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Daily Woof April 1 (Real)

Hey Everyone,

Well, yesterday being April fools we had many comments and messages about the diving day in my blog.  Unfortunately it didn’t happen that way, but we have something to look forward to.  I still would really like my own pinnacle and I will still look for that.

We did have a great day today though.  Actually we were scheduled to go to Koh Tao, but we heard from our friends in Koh Phangon that Sail Rock was really nice on Monday so we all decided with the divers to make an “audible” and switch to Sail Rock for the diving.  What a great decision as the conditions are Sail Rock were outstanding with big schools of barracuda, trevally, batfish, fusilier and many scorpion fish, banded shrimp and tons of other stuff.  The visibility was about 15-20 meters.  Sail Rock is awesome when we have conditions like this.

I’ve put in some pictures from Sail Rock and the day before at Koh Tao.  Please enjoy them.

So, we will be back now to running one boat a day to Sail Rock and one to Koh Tao, so I hope you join me and the Discovery team for some diving now while it is really nice.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof April 1

Wow!!! What a day today.  I was on the boat today and we went off to Chumphon Pinnacle.  Since we had only advanced divers on the boat we went straight to the Pinnacle without stopping in Koh Tao.  We usually don’t go this way.  About an hour into the ride we saw a big pod of dolphins over the port side of the boat.  Of course captain Aon stopped the boat and everyone including me jumped in with our mask and snorkels into the open water.  Quickly, we forgot all about the dolphins as we saw 2 whalesharks below us.  Everyone got back on the boat and we kitted up with our scuba gear and got back in the water.  What we found was at about 25 meters was a pinnacle that we have never heard of or seen before.  We spent the first dive with about 4 manta rays, and the 2 whale sharks as well as a ton of other fish.  We decided to just stay there to do the second dive and explore the pinnacle more.  On the actual pinnacle we saw a bunch of turtles, lion fish, stingrays, groupers, and the dolphins came back and swam with us.  One of them even nudged me with his nose.  At the end of the dive as we were doing our safety stop we saw 2 pilot whales who stayed and swam around with us.  What an awesome day.  Best day ever.  The captain locked in the coordinates on the GPS and we will visit here a lot in the future.  We have decided to name the dive site Stoli Pinnacle and have already contacted the Thai Marine department about this.

Congratulations to Matthieu on completing his open water course today.  Great job and what a great way to finish the course.

I can’t wait to get back there tomorrow, and I hope we can find the pinnacle again.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof March 29

Woo Hoo!!  I finally got back out on the boat today.  We went on my boat to Koh Tao with a fun group.  I had two discover scuba students, View and Dta, and we had a great day.  It was really hot though so I couldn’t wait to get in the water to cool off.  As soon as we got to Mango Bay I jumped right in off the front of the boat.  Didn’t even wait.  The conditions were excellent also.  I took my two students along with my mom and dad to Mango Bay.  Nick had his two Scuba diver students Marcello and Pedro also.  The conditions were beautiful with about 12 meter viz.  Thao and Tak took the experienced divers to Hin Wong Pinnacle which was about 15 meter viz and really nice and they got to see a turtle.  Seems we see turtles everyday now.  For the second dive we went to Twins, which was outstanding.  About 15 meters there and lots of morays, filefish, sting rays and more.  There was even a huge shark with big old teeth at twins, but I punched him in the nose and I think I killed him because he didn’t move after that.  that was good, because then everyone could take pictures next to him.  Of course make sure you take a look at the handsome guy jumping off of the boat.

I’ll leave you with some pictures of the day and I can’t wait to get back on the boat again.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof March 28

Hey Everyone.  Sorry for the late post today, but last night was a rough one.  You think it’s tough to do tequila shots out of a glass?  Try doing them out of a bowl.  Not a toilet bowl where the lower class dogs drink, but a regular drinking bowl.  Needless to say I was mao mak mak.  I just woke up and it is 5:00 pm already.  That was some party at the dogpound last night.  I think I am going to stay in tonight as I have 2 students on the boat tomorrow to take care of.

Well, our boat today went to Sail Rock, but the conditions were not that good.  So, as we are very focused on out customers being happy we moved for the second dive to Shark Island which was outstanding.  Sail Rock was about 5 meter viz, and Shark Island was about 20 meters.   I think we are going to stay with diving at Koh Tao for the next few days until Sail Rock clears up.  Either way it was a fun crew on the boat today and everyone was really happy.  Congratulations to Ricky on completing his advanced open water course with James.

