Stoli
It is with sadness that we tell you all that our friend Stoli passed away last month. It has been a very tough time for his family and the whole Discovery team. Stoli was more than just a mascot, but family. Everyone will miss his smiling face on the boat and in the shops and especially jumping off the boats to join the divers and snorkelers in the water. We are sure he is up in dog heaven now swimming all day and may he rest in peace.
Stoli’s Koh Samui Diving Blog
Hey everyone. For today’s guest blogger we will have Eric. He is going to talk about boats and boat maintenance. Before we get to Eric, I will talk a little bit about what is going on here in Thailand and at Discovery Divers. It has really calmed down here politically and it is so normal here now that we don’t really here much of anything on the news anymore. Now they have lifted any curfews in pretty much all areas except for Bangkok so a great time to find some deals on airfare and hotels and come to Koh Samui. Remember, on the Gulf of Thailand side it is not rainy season like on the Phuket side. The weather will be great here right up until November. We may have a little system coming in on Thursday for a couple of days, but then that clears right out and the diving has been great. Here is Eric:
Hi, today I am going to talk about what might not be the most exciting topic, but a very important one. Boats and boat maintenance. Here at Discovery, we are one of only 2 companies on Koh Samui who run our own speedboats. The rest of the companies either run on the bigger, slower tourboats, or they all share space on a speedboat from a speedboat operator.
When you have your own boats it is very important to do regular maintenance. Especially when the diving spots are all 1 hour or more away from Koh Samui the last thing you want is to be on an unreliable boat. When you choose a diving company you want to make sure that you can safely make it to your destination and back. Outboard boat engines are very expensive and go through a lot with the seawater, waves and etc., so it is very important to keep them maintained. While in the water and when we are using them daily we make sure that our captains, Aon, Aong and Nan, inspect and clean the engines daily. Sometimes when you are diving you may see one of our captains in scuba gear under the boat at the dive site checking the underside of the boat. Don’t worry, he will be back on the boat to take us all back. If you hang out a little bit after your dives, you will see them doing this at the pier. We also make sure to change the engine oil, filters, and gearbox oil more frequently than normal guidelines just to be extra careful.
Also, 2 times a year we take our boats out of the water in low season to do a full inspection of the whole boat and look for anything that may need to be touched up for fixed. As we have 2 boats we can perform our bi-annual full maintenance and still keep one boat in the water to use for diving. We just got done with our Discovery boat and have that back in the water now and have just taken our our Stoli boat as you can see in the picture.
After our inspection there is not much to do on Stoli as it is only about 7 months old, but we be touching up the paint, especially on the bottom, touching up any outside paint and doing a full maintenance on the engines so everything will be in tip-top shape for high season which is just around the corner. We know it is very important to our customers to make sure that you are on a safe and reliable boat and you can be assured that we take this very seriously. You can see a little bit more info about our boats at our website http://www.discoverydivers.com. Back now to Stoli to finish up.
I hope you learned a little about the boats. If fact you can see me even doing my part and checking out the boat if you have any questions about either of our boats please feel free to ask Eric, myself or our captains. We would be happy to answer any questions.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Stoli’s Koh Samui Diving Blog
I want to start out talking a little bit about Thailand and the current situation here. I want to assure everyone that traveling and staying in Thailand now is very safe for humans and dogs. There has been a lot of international press and warnings, but I can assure you that especially Koh Samui is very safe and we don’t even have a curfew here, so you can enjoy our beautiful and fun island the same as it has been.
In addition, now is the best time to book and come to Koh Samui. Many of the hotels are offering incredible deals right now and airfares are dropping also. In addition, we here at Discovery are offering a 15% discount for internet bookings for the month of June. I hope this does not come out of my bone fund. You can see more information at http://www.discoverydivers.com
So, the diving has also been great this week and not very crowded, so a good time to dive also. Yesterday we were at Sail Rock which had about 15 meters visibility and the day before we were at Chumphon Pinnacle (15 meter) and shark island (15 meters).
