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We grabbed a couple of scoots again and headed for roads less traveled on the island. The tourist areas are pretty hectic, traffic filled, vendors shouting, etc. But the quieter areas of the island are truly gorgeous. We decided to take ever "less travelled" fork in the roads that day and it was definately worth it.
This is the far south of the island, Laem Sor., At the end of a dirt road, is THIS - absolutely empty of people as if you were a million miles from civilization. This is the Samui I was hoping to find.
Then some diving was on the agenda. I've done exactly one dive (resort dive with an instructor) and Steve has done 3 or 4 of them. We booked with Diversity. Our guide was Ania, an absolutely charming woman from Poland who had discovered these islands while on a sabattical from her work (psychologist). After two weeks on the islands, she called her boss and quit! We did two dives, both at Koh Tao. I got a little freaked out on the 2nd one because we were to use the anchored ship's line to descend. When I looked down, the line just disappeared and it weirded me out. I bobbed around on the surface for a few minutes, got a grip and headed down. ONce I got a few feet down, I was fine. What an odd thing to bother me. I did NOT want to be anywhere near the boat.
I was absolutely entranced by the little Christmas Tree worms that pop in and out when you wave at them. Guess I"m just a kid at heart. Saw a lovely ray as well. Not the brown ones that we have around home, but truly spectacular colors! Being under the water around here is like being on some other planet - and a very exotic one at that!
