[Khao Lak, Thailand] Yesterday, after a breakfast/lunch and a stroll along the stunnning beach just down the road from our hotel we hit the books. We were told that the theory homework for the PADI course should only take us 5 or so hours. By the time we had complted a third of the material it was dark outside. We are either just incredibly slow after not having used our brains for 6 months or are taking it too seriously.

Today was perfect weather, but no renting a motorbike and cruising the quieter beaches up and down the coast. We still had a large chunk of stuff to study. At lunch we took a walk (that turned into a hike) to the local market just outside town to find a reasonably priced barber. Khao Lak is filled with expensive hairdressers, fancy tailors, the usual holiday stores and far too many dental practices for such a place. We got the timing wrong with the market as it was just getting set up. All manner of stalls were being unpacked from fresh fish to beauty salons but no barbers. So we took another long walk back and eventually found a more reasonably priced haircut less than 100m from our Bungalow!

The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent once again in the books. I’m sure we are taking it too seriously. Most of the information is just common sense. Anyway we are both really excited to get started with the course tomorrow. Should be fun.

[Pictures: A friendly visitor while we were studying]

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