Daily Woof and Weather May 16
I thought I’d get my blog written before dinner tonight. We are still at the office at 7 pm, so that must mean that Dad is taking me to the Amari beach BBQ tonight for dinner. Awesome. They have steak, chicken, pork and lots of dessert. I can’t wait, so I will have to hurry up with my blog.
I was up early today to go diving at Sail Rock. All I have been hearing all week is how great it is there now so I thought I’d get my ass up and see for myself. When I got to the shop I found out that there were two other dog divers today with discovery and the guys had to use my BCD for them. I guess I will have to wait until Friday to go. I am sure the conditions will still be great on Friday.
Today we had a good mix of people going to Koh Tao and Sail Rock. Congratulations to Satyan and Sarah in completing their open water course today and to Ansar on his first dive ever today. Both Koh Tao and Sail rock were great today as you can see from the pictures below.
The winds are supposed to calm down a bit tomorrow, but still h]ave some for the next week or so, but as long as the diving is good, we can put up with some bumpy boat rides.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather May 15
Wow, looks like to time to break the surfboard out again and hang 20. The waves got a little big this afternoon. They must have because I saw Joe wakeboarding on the back of Blue Fin on the way back from Koh Tao today. The good thing is that the waves are not affecting visibility at all. Sail Rock was 30 meters today and beautiful I guess I can trade some waves for those kind of conditions.
Tomorrow we have trips going to Koh Tao and Sail Rock again, and I’ll be ripping it up on Cheweng Beach getting ready for the Dob Surfing championships. I saw this movie Marmaduke the other day and the dogs surfing in that movie couldn’t hold a paw to my skills.
The weather for tomorrow calls for more wind and a few waves but still dry.
Here are some pictures from today.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather May 14
So how do these gecko guys get on the walls and the ceilings. Something is not right here. I have been trying all night to climb the walls and the ceilings to get them and my feet just won’t stick. I am going to try the glue my dad has as soon as he goes to sleep. I am sure that’s what the geckos are using. Wait till I get my paws on one of those guys!
Oh, was I supposed to be talking about diving? Well for low season we sure are busy. Yesterday we had 14 divers out to Koh Tao including a lot of DSDs. What a fun time everyone had and a few even booked again for today. Today Claudio, Eric and Stella went out to Sail Rock and I heard it was beautiful. 25 meter visibility and tons of fish. Stella was completing some of here final things to become a divemaster including her deep dive (41 meters today), equipment exchange and diver rescue. Joe and Axel were in the office and pool with students.
Tomorrow we have trips going to Sail Rock and Koh Tao. I’ll be holding down the office for everybody till they come back.
The weather looks dry the next few days, but some wind coming in which will cause a few waves. This pattern seems to be hanging around for a few days, but no rain with it.
I’ll leave you with some more pictures.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather May 11
Hey Guys,
Well, it got real busy again here and on my day off also. I spent the day at the spa getting a hair cut, manicure and pedicure while the shop was very busy. I am not sure how they got along without me as I am the top salesman in the office.
I guess the vacation is over as we have a lot of customers for tomorrow. We have boats going to Sail Rock and to Koh Tao. Sunday already looks busy too with a lot of fun dives and first time DSDs.
Sorry, but have to keep it short today as my hair is not dry yet and I need to get back under the dryer.
The weather is looking great for the next few days with no rain and just a little wind in the forecast. No real big waves though.
I’ll leave you with some pictures of yesterday’s diving.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather May 8
Today was another fun day here at Discovery. I had dome things to take care of with the new doghouse we are building, so everyone else got to go diving. Stella even saw here first whale shark today at Shark Island.
We also had divers to Sail Rock who saw a lot of cool stuff. After all the diving I decided to take my dad fishing at Choeng Mon beach. I’m getting pretty good at picking them out of the shallow water. Unfortunately I really like the crabs but they don’t like me. Why do they always try to pinch my nose?
I got a little dirty and my dad forced me to take a shower. I am not sure why as I always smell like roses.
The weather was beautiful today and supposed to stay that way for the next few days, with tomorrow a high of 35 and 37 by Thursday.
Well, tomorrow we have a trip to Koh Tao and I’m sure it will be a lot of fun. I may sleep in a little as I am pretty tired from my fishing. I’ll leave you with some pictures of the diving today and some of yours truly.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather May 7
Hey everyone,
What a busy weekend for me. My friends Bodie and Ruby’s parents were visiting from Lake Tahoe and I was busy entertaining them and taking them diving. I took Frank and Yvonne diving on Saturday and then Saturday after diving I took them with Eric and Stella to the full moon party Saturday night. What a night. It was my first time going to the full moon party. I had a few buckets, went down the slide and you should have seen me jumping rope with the fire rope. I was awesome.