I’ve attached a picture of what I look like this morning and also some of the pictures from our diving day.  I’m going back to bed.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof March 27

Well, today I need to write this quickly as I am at the spa today getting my haircut, manicure, pedicure and bath.  I got to look good as there are going to be a lot of bitches (I can say that as a dog), at the boneyard tonight.  Deng Mo, Tong naam and me are going partying, but I need to quit a little bit early tonight as I am going diving tomorrow.  Woo Hoo.  It has been too long.  I’ll make sure to take a lot of pictures to share tomorrow.  I hope the sea water doesn’t mess up my hair.

The weather here is more of the same which is great.  If it is like this all year I’ll be a happy dog.  Hot and dry with no wind and no waves.  Perfect diving weather.  Today we had two boats to Koh Tao.  One boat with the experienced divers went to Chumphon Pinnacle and Southwest Pinnacle, and the other boat went to Mango Bay, Twins, and shark island.  Chumphon was beatiful with 15 meter viz and lots and lots of fish.  Southwest viz was down a little bit from the day before at 10-15 meters.  Mango bay was nice at 15 meters as well as twins.  Shark island was 20 meters and absolutely stunning.

The gang on the boats were so much fun today and they all had a lot of fun not just diving, but on the rides back.  I saw some of them getting together after for drinks.  Not sure why I wasn’t invited.  Tomorrow we will have a trip to Sail Rock and one to Koh Tao.

Well, off to get law maak (handsome in Thai).

Bark at ya later,

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Daily Woof March 24

Hey everyone,  Another great day here at Discovery.  Today we had 2 boats out.  One to Sail Rock and one to Koh Tao.  The conditions at Sail Rock were just ok with 5-8 meter visibility.  At Koh Tao we went to Mango bay which had 10 meter viz, Twins which was about 8 meters and Green Rock which was 10 meters.  There were still a little bit of waves which made for a little bumpy ride, but the good news is that seems to be at the end and the winds have already died down and are supposed to die down more everyday.  I am gearing up myself to get back out on the boat hopefully Wednesday or Thursday.  I haven’t dove in about a month and can’t wait to get back in the water.

Today we had Colin, Rochelle, and Ralf doing their advanced course with Axel, and Svenja taking her first breaths underwater doing her open water course with Nicola.  At the shop I was assisting James who was starting an open water course with Andrew and Arno was starting a scuba diver course with Arnaud (yes, same name) and Anne.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

 

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Stoli’s Daily Woof March 23

Hey, I’m back!!  I know it’s been a long time since I wrote my blog, but I had an injury to my front paw and could not type.  I tried to dictate to my friend Deng Mo, but she doesn’t really know how to type in English and it was just a mess.  But, I am back now to let you guys know about everything going on at Discovery.

Wow, since my last blog a lot has changed.  I now have a baby brother, Jagger, who is already swimming and will start his baby open water course soon.  I will be the instructor of course.  We also have both of our speedboats back on the water again so that we can get everyone to more dive sites daily.

I will try to put up the pictures from the day now, so that you can check them out here as well as the daily conditions.

Today we did two dives at Koh Tao and the conditions weren’t bad.  Mango Bay was about 10-15 meters, White Rock 5-10 and Hin Wong Bay was about 5-10.  Everyone had a good time, but the ride back was a little wavy as the winds picked up.  The good news is the winds are supposed to die down everyday going forward and we should get into that beautiful spring weather we are known for.

Also, those of you who haven’t seen my new video, please check it out here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZHByi8mOVk&feature=share

check out the handsome buy jumping off the boat in the middle.

Bark at ya later,stoli

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Stoli’s Woof and Weather

So, I had a great idea.  Since Discovery is selling off all of their equipment and buying new ones, I have decided to do the same with my toys.  If there is any dogs or humans for that matter who are interested in some used toys, please get in contact with me.

Here is what I have to offer:

2 half eaten bones     40 baht each

tennis ball                   25 baht

squeaky chicken with head missing (no guarantee of squeaking)      75 baht

red furry toy                80 baht

If you want any of them autographed by me it is an extra 200 baht per piece.  I also will offer the whole lot with an autographed picture of myself for 3500 baht

OK, on to what’s happening here at Discovery Divers.  We have been really busy this week and had a great day with a full boat to Koh Tao today.  We had a bunch of fun divers, PADI open water courses, PADI advanced courses and discover scuba divers and everyone had a great time.   And we had Arnould in the pool doing a rescue diver course with Jason.  You can check out a bunch of the pictures today form the facebook link on our website.

