouldnt be able to finish the course. What i would do is panick and swim top the top to fix it. What my instructor told me is that i have air flowing through my mouth so there is no need to go to the top. Eventually at the end i felt completly comfortable (today i cleared my mask at 60 feet) After and before the confined water i had to do some class room work. With the dives and the class room work it takes up about 7 hours of the day. The next day i was supposed to do 2 dives, one just as a fun dive where we dont practice any skills, we just swim around, then we come up for an hour, have lunch then go back into the water and practice skills (that day it was at 36 feet below) I got motion sickness after the first dive when i was on the boat and i have heard of ppl who have puked at 30 feet into their regulators so i didnt take a chance. So i ll just make it up tomorrow and do an extra dive while im out there too. Today i did 2 dives and my deepest depth was 60 fee below surface, it was great! I've seen soooooo many sweet things down there. Haven't seen a shark or a turtle yet so im kinda choked about that. The sharks out here are not aggresive and do not bite. There are some here that are 18 meters long! Today was a great dive tho i feel very comfortable. The main thing to master in diving is buoyancy (hovering by using your breathing tecnique) When your lungs fill with air you will float up, when you expell the air you will float down. If you do it at the right pace you would pretty much stay at the same level. After tomorrow first dive i will be a certified open water diver. Which means i could have someone drive me out anywhere in water and dive to a maximum of 18 meters with a partner who is also certified. The only downside to the diving is that its at 8 am in the morning so i cant go out and party too hard. On the other hand swiming is a great hangover cure, i kinda found that out today. Tomorrow will be my last day on this island, im kinda sad to leave it, i really like it here. But its pretty small and i've pretty much seen everything. I spend a day or 2 in a place call railay beach, its supposed to be pretty nice. Then i head to the boarder of malaysia to get my passport stamped then up to the islands of Ko tao ko samui and koh pen yan. For the last few days of ko phi phi i decided to stay in a good room, i have a fan, a small fridge (very key) a tv, a safe, and a hot water shower which is kinda nice to have every once in a while. Normally its straight up cold water showers, lol. Last night i met up with the guys from calgary and we went to an irish pub, then i went to a beach party but came back to the pub, there was acontest there for girls that was pretty sweet, the winner won 1500 bhat which is like $45 lol. 2 girls both won so they split it. It was a pretty sweet contest, lol. We made friends with one of the girls from the contest and her friends so then we went to a raegae bar. They have a muy thai boxing ring there with equipmet if you wanna fight your friend. If you do it you get a free bucket. 2 of the girls got in the ring and it was pretty sweet. We ended the night at the beach party, it was fun, i wish i coudl have stayed til the end (5 am) but i went home at 3 because i had to dive. I'm gonna go get some lunch, pretty hungry from the dive. Talk to ya later!