on the beach

Hey again blogpickers,
So, I have been lured by the call of the ocean & remained in situ (moreorless) since.
Evenly, I have news both good & bad.
I have ended my hiatus from diving & have been back down to heady (opposite?) depths of actually only about 8m off the coast of Koh Koun in the Gulf of Thailand to see some coral & fishy delights. The first dive was not as enjoyable as the second which was the guts of an hour under, checking out things that mainly I don't know the names of, starfish, parrotfish, coral, kelp & clownfish amongst seriously many others.
As we had signed up for an overnight dive package, to include 5 dives, we were hosted on a remote island community that was quite ahmmm, rustic, shall we say. It was a real insight, but sadly for us we started to feel a bit woozy before the night was through & I did indeed get my first (last too hopefully) of Delhi Belly. It was quite manageable actually & it was jsut the heat and the basic conditions of the hut on stilts over the surf that made me all the more resltess in waiting for morning to come. One more skip to my Lou and I was out of the woods. i remained shaky for all of yesterday & had to take it easy on my last day with colm & debs, but hey-ho, that's life in such terrain.
Gearing up for a last stint in Cambodia now, before considering my Visa requirements for 'Nam.
Aodan in waiting