Hopped on a short ferry from Koh Samui and headed for Koh Tao - a tiny island where there are only two things to do: dive or drink. Met some new friends on the boat - who apparently are also our neighbors in san francisco. Swapped travel stories and we all checked into (the supposedly #1) Ban's Dive Resort.
Had only enough time upon arrival to change clothes and rent a motorbike before rushing to dive class. I was pleasantly surprised by how GOOD the class is.
Still feeling really sick. Not all days are perfect. Was so miserable I cried, got over myself, and took cipro (antibiotics). I'm still having fun, I'm still smiling, I'm still enjoying every moment of this trip. Just needed a minute to allow myself to know I'm feeling very bad, and feel bad about myself. Had a night in, rented a DVD and had an orange juice and tonic water for dinner. Yum.
I think going from a five star resort at Melati to a not-so-five-star resort at Ban's was a not-so-fun experience. Ban's drove us all around the resort in a golf cart and we looked at 5 or 6 different rooms. We took the nicest one and it's still not that great. The gecko on the ceiling freaks me out and the spider in the shower freaks out Adam and we can't sleep. so we laugh and play Uno until the wee hours .. considering just pulling an all-nighter and not sleeping at all since were so uncomfortable. We pack up and leave first thing in the morning to do some online research for our next resort.
Spent the day in the classroom and in the pool for my diving course and post class went to look at all the 'top resorts' we had found online. several resorts and many many room tours later... here we are, back at ban's. we thought we saw every room, but we didn't see their nicest one.
I think about today and I laugh at myself. Our resort sucked but we made the best of it. And here we are, right back where we started and going to try to make the best of it.
I think about how I sucked it up today. I did the dive class- all 8 hours of it, with food poisoning, nearly fainting a few times and other times praying to get out of the water and into a bathroom!
I'm writing this as I get eaten alive by mosquitos, one more to my collection of over two dozen won't hurt.
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