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A Spiritual Moment on Ko Samui

Sebastien and I returned to Ko Samui on February 28th.  I wanted to see two things before we left for Cambodia on March 1st.  The Big Buddha and the Mummufied Monk.
Once we settled in to our hotel (different night differnet bed) we got some lunch and hired a taxi for a day to take us [...]

Scuba Diving for Whale Sharks on Ko Tao

After my last post, Scuba Certification on Ko Tao, Sebastien returned to brag about diving with a 5 meter (17 foot) whale shark.  These are the kinda dives you see on discovery channel.  I knew I should have gone with him!!!
That evening we scheduled to go out on a dive for the following day so [...]

Scuba Certification on Ko Tao

I last posted when we were still in Ko Lanta.  We flew from Krabi (the main land near Ko Lanta) to Ko Samui which has a small but beautiful airport.  Our first night on Samui we stayed at an Ibis hotel (a french chain) but found that the hotel was very isolated from things.
The following [...]