Tomorrow we have 3 boat going out to Koh Tao and Sail Rock, so should be an awesome day.

As far as the weather goes, the forecast is for the waves to come down and looks pretty calm with a slight chance of thunderstorms daily and highs about 33-34.  Great diving weather.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Stoli’s blog and Weather

Wow!!  Another busy and exciting week for me!  Check out the picture of the whale shark I took today at Sail Rock.  Me and the gang at Discovery have still been real busy even in low season.   Not only are we busy with lots of divers and courses, but we are also getting geared up for high season, which is only a month or so away.  I have been busy on the boat making sure everyone’s ok, and then back in the shop.  We currently are in the process of our annual replacing of our equipment.  we have sold almost all of our equipment that is a year old or more to other dive shops here and have a big new shipment of equipment coming in next week, just in time for high season.

So, today was a big day as we were the first boat at Sail Rock as usual and it really paid off today with great conditions and a whale shark to boot.  check out all of our pictures from the day as well as other days on facebook.  You can follow the link for our website and then click on the facebook icon and see what we’ve been up to.

Tomorrow we got another full boat going to Chumphon Pinnacle and Koh Tao with some fun divers and many people trying diving for the first time.  We also have Arnould teaching an Emergency First Responder course and Joe starting open water courses tomorrow.  That’s awesome as the more people we have around the shop, the more food I can beg.  Gonna be a good day for me.

The rain has been holding off lately, but we’ve had a little bit of wind and some waves, but not too bad.  The temps have been a high of about 34 which is pretty normal this time of year.  Looks like we have more of the same for the next week with hot temps and a slight chance of rain.

Check out the pictures of me on the boat and with some chicks.

Off to bed and get ready for another busy day tomorrow.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Stoli’s Woof and Weather

Wow, 2 blogs in one week.  I’m getting back in the swing of things.  Today was my spa day.  I posted a picture and look how handsome I am.  As they say in Thailand, law mak mak.  Maybe I should quit my dive instructor job and go back to my old job of dog supermodel.  I’ll get all the bitches then (remember, I can say bitches).  Nah, I think I like diving too much.

Well, it has been another great week here at Discovery.  We have been putting a ton of pictures of the diving and boat on our Facebook page so you should all check it out and see what you are missing.  You can get to it by following the link for our webpage at the right and clicking on the Facebook icon at the bottom of the page.

Yesterday was Claudio’s last day for a month as he is off to Italy to spend some time there and he will be back and refreshed for high season at the end of June

The diving and weather have been fantastic.  Congratulations to our new open water divers Col, Leonie, and Michael who all completed their PADI open water courses on Wednesday, and we have a new crop of divers taking their course now with Nicola.

Tomorrow we are off to Sail Rock where two whale sharks were spotted on Wednesday.  I sure hope they are still there tomorrow.  Maybe I can get my picture taken with one.  we are almost full and Arnould, Nick and Tao will be heading out there in the morning.

The weather couldn’t be better with light winds and almost no rain in the forecast for the next week or so.  So get your butts our here and go diving with us.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Stoli’s Blog April 8

Wow!!  What a month it has been.  I am sorry I have not been able to write my blog lately, but we have been so busy at Discovery Divers that I have not had time.

We had a record March and it looks like April will be the same.  The boat has been so full everyday that there hasn’t even been room for me?  WTF is up with that?  It’s my boat!

Let me catch you up on some things that have been going on since my last blog.  We had a record amount of PADI certifications in     the last two months and we have won the 6-star canine scuba club award from CSDC (canine scuba divers club).  Of course this is because of my dedication and skills as an instructor.

Also, our instructor and my buddy Thao got married last week and everyone went to the wedding here in Samui except for me as I had to watch the office that night.  I even missed my other buddy Tuk (you may recognize him as our driver) who had his band playing at the wedding.  I heard they were awesome

Also, there are some big surprises coming up that I cannot talk about yet, but please stay tuned and I will let you know as soon as I am able.

I will leave you with some assorted pictures, and some from Thao’s wedding and the gang.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather March 14

What a day!  I started my new job today as boat captain.  Of course I will work that along with my other jobs as canine scuba instructor, snorkel guide, and office manager.  I’m like a Jamaican with 4 jobs.

