Each dive day (that would be each day, since no day passed without at least one dive) at Koh Tao started with preparing and loading the dive gear onto a long tail boat. The pier was around five hundred meters from the resort so both equipment and filled cylinders were transported by a long tail to save our backs.
Before leaving the island for the day's chosen dive sites it was customary to get breakfast in the resort's restaurant - five meters from the beach (photographed by Per). Müsli with yoghurt and fresh fruit was one of the favorites.
On the way to the pier, going via the beach. Walking distance as promised...
Depending on the number of divers going out on a trip, either the big or the slightly smaller boat was chosen.
Kitting up, preparing for the day's first dive site. There's air in the cylinder, water in the sea, nice dive girls, the sun is shining, ...
Profile shot on cylinders just waiting to be taken for a dive into the deep sea. Graciously passing by in the background is one of the many small islands around Koh Tao.
Dive! Dive! Dive!... An authentic dive action shot (photographed by Per) from Koh Tao. I guess the lack of action shots depends on that you're so fully focused on the diving - at least I am. By the way, is that cylinder fastened correctly?!...
Nice view from the back of the boat. All dives done for today, heading back to the resort again.
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We took a speedboat from Koh Tao to the nearby island Koh Samui to get to an airport.
As can be seen on the pictures the airport security is not that restrictive. You can basically walk past the security scan at the entrance and straight into the airport area.
It's a small airport with a definite Thai feeling. At the airport restaurant I got myself a coconut drink, just to find out that there was a hole in the bottom of the coconut. No drink?! It took some convincing before the staff decided to give me a new one...
Airport logistic staff gathering the group going to Phuket.
Boarding. The stewardess looked at me and quickly decided that I needed some extra space for my legs; length in total app. 2 meters.
Another one of those airport limousine taxis.
Me and Per in the back, heading for Phuket's Patong area. Still haven't figured out why taxi drivers in Thailand are so keen on branding their taxis "limousine" - it's just normal taxis. Might have something to do with the price tag, obviously you're supposed to pay more for a "limousine" than a taxi.
