Thailand, right now, absolutely fantastic!

[scubaeric]

This is my first trip to Thailand.

I'm loving Thailand, the people, the food, and of course the diving!

Just finished up a short trip (1/12/2007 - 1/14/2007) on the Colona. The staff was friendly, attentive, and "mama" cooked up some great Thai food. I would go with Colona again, but would leave the bags I didn't need, on land. We arrived in Thailand and went straight to the boat with 5 big bags. Made things a bit cramped for us.

We dove Hin Daeng, Hin Muang, Ko Hah, Koh Bida Nok, Shark Point, and Koh Doc Mai.

A few highlights for me:
The chimney and swim throughs at Ko Hah. The reef and abundance of sea life on Koh Bida Nok. Seeing 5 Leopard sharks on a single dive at Shark Point!

The colors, and amount of sea life are amazing! A full 3mm wetsuit has been sufficient for me. I do get a bit chilled by the end of each dive, but it's not that bad.

Tuesday we get on the Ocean Rover for a dive trip through the Similans and into Burma. I'll post pics when I can.

Here's a few pics. Enjoy! Oh, and get to Thailand it's fantastic.

 

[alijtaylor]

Good to hear you are having a great time, love your pics especially the first one.
Alison

 

[scubaeric]

Hi Alison,

Thanks. The first pic is my fav too. Counting down the hours until we get on the next boat. It's been fun hanging out in Karon the past 2 days but I'm ready to get back in the water!

Eric

 

[The Mushroom King]

I dove Koh Hah and Koh Bida last month, and your pictures are exactly as I remeber it - fantastic ! thanks for posting those !

 

[bubblemonkey]

will be there in 16 days...

cant wait.

 

[Ringo]

Nice pics Scubaeric! Colona is a good Liveaboard boat. You will also have a great time on Ocean Rover - the Queen of the Liveaboards here. Great Crew and Tour Leaders too. The Tour Leaders are very much into their photography as well.

 

[naucorid]

Scubaeric: Were Mark and Raoul the DMs on the Colona? I was on Colona a year ago (fantastic trip) with those guys. I'd dive with them again in a second. In fact, I'd search them out on whatever boat they're on. Professional, but kept a very lighthearted atmosphere onboard. Raoul in particular is beyond hilarious. I agree: Mama's food is arroy mahk (very delicious).

 

[stevenl]

Mark and Raoul are not on the boat any more. Mark is still working for Colona, Raoul for another company. After doing liveaboards for a few years, they really needed something else.