Phuket, Padi and Phi Phi

Here is the update, we have been staying in Phuket for 7 days now and in that time we did our Padi Open Water Course for 4 of those days. We survived the basic skills training like flooding your mask, sharing air sources and more. Part of the course is to read and learn the manual , reading all 5 chapters and doing the exams at the end of each chapter. In two nights! Torture! Staying up therefore was must. Thank god for energy drinks. Thailand loves them and so do we!
Yesterday, we rented a car and drove around Phuket island, stopping at all the beaches and little towns. We also visited Bang Pae Waterfall and the Gibbons Rehab Centre. Was informative and make sure all of you to NEVER take pictures with gibbons. Those gibbons used for photo taking with tourists are exploited..... Sad! We found some nice spots with very few people, here we chilled for a couple of hours. Below was our banana chairs and view. We enjoyed our lunch at our new friend Sumalee's restaurant, while drinking coconut and banana shakes we were greeted by a dolphin accidentally swimming to the shore. The wonderful Thai people rescued the dolphin and took it out back to sea.
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At night we went to Patong. Lots of bars, lots of tourist, lots of tailors and lots of "ladyboys" escorting really greasing looking large white men. Nothing special and somewhat disturbing!!

Today we chilled again, and took a tour to Phi Phi Island. Swam, snorkeled and had a buffet lunch at a sea view restaurant. Jealous???? well you should be.. - uriah and derek