So today I drove the boat from Samui to Koh Tao with a full boat of divers under the watchful eye of course of Captain Aon.  I really didn’t need his help though as I already know how to use the compass from my dogmaster course and all the customers were happy to see me driving.

On top of that, it was such a beautiful day.  the seas were flat, the sun was out all day and the diving was great.  We had all sorts of customers today while Arnould had discover scuba divers, Claudio had a scuba review, Tao had the open water fun divers and Nick had the advanced fun divers.

The weather looks awesome all week as now we are into our hot and dry season and I had to do some backflips off the boat today just to stay cool.

Check out some more of the cool pictures from the day and other days on our facebook page.  You can reach it from the website link to the right.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather February 22

What a great day I had on the boat today!  We had a full boat of fun people and I of course was the center of attention.  I even decided to waive my apprearance fee for the day because everyone was  great on the boat.

I assisted my buddy Arnould with his 3 discover scuba diving students and of course I did all the work.  Other than that I got my time to jump off the boat and swim around checking up on all of the divers.

Tomorrow we are cray busy again with 2 boats going out to Koh Tao, but I think I have to stay in the office tomorrow as I am starting a canine open water course.  Of course the first thing we have to teach in that course is to not pee in the pool during the training.

The weather was perfect again today but it looks like a little storm may be coming for Sunday.  I am pooped, so I will leave you with some pictures from today.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather February 21

Hey Peeps,

What a great start to the day I had.  I was out this morning and caught a bird.  So of course I brought it home and put it in the middle of my living room for safekeeping while I went to work.  I come home and see my dad with the bird.  I can’t believe that he tried to steal it from me.  So, I spent almost an hour fighting with my dad over the bird, but in the end the bird split in two and each of us got a piece.  I think next time I will hide it in the yard like the other dogs.

Well, tomorrow I have been requested to go on the boat by a group of customers to Koh Tao.  I was thinking….   How come other famous people like past presidents, movie stars and even those wastes of life like the Kardashians and Paris Hilton get these big appearance fees for showing up places?

I am going to start charging also when people want me on the boat.  I think  I will start off with 10 dentabones and a steak for an appearance.  If they want extras like me jumping off the boat or diving, then the price is gonna have to go up.

Today was another great day at Discovery.  Our boat was full again to Koh Tao and we had 2 groups of PADI discover scuba divers with Axel and Joe and Claudio had fun divers.  Nick was in the pool and Arnould was watching the office with me.  I even caught the guy who has been stealing our fins.  check out the video on our facebook page that you can access with the link at the bottom of our homepage.  You can use the link for our site on the right.

Tomorrow is even busier with another full boat of Discover Scuba Divers and fun divers and another group starting their PADI open water courses with Claudio, and of course I’ll be on the boat.

The weather today was unbelievable.  32 degrees and sunny all day.  There was no wind so the seas were flat with no waves.  Looks like more of the same the next few days and then maybe something coming in on Sunday with rain and wind.  We’ll see about that.

I’d better get some sleep now as I got a big day ahead of me tomorrow.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather February 19

Jipped again!!!  So, I went our last night to celebrate my best friend View’s birthday.  Me and the gang went to our usual place, The Boneyard, and things got out of hand again.  I think someone poured a pitcher of jaegerbombs into the toilet I was drinking out of because I can’t remember anything.  I didn’t even find out until this morning that my friends Dang Mo and Tong Naam had to carry me home on their backs from the bar.  Geez, I didn’t even hook up, and a dog as cute as me should never have this happen.

Even worse, I overslept for the Discovery Divers trip to the Angthong Marine Park today.  It’s even worse because I am the head tour guide.  I hope I don’t get fired over this.  I did see the pictures though and heard from the gang when they got back and what a blast they had.

We had two speedboats full of fun people and they started off with a dive at Koh Wao and then headed to the Lagoon, and from there lunch and then kayaking and a lot of beach, snorkeling and sightseeing.  Everyone had a great time and I can’t believe I missed it.  Check out some of the pictures below and on our facebook page where we have some video from our website link next to my blog.

The moral of this story is to always check what is in the toilet before you drink out of it.  That goes for you humans too.  A friendly piece of advice from your buddy Stoli.

Well, the weather today was spectacular.  Sunny all day and a high of 32, and it looks the same for the next few days.  How can you beat that?

Now it’s time to go nurse my hangover and get ready for another busy day at Discovery tomorrow.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather February 12

So, today I went to the spa to get a haircut, nails done and bath.  I need to look good for the big singles party Thursday at the Boneyard.  I must say that I am looking pretty hot and all those bitches at the party are going to be after me.  This is going to bo some valentines day.  I’ll let you know how it turns out.

