5 months on.

Its been 2 months since the last post... and life is truly back to normal...

In fact, it seems like a dream that we went on this adventure.

Anyway, here are some Koh Tao fishies...

SD

Shark Short

Well, its been a while... Work is back to normal and life as well.


I am still down in the dumps and editing is going slow since the tape loss.

But here is some video to cheer us up.... Diving with sharks...

Its just a short clip from a 40 minute feed.

SD

Bad News

Hey guys,

Well, the documentary is in serious trouble as I have now discovered that some footage has gone "missing"... whether we lost it or the airlines... I have no idea. One major piece of footage contained about 8 interviews with various DMT's, DM's and Course Directors.

Sadly, I now possess a handful of interviews, some of which is in this new video.

Hopefully the tapes will turn up somewhere!!!

SD

Cheering ourselves up

Instead of sitting in on our first weekend back, we decided to meet up with my buddy Phil and his girlfriend, plus Roy (my brother) and Tracy and the kids.





We went down to lakes near Thorpe Park with a cable wakeboard company. After a couple of hours doing that... you certainly have some aches and pains...

Jen did particulary well, making it round the whole course, the first time she got on a wakeboard! A natural.. as shown below!



It was good fun and really nice to see my brother for the 1st time in 6 months... Thanks guys!! You cheered us up!!

Back at Work

First day back at work.....

Need I say more!!!

(was that the shortest blog post ever?)

Singapore Day 2

So, we had a nice lay in, and then got picked up from the hotel for our tour of Sentosa Island.

The level of construction on this island is mind boggling... Casinos, 6 hotels, and a Universal Studios are currently being built... Not a pretty sight.


We were ordered to various places by our tour guide, while being told to "hurry up, follow me" etc etc.. Now, I'm sure most of you know that I'm not the best of people when it comes to being told what to do... so I spent most of the day dragging my heels and grumbling like a 13 year old school kid on a field trip...

We went on the Cineblast 4d (cheesy 4d cinema), the luge (a downhill track, although it was tame compared to the one we went on in New Zealand), the skyride (a chairlift), and Segway (2 wheel transport).

After that we were allowed (!?!) to have some free time, so me and Jen ran as fast as we could away from our tour guide... had a pizza and some beer and chilled out for a hour or so watching people trying out trapezing (is that how you spell it?).

We went into the "Songs of the Sea" show (a stage show on the beach that apparently cost $30 million!), and amongst the whole crowd our tour guide managed to collar us.... looking like she was going to keep us company for the whole show, I sneakily sat in a place with just enough room for 2...

We watched the show, which was okay... a light show, pyrotechnics, and water jets... with a spectacularly bad storyline, and some terribly mimed singing.



After the show, it was time again to meet up with the tour guide... and return to our hotel...

Today, our last day is going to be spent packing, with an hour or so by the pool... I wont't be dissapointed to leave Singapore... and I won't be rushing back.

Although, this is the end of our journey, it is not the end of the blog. It will be updated (2-3 times a week), with various articles regarding Padi Go Pro Video entries and also the editing process of the Instructor documentary. I would imagine that it will also have posts of how we settle back into our old life, so I hope you continue to read (and comment!)

Look out for updates soon.... !!

Any questions, please feel free to comment or email simon@dupehouse.com

Singapore Day 1

We woke early, and left the hotel to venture from the Little India district we are staying in.

We hopped on the very efficient Metro system and got off in the centre of Singapore. We then walked for a while in the hot, humid sun towards Raffles.

Once we arrived at Raffles, we had a nose around the shops and then headed to the Marina. On the way I noticed that they are putting all these lights up on the streets. It took me a while to realise that they are putting up all these lights for the Singapore F1 GP.... so we were walking along the track.... NICE!


Arriving at the marina, we were bombarded with concert noise and thousands of service people from Navy to Police etc. They were doing a sound check for some big celebration tomorrow. We walked past this mayhem, and chilled out by the marina for a while.

We then returned to the hotel as we only had a couple of hours before being collected for our "Night Safari".

We were collected, and I already started to feel that this was not my thing... it turned out I was right. This zoo claims a strong conservation message, and says that they are keeping the animals in a natural enviroment. Jen and I thought a diesel engine tram packed with tourists and a guide that blares out from the speakers was not the most the most natural setting for these animals. Let alone the barbed wire and electric fence cleverly disguised behind flora and fauna.

We both agreed that we could not see any plus points. I bought a Chang beer and it cost $12 ?!? On Koh Tao that would have been a tenth of the price!

The one thing we did find appealling was a Spa business in the "Night Safari" where you paid $10 for a 5 minute foot exfoliation by fish! Check it out...

SD