Day Fifty-Two

Today was our fourth and last day of diving. Our first dive was at Miaay Bay and I'm pretty sure it was at Phi Phi. Our second dive was at the King Cruiser shipwreck. The strong current made the dive a little difficult but the labyrinths of rusting metal, tunnels, and toilets was great fun.

Before our third dive at Anemone Reef, Sam and I swam over to another dive boat at the same site and asked if they could give us a ride back to the Phi Phi Islands. The captain was more than cordial and gave us a ride for free! Unfortunately, we missed our fourth dive of the day but we saved ourselves a full day of travel which enabled me to go to the Half Moon Party back in Ko Phangnan.

When we got to Phi Phi we had another couple hours of sunlight. We checked into our hotel, right next to Hippies Bar, and went to the beach on the other side of the island. We ran into some English girls we had met in Phuket while hanging out on the beach. We had dinner with the girls and then split to get ready for the night life scene.

Later on in the night we met up with the girls at Jordan's Irish Pub. We hung out there for an hour or so before we went to the Tiger Club. When we got to the Tiger Club, Sam decided it would be a good idea to Muay Thai box a complete stranger as the bar had a boxing ring and referee. Unfortunately, Sam ended up getting a draw but he'll always be a winner in our eyes.

After a quick trip to Hippies Bar I called it a night. Later dudes!

Day Fifty One

Today was our third day of the dive trip, ( along with two new divers). Unfortunately visibility wasn't that great but we still had a good four dive day. Our first dive was at a dive site called Shark Point. We didn't see any sharks but we did see scorpion fish and octopus. About five minutes into our dive Sam actually had to call it quits because his camera couldn't go any deeper.

Our second dive of the day was right off the Phi Phi Islands at a dive site called Bida Nai. Bida Nai was a reef situated around the steep cliffs of a small island. To our disappointment the visibility was also pretty bad here too.

Our third dive, still at the Phi Phi Islands, was at a dive site called Ao Losama. The current was pretty strong so we couldn't see certain sides of the island's reef. We saw giant sea fans and a couple well hidden scorpion fish. After our third dive we snorkeled onto the main shore and followed a trail through a rock cave. The trail put us out on the beach where the movie "The Beach" was filmed. Unfortunately, the beach had been desecrated by years of beach goers' trash.

Our last dive of the day was a night dive at eight o'clock. We were each equipped with a dive flashlight. We caught a glimpse of a black tip shark but didn't see any other fish of interest. When we got back on board we watched the movie "Knocked Up,"...hilarious. Night guys.