After the spa, I went back to help out at the office as they are so busy now with full boats everyday and lots and lots of courses and divers.  I even have put my handsome self in the window tonight to attract more people.  How can they resist me?

On the boat today to Koh Tao we had Tao and Nik with fun divers and Axel had a PADI advanced open water course and Joe and Arnould had PADI open water courses.  As we had no canine courses today I was able to take the day off.

Tomorrow is another busy day with Axel, Joe and Arnould doing courses, and Nik and Tao with fun divers and Cludio has discover scuba divers.
We also have Stella and Auy remodeling our classroom while everyone is on the boat.

The weather looks awesome tomorrow with light winds and a high of 32.  It looks great for the coming week also.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather February 10

Another great day here at Discovery.  Unfortunately, I was not allowed to go on the boat today as the waves were pretty big and as you all know by now that I like to ride on the roof of the boat, Captain Aon told me I can’t go.  What a jip!!

We had a good group out today to Koh Tao.  Nik and Tao had fundivers, Claudio had discover Scuba divers, and Arnould had fun divers also.  I just hung around the office and booked a whole lot of people for later in the week.

We will have a quiet week for me as Eric and Aon decided this was a good week to do scheduled maintenance on my boat, and I think it was good timing as it looks like some waves this week.  We try to keep the boat running perfect and do all the maintenance as scheduled so it is safe for everyone.  Of course we have 3 other speedboats we can use all week so we can keep diving.

Tomorrow is looking busy also with a bunch of PADI open water students starting, and discover scuba diving students and fun divers going to Koh Tao and Sail Rock.

The weather is great if you are on the land as the sun is shining and the high temps are about 32.  We do have some wind though and some big waves today.  The waves are supposed to calm down the next couple of days and then maybe back up on Wednesday.  The next chance of rain looks like Thursday.  I never thought I would be saying this, but we could really use some rain.  I can’t remember the last time I saw rain.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli


Daily Woof and Weather February 6

Whoa!!  What a great day I had today.  My job today was babysitting Show, while his parents went diving with the Discovery gang.  We hung out together on the boat, and then played all day on the beach while everyone was diving.  I even taught him how to catch fish in the water.  The rest of the group had a great day diving in Koh Tao.  The sun was shining and the visibility was great so everyone had a good time.  I even shared lunch with my new friend as you can see in the pictures.

We have a lot more great pictures of the day that you can see on our facebook page.  The link is at the bottom of our web page at http://www.discoverydivers.com, or click the link on the right side of the blog.

Tomorrow I am going to take the day off and meet Show on the beach with his parents and get some more play time.  I can’t wait.

As far as the weather goes, looks like sunny skies all week and high temps of about 31.  Perfect for diving and coming to Samui.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather February 5

Yeah, Yeah, I know that it hasn’t exactly been a “daily” woof and weather lately, but I’ve been so busy being on the boat and teaching everyday, that I just haven’t had time to do my blog.  To tell you the truth I’d rather be on the boat anyway.

I’ve been having a blast.  Sunday we took a trip to the Angthong Marine Park on our Discovery Divers Boat and we had a full boat of people and did diving, snorkeling, lunch on the beach and visited the lagoon.  They have a rule there of no dogs on the beach, but once they found out that they had the world-famous Stoli the diving dog there, exceptions were made and rolled out the red carpet for me.  Everyone had a blast and we are going to start running the Marine Park trip regularly now.

I’m also going to Koh Tao on the boat later today and can’t wait to show everyone my diving skills again.  I put some pictures of me at the Marine Park below.

Other than that we have been real busy at the shop with lots of PADI courses and fun-divers everyday.  Keeping me real busy.  Tomorrow we will be busy again with the boat going back to Koh Tao and lots of courses starting in the shop.

The weather ahs been beautiful, with pretty much no rain , but a little bit of wind coming and maybe a few waves, but that is supposed to die down tomorrow.  The high temperature all week should be around 32.

I got to get running to the boat so bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather January 17

What can I say.  I had another awesome day on the Discovery Divers boat today.  Today I assisted Anould with a couple of discover scuba diving students and what a ball I had.  You can see the picture below of me helping with the dive briefing.  So we went for our first dive in Mango Bay and it was really clear and I saw and tried to catch a bunch of fish.  Now I have perfected my fishing method of spotting them from the boat and then doing a surprise jump in the water to catch them off-guard.

