Thanks LK.
Let me tell you about last week….
My wife took her open water course from a Thai-ownded shop in Chonburi. It was one-on-one and she did quite well with both the theory and confined water exercises. The open water part was originally scheduled to be done out of Pattaya, but because conditions were so poor the instructor switched to the Sattahip area.
On Thursday morning it took us two hours and twenty minutes to drive from Bang Saen, where we were staying, to the Warasin pier. A traffic nightmare. So bad, in fact, that we decided to rent a local hotel room rather than do the five hour round trip to Bang Saen and back for the second day of diving.
But, the switch from Pattaya to Sattahip was a good call. Conditions were much better: clear skies, no wind, no swells, no chop.
Unfortunately for me, the visibility sucked. I'd say somewhere between three and six meters. The first dive was on the SS Suddhadib (Hard Deep). I kept wondering, "Why am I here? There's nothing to see." My wife only did the coral islands dives and, for her purposes, the vis didn't matter much. She passed all the skills tests and is now a licensed PADI Open Water diver.
When we were discussing her next dive last night her first remark was, "I never want to go to Chonburi again."
Oh, well.
