8/1
Woke up quite early to go diving. Matter of fact, I haven’t woke up this early (6:30) probably since the start of my trip. I was really excited and a little nervous for some reason. Luckily there was no group at all and I had my own personal trainer. The guys name was Henry and a real cool guy. Explained all the rules and what to do while I was gearing up and we took off for Koh Phi Phi Leh island. It seemed simple enough until I got into the water. Diving itself is really simple but staying calm is really the key to diving. For the first 10 minutes underwater, there was just too much information going to my head. A whole new world opened up that I’ve never seen before. I was breathing a bit hard and you could tell from the amount of bubbles I was releasing. After awhile I got use to breathing a bit more normal but it’s something I need to keep working on. I dove twice both for about 45 minutes and went 10 meters down. I saw sharks, turtles, and tons of other things. It’s a world you HAVE to see in your lifetime. I loved it so much that I’ve decided I’ll be taking the full Open Water PADI course. It’s a few days worth of diving and I’ll be learning many new things about diving. PADI is internationally known so the certificate is good anywhere I go. I’ve already taken one course and I think I’ll be taking the rest of them once I get to Malaysia.
So Laura and I took a boat over to Railay beach. All these boat rides lately and I love it, though we did have to jump from a big boat to the small boats. Their like fisherman small boats. Theirs no peer so the big boat can’t go into shore and requires us to take a small boat over. Since the water is shallow, not even the small boat can make it all the way so were forced to get off the boat with our backpacks and into the water. Imagine a small fisherman boat full of immigrants coming into a first world country for the first time. It was like that lol. Checked into a beautiful resort that was cheap.
Railay beach is small and super chilled out. Way more chilled out then any other beach I’ve been to. It’s a beach that comes straight from your dreams. Even after being there, it’s hard to imagine such a beach existed. Slept a bit on the perfect white sand. At night we went out to eat and hung out at a reggae bar. At the reggae bar, they had a local Thai DJ and somehow we ended up talking. Great guy and has a big sense of humor. Dancing, fire shows, drinks, beach side, and just relaxing. Can’t ask for more. It was a good night.
