DIVING IN THE SIMILAN AND SURIN ISLANDS

BACK FROM MY DIVE TRIP. IT WAS REALLY NICE. BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS, GOOD DIVING AND AMAZING FOOD. WE TOOK THE FERRY TO PHUKET ON THURSDAY AND THEN HAD AN HOUR 1/2 RIDE TO KHAOLAK. FINALLY GOT ON THE BOAT AND DEPARTED AROUND 9pm. THERE WERE 16 OTHER DIVERS, 4 INSTRUCTORS AND 6 BOAT STAFF. WE DID 14 DIVES IN 4 DAYS, I ONLY DID 13 (SAT OUT ONE SHORT NIGHT DIVE CAUSE MY EAR WAS BOTHERING ME, BUT ITS ALL BETTER NOW). THE FIRST 3 DAYS WERE 4 DIVES A DAY INCLUDING A NIGHT DIVE AND THE LAST DAY WAS 2 DIVES. REALLY BEAUTIFUL DIVING. THE ISLANDS AND DIVE SITES WERE BASICALLY BIG ROCKS WITH HUGE BOULDERS PILED EVERYWHERE. SOME PARTS DIDN'T EVEN REALLY LOOK LIKE THEY WERE UNDERWATER, ONE LOOKED LIKE THE HILLS OF MISSOURI WITH LITTLE CORALS SPROUTING UP RANDOMLY LOOKING LIKE TREES. THERE WERE TONS AND TONS OF FISH EVERYWHERE! SAW 2 SEAHORSES, LOADS OF OCTOPUS, A WHITE TIP REEF SHARK, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
FELT LIKE I HAD MY OWN PERSONAL THAI COOK. THIS SWEET LITTLE LADY WAS THE CHEF AND FED US LIKE YOUR GRANDMOTHER DOES... WE WOULD GET SUBS AND BURGERS FOR AFTERNOON SNACKS, IT WAS INSANE. I ACTUALLY THINK I MANAGED TO GAIN WEIGHT EVEN WITH ALL THE DIVING.
ONE AFTERNOON AS WE WERE TRAVELING TO OUR NEXT DESTINATION SOME DOLPHINS CAME UP TO THE FRONT OF THE BOAT AND STARTED SWIMMING WITH US... THEY LEFT AND THE CAPTAIN TURNED THE BOAT AROUND SO THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK AND MORE KEPT COMING AND I THINK THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST 10. THEY WERE JUMPING AND SWIMMING ON THEIR BACKS, PLAYING WITH US IT WAS SO CUTE! I LOVED IT.
GOT BACK TO THE MAINLAND AND STAYED IN KHAOLAK WITH 2 ENGLISH GIRLS I MET ON THE BOAT. WOKE UP YESTERDAY AND HEADED TO KOH PAN-NGAN. AN ISLAND ON THE EAST COAST. WILL BE HANGING OUT HERE FOR A BIT AND THEN I THINK TO PHUKET AND WILL FLY HOME FROM THERE. SEE EVERYONE REAL SOON!