We have been keeping busy in the shop now with a steady stream of divers and people buying T-shirts with the supermodel on them. We just bought a bunch of new BCDs and fins to replace our stock and we are selling our older stock for huge discounts. Tomorrow I have to supervise as we are getting all of our tanks hydrostatically and visually inspected. We actually do them early here and don’t wait the full time that we could if we wanted to.
As far as the weather goes, today is nice and hot again and it is supposed to stay that way for the next while. Hopefully no more rain for now.
I’ll leave you with some of the pictures from my dives with Frank and Yvonne, and unfortunately since I was the photographer, I’m not in the pictures.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather May 1
Happy May Day everyone. I am not sure what that means. Do I get a gift or something? I haven’t gotten it yet. Maybe Dad will leave the trash our for me to know over and explore as a gift. Oh never mind, already did it.
Well, May came in the same as April. Really doggone hot here. I’m glad I’m hanging in the office today with the air conditioning. Good thing too, because we’ve been busy.
We started and finished a lot of courses in the last couple of days. Congratulations to Christian on completing his rescue diver course, and to Ivonne in completing her digital underwater specialty course.
The big storm that was supposed to come today never materialized, so looks like most ly sun for the next couple of days with a small chance of some rain mixed in but no big deal.
I’ll leave you with some pictures and you can tell how busy we’ve been with the picture of Axel on the boat after finishing teaching the rescue course.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
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Daily Woof and Weather April 27
Jeez, is low season done already? Just when it was getting slow we got real busy again. I was out hustling customers on the beach and whoa, everyone is booking again. Today I booked a photography course, open waters, and fun divers. Oh yeah, a couple of humans booked also in the office.
I guess that means I will have to cancel my vacation to Africa I was planning. I was going to go on safari. I thought I would give lion hunting a try, but I guess that can wait.
Well, today Axel, Joe and Claudio were all on the boat and everyone had a blast. We also had a whale shark at Sail Rock again.
Tomorrow, everyone is busy again with rescue doggie course starting, scuba reviews and fun divers.
As far as the weather goes it looks good for the next few days and then maybe some rain coming in mid-week. It has been so dog-gone hot here the last few weeks I would love to see some rain to cool us off.
I’ll leave you with some pictures of the days diving and there is some video on our facebook page of a huge trigger fish attacking Joe. Just go to our website at www.discoverydivers.com, and click the facebook link at the bottom of the home page.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
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Daily Woof and Weather April 25
Hey everyone,
Sorry that is has been a couple of days since my last post, but I have been busy looking at new equipment for the shop. as you all know we replace most of our equipment every year to keep everything modern and updated and safe. I am ready to put in an order for all new fins and a bunch of new BCDs.
Also, I hear Joe talking all the time about France, so I decided that I want to go there and visit. Everytime I look at that Eiffel tower my mouth waters. It looks like the biggest fire hydrant I have ever seen. When I go to France I am going to drink water like crazy the whole way over and then hold in my pee for two days. I want to be ready when I get to that huge fire hydrant to let loose!! Also I hear they let dogs into all the restaurants there. Awesome, i may never come home.
I’ve even started trying on some hats to wear over there to fit in with the local dogs.
The diving here has been great as usual this time of year and there are tons of fish around. We’ve been able to relax a little with low season here, but are looking pretty busy for this weekend coming up. It’s nice that the crew have been getting some days off to take a rest after going about 6-7 weeks before with almost no days off. I know I needed the rest.
The weather has been hotter than hell here and very little rain. We do have a little wind coming
in a couple of days which I am sure will help with the hot weather.
I’ll leave with a picture from yesterday at sail rock of my friend the puffer fish and some of my modeling pictures of my French clothes.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather April 22
So today I competed in the Samui triathlon. I kicked ass in the 4 KM swim, easily beating everybody, and then they let me use my 4 pedal bike because of my 4 paw handicap of course and I was able to keep pace with everyone else. I went into the final part of the triathlon, the 30 KM run in the lead. this was so easy as no one could keep up with me. I was cruising into the final 2 KM and no one was even close to me……. and then I smelled the chicken. I don’t know why they didn’t remove all the venders from the road, but the chicken smell was just too much for me to handle, so I thought I’d have enough time for a quick steal of a breast and a leg or so. Especially because the vender was not watching. I stopped and fueled up for my final 2 km of running and finished stong in first place. What no one told me was that I am not allowed to leave the course. What a crock of s#*t. So I was disqualified. I was already for my face to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated and for my interview on ESPN 8 (the Ocho), that was covering the race for worldwide television. All for nothing. Now I am tired and have no trophy.
