I LOVE DIVING

JUST A QUICK UPDATE TO LET YOU ALL KNOW I'M STILL ALIVE. I AM IN TONSAI A LITTLE BEACH IN THE TOWN OF KRABI. THIS PLACE IS BEAUTIFUL. NICE BEACH WITH HUGE CLIFFS STICKING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WATER... NOTHING I'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE. ARRIVED HERE ON TUES. AFTER 17 HOURS OF TRAVELING. MET A REALLY NICE GUY FROM SWEDEN AND WE ARE SHARING A BUNGALOW 5 MINUTES FROM THE BEACH AND ARE PAYING $2.50 EACH A NIGHT. IT'S GREAT... ALTHOUGH THE ACCOMADATIONS ARE NOT 5 STAR AND I AM BACK TO SHOWERING OVER THE TOILET AND THE DRAIN FROM THE SINK JUST GOES STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR BUT YOU CAN'T BEAT THE PRICE! I HAVE SEEN MONKEYS SWINGING IN THE TREES AND CRAZY ROCK CLIMBERS EVERYWHERE AND CONVINCED THEY HAVE A DEATH WISH... YOU SHOULD SEE THESE CLIFFS THEY CLIMB, THEY MIGHT AS WELL BE UPSIDE DOWN! SPENT YESTERDAY FRYING MY BODY ON THE BEACH AND LOOKING FOR A DECENT DIVE SHOP. TODAY I WENT ON A DAY TRIP CONSISTING OF 3 DIVES 2 WERE NEAR KHO PHI PHI, WHERE I AM GOING NEXT, AND ONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO HERE. WE LEFT THIS MORN AT 8am AND GOT HOME AT ALMOST 7pm. DON'T WANT TO BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DIVE TALK BUT I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE. THE FIRST DIVE THIS MORNING WAS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING I'VE HAD, I WAS SO OVERWHELMED... WE PULL UP TO THESE HUGE CLIFFS THAT JUST COME STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WATER AND SEEM TO CREATE THE WALL OF THE REEF UNDERWATER THAT WE ARE SWIMMING AROUND. I SAW A FEW SMALL THINGS THAT GOT ME SUPER EXCITED ALONG WITH A TURTLE, MORAY EEL, GOOD SIZED OCTOPUS, SEA SNAKE AND TONS AND TONS OF FISH. IT WAS AMAZING. I WILL BE GOING TO KHO PHI PHI WITHIN A DAY OR SO, CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!! GOING TO TRY TO GET THE COURAGE TO TAKE A 1/2 DAY ROCK CLIMBING COURSE TOMORROW, THEN WE'LL REALLY SEE WHAT I'M MADE OF. OFF TO SLEEP IN MY BUNGALOW UNDER MY MOSQUITO NET... WILL WRITE MORE SOON.