DIVING IN PHUKET, THAILAND
My initial idea was to go to Koh Tao and spend my last days diving. But because I needed to go home earlier (need to fix with the conference preparation) the flights didn’t match up and it was tricky to get everything to work. So I did a quick decision to go to Phuket. ”Oh no. Don’t go to Phuket. What ever you do, don’t go to Phuket!!” Yes. I went to Phuket, but only to do diving. I also met a guy in a bus that told me that instructors come from Koh Tao to Phuket because the diving here is better. Good sign 🙂
The city itself is not that nice. It is super busy and bars and clubs everywhere. But I have spent two days diving so I have escaped the city buzz as much as possible. During the first diving day we went to a place called Phi Phi Islands and a place called Shark Point. The day started with an early pick up at my hostel. Took a shuttle bus to the south of Phuket and then jumped on a boat. It took about 2h to get to Phi Phi islands and during that time a buffet breakfast was served. All the three dives were really nice. It was like being in an aquarium. I got an association with the movie Finding Dory. In the tank she grew up. When I was looking up the reef I saw layers of different fish. Super nice 🙂
The lunch was also a buffet and between all the dives we could eat as much fruits and bread we wanted 🙂 Soft drinks were also included. The backpacker in me was like: ”Oh yeah. Gotta eat and drink as much as I can! – I have payed for it.. 😆” When all the dives were done we were heading back as the sun went down. Really nice 🙂
The next day was ment to be spent diving too. But the dives I wanted to do were fully booked which ment that I had a day in Phuket. Oh no! I let myself sleep in and decided to walk in to centrum and get my nails fixed. A little treat I gave myself 🙂 When I was done with my nails I met a super chatty Australian woman which I spent some time with. Randomness at its finest ^^
The day after I was once again on a diving trip. Same here, they picked me up early in the morning and drove to the south of Phuket. This time we didn’t drive that far but it still took some time to get to the first diving site. Time for breakfast, which was sandwiches and fruits. The first dive was like the other once I did, a lot of fish in different colours. The second dive was a wreak dive. Super cool! It was a deep dive and we needed to go down to about 23m. Wanted to stay longer, but we couldn’t (because of the depth). 30 minutes compared with our usual 50 minutes. Third dive was once again at Shark Point. A lot of fish and the reef had such nice and bright colours! 🙂
Today is a resting day. This means I can’t go diving because I’m flying tomorrow. Need to wait at least 18h after a dive before you can fly. But I took 24h, it is the safest. So once again I have a day in Phuket.. This day also started with letting myself sleep in and the rest of the day was spent on the beach as far as possible from all the turists.
Tomorrow I will need to go up early in the morning in order to take my shuttle at 5:00. Uff.. Need to go to bed early today.. x)