At least the guys at the shop had a great day. We got to see another whale shark today in Koh Tao, and turtles also. I could have been there instead of wasting my time kicking ass in a race and then getting disqualified.
Congratulations to Itay today on completing his open water course.
As far as the weather goes, today was really hot. I would have been sweating my balls off if my cruel dad didn’t cut them off already a few years ago, but I was sweating anyway. Sunny and hot and looks like the same for the next few days.
I’ll leave you guys with some pictures of my swimming in the triathlon and you can see Eric and Stella who were working as rescue divers for the swimming portion of the event. Also some pictures of today’s dives.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather April 21
Ok, so it’s been 3 days of scrubbing my teeth and using doggy mouthwash. I am hoping for another chance to go on the boat without getting kicked off for “doggy breath”. Have you smelled the breath of some of those dive instructors, is mine really any worse? Especially the Brits. We’ll give it a shot tomorrow as my dad and Stella are going to work as rescue divers for the Samui marathon and I am going to be there as a participant of course. I am sure I’ll have no problem with the swimming and running parts, but i still need to practice a little on my cycling. I hope they allow my bike with the 4 pedals.
The rest of the gang at work has still been busy, Axel was at Sail Rock today and Claudio at Koh Tao. Eric was working with Stella on her divemaster training.
I want to wish my buddy Axel a happy birthday today and he has the day off tomorrow so he can go out an celebrate tonight. I already set it up for free drinks for him at the Boneyard. I of course can’t gon out with the triathlon tomorrow. Also we got Joe and Claudio out to Koh Tao tomorrow.
The weather is looking great for the next 4-5 days, so I can enjoy some beach time after the race tomorrow.
Have a good weekend and bark at ya later.
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather April 18
Jipped again. So I go to the boat today as I had three fundivers to take to Koh Tao including my friend View and when I get to the boat they made everyone take a breathalyzer test. They tell me I failed the test and could not go diving today. That is impossible because I have not drank alcohol since Songkran. They then tell me that it is not alcohol, but I got rejected because my breath stinks!! Can you believe this? Ok, so I haven’t brushed my teeth in let say 6 months or so, but this is unfair. who can smell my breath underwater anyway? Are they afraid I will scare off the fish?
Either way, it looks like I missed a great day. Eric, Claudio, Axel, Joe and Stella were all on the boats today and they all had fun. They even saw sharks today at Koh Tao. I bet they could have used me to kick that sharks ass. Congratulations to Joanna and James on completing their open water course and to View on her first dives. View actually got very scared on here second dive when she got too close to a turtle.
Tomorrow we are off to Sail Rock, but I guess I will be home brushing my teeth and buying mouthwash so I can go on the next trip.
It looks like we may get a little storm now (5:00), but then back to sunny and hot for tomorrow and the rest of the week.
I will leave you with some pictures of what you (and I) missed today.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather April 17
Yo Yo,
I am back with another post after recovering from all the partying that has been going on in Samui. I can’t believe it, but we are still real busy in the shop here even after the holiday. Since I haven’t spoken to you guys in a few days, congratulations to Philip on his open water certification and to Danny, Leslie and Sharif on their advanced open water certs. Sorry that I could not be your instructor guys, but I was tied up for a few days. (hungover).
Well, now that it should slow up a little it will give me a chance to give the guys a few days off soon i hope and we are starting our yearly process of replacing our equipment to keep everything fresh and new for the upcoming high season which is only a couple of months away again.
It will also give me some time to get to the beach and try to pick up some babes for myself.
Today we had the gang on the boat with Axel, Joe and Claudio going to Sail Rock and Koh Tao and tomorrow we have Eric, Axel, Joe, Claudio and Stoli on the boat. I want to go because it is my friend View’s first time diving in the open water. She is only 10 years old and I will teach her the ropes tomorrow.
As far as weather goes, it is the dog days here. tomorrow is supposed to be the hottest day of the year so far and no rain or wind in the forecast. I think I will stay in the water.
Here are some pictures from yesterday, today, and our night dive for you to enjoy.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
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Daily Woof and Weather April 14
Yesterday was Songkran (Thai New Year) and what a blast we all had. The boss decided to close the shop and no diving so everyone could get out and enjoy the party. For those of you who don’t know what goes on here for new years, it is about the biggest water fight you will ever see. Basically no one works and everyone starts drinking at 8 am. No one is safe from getting ice-cold water sprayed or thrown on them including dogs. It doesn’t matter if you are in a car, on a motorbike, or on a leash. You are going to get wet!
