Live to Dive

I was speaking to a couple of friends yesterday, and we were saying they that diving has lost the razzle dazzle it has for everyone else. If you're not diving tomorrow, it just means that you'll see that person at lunch, or at dinner, rather than see them on the boat or dive with them. We're not tourists who come out, dive, and think it's a bit of a song and dance. It's normal, we know the dive sites (kind of), and granted we'll still love a great dive when you see loads, but it's a normal part of our everyday lives.
I was talking to Nell, and she said that she met someone who wasn't diving on Koh Tao. And I think thet's ridiculous. Because in my opinion, you either dive, or you drink, or you do both. But drinking during the day usually leads to less drinking at night so you dive during the day. And if you don't dive... what do you do?! Koh Tao is littered with dive companies and you get to recognise their boats, pray certain boats aren't there, know which ones might run you over if you're not careful (it's happened). To not dive here is ridiculous!

I was supposed to take a few days out of the water once I got back to Koh Tao after being in hospital on Samui (=absolute luxury), but after one day out of the water I had to put my name down for a dive. I was so bored it was unreal and was back in the water the next afternoon. There's no stopping me, I'm a water baby and being able to breathe under water is the best thing in the world. It feels like you're flying you're so free under there, and it's so much fun, that even at the most simple and perhaps dull of dive sites you can mess about with everyone. Riding people like a rodeo, biting their fins, dance moves, parrot fish impressions... the list goes on. And it;s just so relaxing. I hate coming up to the surface - especially at the moment because it's so fucking choppy you get exhausted swimming back to the boat, then get slammed into the ladder whilst trying to get on because the waves are making the boat move so much.
But then you get on the boat, have a cup of tea and a buscit, maybe a little lie down if you feel like it, perhaps fight with Deesa (the Burmese guy who works on the boat), change your tank and do it all over again.

Here, I live to dive, and couldn't ask for anything more.

Much love xxxx