The day was not only about me though.  We also had a few students doing their advanced course with Axel and Tao and Nik both had fun divers today.  We even saw a turtle at Twins today.  I could do this everyday and be happy.

We hit a lot of waves coming home though and it looks like that will be what is happening for the next few days.  That’s ok.  we have had pretty good weather up until now so a few days of waves won’t hurt us.  Guess it’s time for me to get the surfboard out.

Speaking of the weather, today was beautiful with a temperature of 32 and sunny all day.  Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny all day too, with a little bit of wind to cool us off.  I think I may head to the beach as it is my day off.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather January 8

Wow!!!!  What a day.  I was on the boat again today and had the job of demonstrating boat rescues for a rescue diver course.  I scanned the water from the boat and as soon as I see a diver in trouble I spring into action and jump into the water to save them.  Good thing the guys got a bunch of pictures of me doing my job.  I even had to help Takashi who looked a little in trouble at one point.

As you can see, it was a tiring day and I had to take a little nap on the way back to Samui.

The whole day was a blast.  The weather was picture perfect, there were flat seas and the diving was great.  We are in prime season now and everyone should be diving with me and Discovery Divers.

The weather looks awesome for the next week with sunny skies and highs around 30-31.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather January 7

Hey Everybody.  Still busy here at Discovery and I wanted to tell you all about our new homegrown program.

I am starting to grow my own vegetables for our great lunches on our boat.  So far I have planted beans, corn, coconut, mangoes and bananas in my yard that we will use for our lunches.  I have been spending much of my days taking care of my crops and some are ready to harvest already.  The only problem is my dad said I was watering the crops wrong.  I didn’t understand that I am supposed to use the water from the hose.  My leg was getting cramped anyway from lifting it so much.  What a relief!

The only thing we haven’t got going yet is the chickens.  I have tried, but every time I go to catch one to make the lunch, they run away.  I am going to have to watch Rocky III again and start training to catch them.  Anyone knows where Mickey is these days?

Other than that, the gang at Discovery Divers has still been rocking and rolling.  Today we are off to Sail Rock and also have PADI open water course starting in the shop.

The weather is perfect now.  It seems the monsoon is over and we got sunny skies and it is getting hotter everyday.  Today should be a high of 32 and there is no rain in sight in the forecast.  Great time to come out and dive with us.

I’ll leave you with some of the pictures of my farm so you can see what we are growing.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and Weather January 1

Happy New Years to everyone.  Whoa, what a night last night!!  I went down to my favorite club, The Boneyard, last night for the doggie new year’s countdown and as they say here in Thailand I was “mao mak mak”  Forget about the fiscal cliff, I went over the Jaegermeister cliff last night.  I think I am still falling.

I took a much-needed day off today to recover, and then back to work tomorrow.  We have 30 divers tomorrow and I am needed as a dogmaster on our Discovery Boat.  We also have 3 students starting their PADI open water courses.

We ended up the year very busy and with great diving  and are starting out 2013 the same way.  Hopefully I will see a whaleshark tomorrow at Sail Rock.

We had some storms yesterday and this morning, but the weather is supposed to clear up and the waves and winds calming down this week.  Tomorrow is a high of 32 with partly sunny skies.

I hope nobody sees the picture of how I looked this morning after my late night.  I’ll kill someone if they out it into this post.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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Daily Woof and weather December 27

I’m so sorry that I haven’t blogged in a while but I have been so busy on the boat and with high season on full swing just haven’t had time.

Let me fill you in on what’s going on.  Me and the Discovery Divers gang have been going crazy busy with all sorts of divers, PADI courses, discover scuba divers, and snorkelers.  I haven’t even had the energy when I get home to tip over the garbage.  My dad likes that.  Maybe that is why he has me working so much.  I even was the captain yesterday on the boat.

So, today we had two boats to Koh Tao and one to Sail Rock.  the whole gang was on board, Stella, Axel, Joe, Tao, Arnould, Nik, Em and Claudio was in the shop with 4 PADI open water students.  Eric was in the office keeping everything running smoothly.

Tomorrow, we have 3 boats going out again with two to Koh Tao and 1 to Sail Rock.

Congratulations today to David on completing his open water course and Dani completing his EFR and rescue diver course.

I’ll leave you with some pictures and then I am going to sleep.

Bark at ya later,

Stoli

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