So I went down to Blue Fin in the morning and the whole gang was there. All the guys who I dive with. We had big trash cans of cold water and I had my own watergun which I kept filling all day and spraying everyone that went by. After a while everyone was wet with water, beer, and even whiskey. We stayed all day and had the best time.
I’m including some pictures of the day for you to see. Back to diving tomorrow.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather April 13
Happy Songkran Day everybody. I will be taking the day off to celebrate and spray everybody with my new Scooby Doo water gun. Bark at ya tomorrow.
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather April 10
Yo Yo,
Well I spent the day getting ready for Songkran. Even picked up my Scooby Doo water gun. Hey, how come they don’t have a Stoli water gun? Is this Scooby Doo guy really that cool anyway? I think it would be a lot better having me in the show with my Stoli snacks. I also don’t need that little scrappy guy around. I can have my friend View instead.
So, looks like I made a big mistake and should have been on the boat today. Our guys saw so much stuff today that my tail is still spinning from looking at all the pictures and video. We had a full house again with Danny and Leslie doing their advanced course, Taron, Seth and Adrienne doing their open water and lots of fun divers. Looks like everyone had a blast.
I am posting a lot of pictures today as there are so many good ones. Also, we have some pictures of our new divemaster trainee and my buddy View in the pool.
Any winds are supposed to calm down tonight and the forecast is for no rain or wind for the foreseeable future. This must be why we have such incredible conditions right now.
Well, let me get these pics out to you and bark at ya later,
Stoli
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Daily Woof and Weather April 8
Hey Peeps,
Well, today they didn’t take me on the boat, so I decided to go to the spa and get my hair cut and a manicure. I want to look good because I have some playmates coming to stay with me for a few days. I might have to take a few days off of work to hang at the beach.
The shop is still busy and they had trips to Chumphon Pinnacle, Koh Tao and Marine Park. They even saw a whale shark at Chumphon today and we had a big family trying their first dives in Koh Tao.
Tomorrow is a little quieter with trips going to Koh Tao and Sail Rock. And of course we have Songkran on Friday and I will be ready to get wet and spray everybody.
The weather is still hot and sunny and will be for a while so good time to be out here.
I’ll leave you with some pictures from today and bark at ya later,
Stoli
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Daily Woof and Weather April 7
Yes, It finally happened. I went on the boat trip Friday to Koh Tao. We were so busy that they gave me 3 DSD’s to teach. I did a great job of course and everyone had a ball.
In between dives, I even made a new friend on Mango Bay beach and played with him on the beach when I wasn’t begging for food from everyone. Other than that, we had a full boat of people and I got to play with everyone all day long.
After my day of diving all I wanted to do was go home and sleep. When I woke up, I found out that my dad and Stella went for a night dive at Sail Rock. They told me that the trip was for instructors only. Does that mean that dog instructors can’t go? Isn’t that discrimination? Wait till my lawyer gets a hold of those guys who organized the trip. Even worse, I found out they saw a whale shark on the trip.
Tomorrow is another busy day here with trips to Koh Tao and the Marine Park. Eric, Claudio, Axel, Claire and Bruce are all on the boats with Joe still on the sideline with an ear infection. I thought only cocker spaniels get ear infections, but I guess I am wrong.
Also, congratulations to my buddy Noah (Axel Mini Me) who completed his open water course today.
As for the weather, today was hot and sunny and we expect the same all week as usual.
I’m going to leave you with some of my pictures that I took yesterday during diving and a couple from the day before at Sail Rock.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather April 5
Ok, so I have been promised again that I get to go diving tomorrow. I am starting to think that this will never happen. They are probably going to drop me off in a dog hotel again and go have fun.
I am sorry for not blogging a lot lately, but I have been so busy I have not had time
What I do know is that we have been crazy busy for the last two weeks and looks like it for the next week also. I think it is because of the great diving conditions we have now. Tomorrow we have 18 people on the boat with Eric, Claudio, Axel, Stella, Claire and Bruce all working. Joe has to stay in the office with an ear infection. We have all sorts of divers going tomorrow. Courses and fund divers tomorrow.
The weather is supposed to stay real nice through the week with sunny skies and hot, hot, hot!!
I know I haven’t given you guys any pictures to look at for the past week or so, but here are some from this weeks diving. Hope you enjoy them.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
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Daily Woof and Weather April 1
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Well, looks like my dad did and early April Fools joke on me. I was all packed up for my trip to Doggieland, and so excited and jumped in the car only to be dropped off at the doggy hotel while my dad and Stella went diving in the Similans. That is the last time I trust that guy!!Meanwhile, not only did I not get to go to Doggieland or the Similans, but I heard that the diving conditions here got really awesome and I had to miss it. Sail Rock was 35 meters visibility yesterday and last week there were whale sharks there that our divers got to swim with. We even got the boat to stop on the way back on Friday to snorkel with another one near Koh Phangyon.
