Day 11 - Koh Tao

Yay!    We're finally settled in our new place and before cluttering up the place with all our luggage, I thought I'd take some photo's  ..so here they are.

Our first nights sleep was very interrupted but Im sure we'll sleep tonight after a pretty tiring day.

After rising at 9am, we headed down to Mae Haad to have breakfast at 'Zest' coffee shop. This place sells fabulous breakfasts, bread, cakes and makes incredible sandwiches,  just what's needed first thing in morning (sorry, no pics).  We then headed to Crystal to get our dive gear ready for the afternoon boat.

Our first dive was actually a 'Reef Check'  ..Si & I had the job of surveying a 100m line and noting what invertebrates (Urchins, Sea Cucumbers, Starfish etc) were 5m either side.  ..after a 70min dive, we climbed back on the boat and logged our findings.  Our divers noted the Substrates (Hard, Soft coral, Sponge, Nutrient Indicator Algae etc) and of course fish.

Dive 2 was at 'Twins' where yet again we were able to help Nathan 'Eco Warrior' along with a handful of other divers move cemented bamboo structures into position for 'Buoyancy World'     It's great fun doing jobs like this and will be very rewarding once everything is in it's correct place.  I can see how frustrating Nathan might find it as we can only move small amounts due to the man/dive power. Two people per structure, moving 50mtrs is pretty time/air consuming.

Back on land we washed and packed our kit away and then hit Crystal bar for a well earned beer :-D

Oh yes, 'Save Koh Tao' festival in on next month, charity event, bands, turtle release, underwater photography competitions etc and we've been coerced into taking part in a Rocky Horror Picture song  ..on stage might I add     ARGGHHH!!!    So the first meeting was tonight to agree on what song/sketch we're going to perform  ...we'll keep you posted...

JD x