Check out some of the pictures from the last few days and I am throwing in a bonus. For anyone who books diving in the next 48 hours, I will throw in a partially chewed tennis ball.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof May 16
Sorry peeps. I have been so busy lately I have not had time to do my blog. So many things have been going on here so let me fill you in. Not only have we been crazy busy everyday running our boats to Sail Rock and Koh Tao as the conditions are still great and we are getting so many people who want to dive multiple days. We also now have opened up our new shop in the center of Chaweng and I have been working there everyday booking dives and selling lots of equipment. We also have had some guests at my Stoli guesthouse, but are not fully open there yet as we have been so busy opening the dive shop. The new shop has turned our traditionally low season into a mini high season as we are still very busy. Today though we are taking the discovery boat our for it’s regularly scheduled maintenance and full check-over to make sure everything is perfect for the upcoming high season. It will also give Captains Nan and Aong some much needed rest as they have been running the boat almost everyday for a long time. Of course I can always drive the boat in a pinch. We still have our Stoli boat in the water though so we will be running just one boat for the next few weeks as when discovery goes back in the water we will take the Stoli boat out and give Captain Aon and asst captain Pop a break. If you get down to Samui anytime soon, please come visit us at either of our shops at the Amari hotel, or the new shop in Central Chaweng near the new Central Festival Shopping Center. I will leave you with some pictures from the last week or so. Don’t forget to visit us at http://www.discoverydivers.com.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof April 23
OK, enough of this. I am going on strike if I cannot get out diving soon. I have been working my tail off here at the shop. And what do they pay me with? Bones! Who pays people in bones? I have been so busy that I even had to get my little brother Jagger to help with the inventory. And what does he do? He jumps in a bin of t-shirts and starts playing instead of counting. Some help he is.
It is even worse for me because the diving has been so great. Yesterday we had 2 boats again, one to Koh Tao and one to Sail Rock. Koh Tao sites are down in visibility a little to about 12-15 meters, but Sail Rock is an amazing 30 meters with tons of fish. Put me on the list please for the next opening. Today we had our Koh Tao boat visit the wreck which was a lot of fun and the Discovery boat was back at Sail Rock again.
Congratulations to NIco and Chantal on completing their open water courses. I am heading over to Tesco now to get signboards and markers for the picket line.
Enjoy the pictures of the last two days. Don’t forget to visit us at http://www.discoverydivers.com.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof April 19
Sorry, I haven’t wrote my blog in a few days, but we’ve still been really busy at the moment. Even my brother Jagger has had to work to keep up. So, now we got the whole family working. It’s great when we have these excellent diving conditions and our biggest problem seems to be accommodating everyone who wants to dive again and again. So, on Thursday we had one boat to Koh Tao and one to Sail Rock and the same on Friday. Both days we went to Chumphon Pinnacle and had great conditions of 25 meter visibility. Sail Rock dropped down a little to about 15 meters, which is still very very nice.
Congratulations to Charlie and Ling who completed their open water course with Mike, and to Einar who completed his advanced open water course with Nick.
Well, back to work for me. I haven’t even had a chance to get to the Boneyard this week, but got to keep the divers happy. Enjoy the pictures. Don’t forget to visit us at http://www.discoverydivers.com.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof April 16
Another day that I did not make it on the boat. We are very busy now, and because we limit the amount of divers on the boat, I got left off. Again. I thought I was the boss! I mean seriously, I only weigh 13 kilos. I’d be happy to sit in the icebox if I have to. Not fair at all. I think I will have to go into the computer and cancel out some people for tomorrow to make room for me. I hope no one catches me doing this.
Today we had two boats again. The Discovery boat was at Sail Rock with 25 meter viz and Stoli went to Koh Tao where we visited HIn Wong Pinnacle (20 meters), Mango Bay (18 meters) and Shark Island (20 meters). Everyone was happy, happy, happy as usual and many divers wanted to book again. I think we need to re-think our policy. It seems if they have a great time they book again and then I can’t go on the boat. I will have to fire all of our staff and get staff that is not as good so we have more space for me. I am not sure if my Dad will go for that though.
So, today Mike was with Jane and Charlie for dives 1 and 2 of the open water course, Ankita and Radhika were taking their first underwater breaths with Axel, and congratulations to Rachael on completing her open water course with Joe.
Enjoy the pictures from today. Don’t forget to visit us at http://www.discoverydivers.com.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof April 15
What a waste of time. I spent all day doing my taxes and then I forgot that I was not in the US anymore. On top of that, I forgot that dogs don’t have to pay tax anyway. I can’t believe that I spent all day inside doing that instead of going diving the last two days. Especially after seeing all the pictures of how much fun everyone had the last couple of days.
Yesterday we had two boat to Koh Tao. One boat went to Chumphon Pinnacle and Shark Island, and the other boat went to Mango bay and White Rock. Chumphon had about 20 meters viz, and Shark Island about 12-15. Maybe Bay was a beautiful 20 meters and White rock about 15. Tons of Marine life at all the sites as you can see in the pictures.
Today we had the Discovery boat to Sail rock, which was amazing at 25 meters and Koh Tao where we visited mango bay and Twins. both great.
Congratulations to Colin, Matthew and Johannes in completing their advanced open water courses with Steve and congratulations to John and Shen completing their open water courses with James.