On another note, last night was the big fundraiser and raffle for Dayna and it went really great. There were some awesome prizes donated including a dinner with me. I hope a cute girl won that one. All in all over 100,000 has been raised to help with Dayna’s medical bills. Since Dayna is my good friend I wan to thank everyone who helped out and donated cash and prizes.
The shop ahs been really crazy busy and not sure how they survived without me last week, but I will be back in the shop tomorrow to straighten everything and everybody out.
Today was a washout as we got a real bad storm last night and there was still a lot of rain and lightning this morning and we had to cancel the boats due to safety reasons. the good news is that the weather got better in the morning and supposed to be good all week.
Tomorrow we are crazy again with Eric, Claudio, Axel, Bruce and Claire all on the boats with open water courses, scuba diver courses, advanced courses and fundivers.
Like I said before, today we got a little storm, but it looks like smooth sailing the rest of the week so we can get out and enjoy those great conditions.
I’m gonna go grab myself a shower and get to bed for work tomorrow so I’ll leave you with some pictures of last nights fundraiser and I’ll get some of last weeks great pictures to you tomorrow.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather March 24
Hey Everybody,
Another great day here at Discovery Divers. I spent the whole day in the office catching up on my paperwork while the guys had fun on the boat today. We also had Stella out by the pool doing try dives.
Today the guys had open water courses and DSDs in Koh Tao. Joe told me that Shark Island was beautiful today. It’s good to see that conditions are starting to get great again. Hopefully I can get out there soon and dive.
I spent a lot of the day helping plan for the fundraiser we are having next week for my friend Dayna to help with her medical bills. I hear that she may be able to leave the hospital tomorrow. The whole dive community here in Samui has pulled together and really come through with a lot of cash to help and the dive shops are all donating stuff to raffle off at the party.
Who will win the dinner with me? I hope a cute girl, but I will take the highest bidder of course. We will start at 10,000.
The weather is more of the same, but boy was it hot today. i think today was the hottest day we have had all year.
I’ve got to get back to my work now so
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather March 22
Another hot and sunny day here in Samui. A scorcher. I’m thinking of getting totally shaved at this point just to stay cool. Luckily I was able to spend the morning at the beach with my dad and go swimming all morning. Work can wait.
The gang at the shop had a great day though. Joe and Claudio had a really fun day with a group of 6 DSDs over in Koh Tao. I saw the pictures from the day and what a blast!!. I think Claudio’s arms might be tired though.
Tomorrow is not too busy. We have some fun divers for Sail Rock and courses starting. Maybe I can take another day off???
The weather? You guessed it, sunny and hot again. No change for the foreseeable future.
I’ll leave you with some pictures of today’s group and..
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather March 21
Yo Yo Yo,
I took the day off from work today to help organize a party-fundraiser for my pal Dayna who is still in the hospital. We are going to have it on Saturday March 31, at Hush in Soi Green Mango. I have barked at a lot of the dive shops around the island and we are going to have a raffle with some great prizes to give away. I even am going to donate a dinner with me at one of my favorite restaurants. Maybe I can even get my favorite bar “The boneyard ” to throw a party.
Now back to the diving. Congratulations to David and Jun in completing their open water course and to Stella in completing her Emergency First Responder course. Now I feel safer if something happens to me with her around.
Tomorrow we have a big group of people trying scuba diving for the first time going to Koh Tao. They will have a blast I am sure.
The weather is getting to be a broken record. Hot and sunny with no rain.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather March 19
Hey Peeps,
Well, I tried to go and visit Dayna today at the hospital, but they said they have a “no dogs” policy. That sucks. I just wanted to cheer her up. So I spent the rest of the day trying to find a disguise to get in. I think if I just put on some cool shades I can sneak past the receptionist.
Other than that a busy couple of days here at the shop. Congratulations to my good friends Rafael and Maite in completing their nitrox courses. Congratulations to my best friend Stella who completed her rescue diver course today. Today was a fun day on the boat with boats going to Sail Rock and to Koh Tao.
Tomorrow we have boats going again to Koh Tao and to Sail Rock with all different courses and fun divers going.
As far as the weather goes, again more of the same. Hot and sunny. There is no rain or wind in the forecast for the foreseeable future. I hear from some of my old pals at Tails and Trails in Lake Tahoe and they got almost 5 feet of snow in the last couple of days. I remember when I used to jump around in that stuff.
Well, I am off to try on some more disguises so I will
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
