Changes

Mar 26 - Home

What the hell happened to you....?

Mar 17 - 25 Jungle Club Koh Samui

Giant Ghecko's
4 Wheel Drives only!
J + Batgirl
Club Deja Vu
Bo Phut Beach
Chaweng tourist trap

S'long

Mar 15 - 16 Buddy Lodge Khao San Bangkok

LMSx flies home........

Seedy strip

Mar 14 - 100 Islands Hotel Surat Thani

hotel room pay by the half hour....not that it was seedy or anything....

Khao Lak pt 2

Mar 9 - 13 Baan Krating Khao Lak

Flying Ghecko's

BIG Blue

Mar 5 - 8 MV Andaman Liveaboard

6 Feb
Similan Islands #5 Batfish Bend:
Ribbon Eel; Garden Eels; 10 x Kuhl's Stingray
Snorkelling off Island #4 with LMSx:
Cuttlefish; Massive Banded Sea Snake; Unicornfish; Blu Banquillo's
Island #7 'The Wall':
2 Octopus; Moray Eels under table coral; Malabar Grouper; Batfish; Boxfish; Bluefin Trevally; Tuna; Blue Blanquillo's; Cornetfish; Spotted Pufferfish
Island #9 Three Trees:
Hawksbill Turtle; Chevron Barracuda; Clown Triggerfish; Batfish; Kuhl's Stingray; Moray; Pompano's; Trevally; Clarks Anemonefish; Phantom Bannerfish.

7 Feb
Similan Islands Elephant Head 7am:
4 White Tip Sharks; 1 (BIG) unidentified shark (reef?); 1 Jenkins Whipray; Giant Moray; Batfish; Fusiliers; Huge Trevally - Swim thru with current + felt a bit freaked for most of the dive....?
Koh Bon:
Wot no Manta (only group to not see at least one BOO!); Red fire Gobi's; 2 Octopus changing colour; Moon Wrasse; Silver sweetlips; Giant Puffer Yellow Saddled Goatfish; Lots of Plankton! - also saw a Banded Sea snake + school o' squid snorkelling with LMSx
Koh Ta Chai Batfish Rock:
A.May.Zing - Loads of Plankton made the Viz gloomy watched a huge shoal of Chevron Barrycoooda sit motionless in the blue stalking an even bigger shoal of fusiliers + snappers...suddenly a massive shoal of BluefinTrevally struck the heart of the fusi/snaps sending them fleeing in all directions around me....breathtaking; Huge shoal of Batfish on Bommie; 2 White Octopus; Redtooth Triggerfish.
Surin Tai Ao Pak Gard:
First Night Dive; Blackspotted Pufferfish; Goatfish; BIG Red Crab; Lionfish; Phosforescence; Crown of Thorns.

8 Feb
Surin South East Rocks Koh Tor Inla:
Ribbon Eel; Kuhl's Stingray; Scorpionfish; Moray; 2 x Nudibranch Phyllidiidae; Boxfish
Surin Tai Turtle Ledge:
Scribbled Filefish
Surin Ko Chi Walkers reef:
Cuttlefish; Scorpionfish: Batfish; Phantom Bannerfish; Lionfish; Chevvy 'Barry' Cuda; Trev Ally; Fusiliers; Snappers; Dogfish Tuna; Surgeonfish.

9 Feb
Richelieu Rock dive 1
Plankton glowing blue; Chevron Barracuda; Fusilier; Snapper; 2 x Tigertail Seahorses; Tomato Anemonefish; 3x Scorpionfish; Ornate Ghost Pipefish; Nudibranch; 2x Tigeregg Cowries; Juv Cube Bofish; Octopus; Crocodile Needlefish.
Richelieu Rock dive 2
Clown Anglerfish 'Yodafish'; Peppered Moray eel; white eye moray; fimbriated moray; blackspoy moray + crab; juv emperor angelfish (psychedelic lollipop); lionfish; scorpionfish; tomato anemonefish; cube boxfish; peacock mantis shrimp; mink whales from boat!

Khao Lak pt 1

Mar 1 - 4 Khao Lak bungalows

Bus Satun-Trang-Krabi-Phang Nga - Khao Lak
The Bottle top Nipple Spit incident
Moped to Tsunami zone
Beautiful Beach......Bangsak or PakWeep

Wot no rings

Feb 28 Pinnacle Hotel Satun

Speedboat - Madmotorbike - Visa run to Malaysia border

I need a holiday

Feb 23 - 27 Bundhaya Resort Ko Lipe

Snorkelling + sign language

Where I find my heaven........

Feb 10 - 16 Baan Lanta Ko Lanta
Feb 17 - 22 Lanta View Marine Park

Mopeds; punctures etc......Eastside over to the westside.
Lanta town
Room with a view
Diving again - scubafish

Feb 11 Kantiang Bay Ghostpipefish; Nudibranches; Pregnant pipe fish (mal) carrying eggs; Remori
Feb 13 Ko Haa Frogfish; Turtle; LMS Snorkelling; Scorpionfish; School of Barracuda
Ko Haa Yai Seasnake; Shoals of Glassfish; 2x Scorpionfish and a Stonefish - My first Cave dive which was amazing!
Feb 16 Ko Rok Nok all 4 different Anemonefish (Meemo's) - Ko Rok Noi Huge Grouper; Moray + Turtle!
Feb 21 Hin Daeng Baracuda; Batfish Hin Maeng Barracuda + Blotch Stingray

Bang; Op; Noi playing with fire Poi in the beach bar (inc Lanterns)
4 islands snorkelling trip

Crusoe 2 go

Feb 6 - 9 Andaman Beach Resort Ko Jum

Peace + walking on an empty beach
Horny Dog Leg
Barry!
F***in Lazy Thai B*st*rds

tHE sEA

Feb 3 - 5 Phuphranang resort Krabi

Sunshine + Falangs
Count to 10 - Neung Seung Sam Si Hip Hok Jet Baht Gow Shir
Bo Derek
Nit Noi/Yai
Sabadee kup? - Sabadee Mai Kup

Who run bordertown

Feb 1 -2 Baan Warabordee Chaing Rai

visa run to Myanmar border

Ending the start

Jan 31 Montri Hotel Chaing Mai

Second Hitch with the Nicest Farmer in the World
The hardest thing I have ever had to do

Hitchin a ride

Jan 29 - 30 Navasoung Mae Chaem

Dropped off in the middle of nowhere by bus
Hitched ride on back of pick-up carrying fertiliser over mountains
Natural Beauty + 'this is what its all about'

Mountain high

Jan 28 Riverhouse resort Mae Saerang

Bordertown
dust

Loopin' the loop

Jan 25 - 27 Treetops Guesthouse Mae Hong Son

Public bus Twists + Jives
Spectacular Mountain scenery
The hottest Tom Yum Gaeng in the world!
'F*** off Sloopy.........hello......HELLO!'
Stilt House
Karen tribe of long necks + droopy ears + Bangles

Only one 'o' in Soppongo

Jan 24 - Little Eden Guesthouse

Open fireplace open plan
Overlooking River
Tranquility

Peace o' Pai

Jan 20 - 23

Pai (Bai) Freezing huts
Local buskers/Hppies/Jesus-a-likes
Raving Roosters + cockerels
'Well,well,well,well!'
Porcelain skin in twilight