Where the boys are....

Diving!
We're on Koh Tao after a 2 hour ferry ride stuffed with hungover revellers from the full-moon party (they were stuffing them and their luggage everywhere! I have never been on such a packed boat). On our shuttle bus over we met two lovely Canadian girls who were basically us 10 years ago...one is going into her MA in psychology and the other into law...they were great to chat with on the ride to the island, but went to another resort. We got here at about 4pm and were taken to our "deluxe" room (amazing what goes for deluxe these days) which is heavily discounted during our course. The room even came with a cat, to my delight, who found his way onto our balcony and immediately snuggled into my lap for a cuddle. Unfortunately, he also tried to get into the room much to the dismay of Krisi's allergies.
We began our dive course with some instructional videos at 6pm, during which we were allowed to order beer and food from the bar. This was the first place where I have even been tempted to go for the western specialties...the burgers looked delicious...tomorrow, for sure. There's a guy on the street who makes fruit shakes and adds vodka to them..hooray! And Krisi and I are 2 of 4 girls in a class of about 16. Should be an interesting week. We start diving in the pool tomorrow morning.
Koh Tao has a much more fun and relaxed vibe than Koh Samui, and Krisi and I already feel more at home. The bars show movies at night, so we are looking forward to that for tomorrow evening.
It seems pretty unbelievable that we'll be coming back to Montreal in less than 2 weeks. Please make sure all the snow is melted for us!