Sail Rock Diving (1)

This trip was planned in January (4 months before the actual date) and train and boat tickets were booked that early, because the dates we chose coincided with the Songkhran festivities when travel in Thailand is the heaviest.

The Lambda Sigma dive team had an additional diver and she wanted to do the Discover Scuba Diving course just to see for herself if being a fish was her type of fun.

The photos will tell the rest of the story.

we left Bangkok in the midst of a water fight. had to keep the taxi's windows closed or get soaked.

That's the Central Train station at Hua Lamphong.

we found our place on the sprawling floor and waited 

for boarding time.

That's our train bound for Nakhon Si Thammarat leaving at 19:30

Inside the sleeper train. 

the usual photo-ops.

Cris getting ready for bedtime. we had fresh 
blankets, sheets and pillow cases.

Nood's berth was above mine. the younger guy 
gets the top slot for obvious reasons.

this could have been the case if we didn't 
have sleeping berths

that's how it looks after everyone is tucked in 
for the long haul

third leg of the journey on the sea

on board this swift catamaran. the two islands are known as 

Nang Yuan where we did 2 dives the following day.

we were met at the Koh Tao pier by this guy holding 

a signboard with my name.

dive boat at Nang Yuan

Mary Cris and her dive instructor going through 

the DSD lessons

getting ready with her dive gear for the plunge.

 ready to go

 her first ever scuba jump in her life

 and she disappears in the foaming froth

 that night we did some catching up with 
delicious grilled stuff

 on the beach

before we retired to our beds dreaming about 
the dives come dawn of light

To be continued...