Busy, busy busy, got to run. Don’t forget to visit us at http://www.discoverydivers.com.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof April 11
Still getting ready for Songkran, but all of our divers are getting wet already so I guess what is the big deal. I’ve still been very busy at the shop as with the great diving conditions we are having now we have many more customers wanting to dive than we have room on the boats. I hope this goes on forever, but I do need a break.
So today we had two boats again. One to Sail Rock and one to Chumphon Pinnacle Koh Tao. It seems like a broken record as all the dive sites were about 20 meter visibility and very calm seas. Also, so many fish around as you can see by the pictures. We had a very busy day with courses today. Congratulations to Kim on completing his scuba diver course with Nicola, Katrina was doing her first two dives at Koh Tao with Steve, congratulations to Birgit on completing her open water course with Axel, and Jemma completing her scuba diver course with Nick. Great job everyone.
I’m off to get some sleep so I’ll leave you with some pictures of today. Don’t forget to visit us at http://www.discoverydivers.com.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof April 9
Wow! Looks like high season again. Sorry I was not able to do my blog yesterday, but we have been crazy busy. I have been running my tail off booking people for the next few days and I can’t wait for my day off on Sunday for Songkran. We are now sold out until Monday. I have to get my squirt gun out of the closet and get ready. It doesn’t hurt that the diving conditions have been nothing short of awesome lately. Now that the conditions are great we are back to running one boat to KT and one to Sail Rock every day and everyone comes back from the dives booking more dives. Yesterday we went to Twins and White Rock. Both were about 25 meter visibility. Sail Rock was also great with 20 meters, but had a very strong current. Great if you want to burn those calories. Today we went to Lamtien and Shark Island. Both had a bout 15-20 meter viz on them. Congratulations to Andrew on completing his advanced open water course today with Nicola. Great job!
Back to work now. Now we can start on booking divers for next week. Don’t forget to visit us at http://www.discoverydivers.com.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof April 7
Another great day here at Discovery. We had two boats our today. Discovery boat went to Sail Rock where the visibility was a stunning 25 meters. Lots of barracuda, trevally, batfish, white eyed morays, giant morays and all the other species. Stoli boat went to Koh Tao and we visited mango bay (20 meters), green rock (15 meters), and twins (20 meters). We have some fantastic pictures of today also I’ll attach.
Congratulations to James on completing his advanced open water course with Nicola yesterday at Sail Rock. Don’t forget to visit us at http://www.discoverydivers.com.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof April 6
Ok, got big news now for you. The secret project I’ve been working out is done. We here at Discovery are opening up a new shop here in Koh Samui. The shop will be located in Central Chaweng on the beach road near the new Central Festival shopping center. Even bigger news is that we also have connected to it Stoli’s guest house. A 12 room hotel which will be above our shop. We will start offering out dive and stay packages on our website very soon. We will still be keeping our shop in north Chaweng at the Amari hotel where we have been for 14 years already. I’m not sure which shop I’ll be making my home, but I am sure I’ll be bouncing around between both shops if you are coming to see me. We should be opening full on on May 1st. Come by for some great grand opening specials.
Back to the diving. Of course the diving should be 1st as the conditions are absolutely awesome right now. We had two boats today. One to the Marine Park and one to Chumphon and Koh Tao. Chumphon was outstanding with tons of fish and 20-25 meter viz. Mango Bay had 20 meters, and Twins was 20+. Now that I am done with my project I need to get my butt on the boat and get diving. Who knows, maybe tomorrow 50 meters? We had a good mix of Discover scuba divers, advanced open water courses and lot of fun divers.
I’ll leave you with some pictures of today and talk to you tomorrow. Don’t forget to visit us at http://www.discoverydivers.com.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof April 2
Yo diving buddies,
Another beautiful day here on Samui, but we really need some rain. We haven’t had a good rain in over 3 months now I think. I have been trying to do my part watering the plants, but nobody seems to appreciate it. Anyway, I haven’t been diving the last few days because I am working on a big, big project. I should be able to tell you all about it in the next few days.
The rest of the Discovery gang though has been taking advantage of the awesome diving conditions that we have now. Today we went to Koh Tao and visited Mango Bay, the wreck and shark island. The wreck today had 25 meter viz. I never have seen it that clear. The pictures look awesome! Also, more turtles on shark island and mango bay was very nice. As we had some advanced divers and advanced open water students the wreck was a perfect choice for the day.
Congratulations to James and Paul on completing their open water course today. Great job guys!
I need to get back to my project so I’ll leave you with some pictures from the day.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
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
Daily Woof March 26
Yo, yo, yo. What up peeps? Another beautiful day here in Koh Samui. I love this time of year as the weather is perfect. A great time for me to hang out on the beach and steal food from all the tourists who go in the water to cool off. I’ve gotten pretty good at this ripping off food thing.
So, you’re probably wondering about the diving. The diving the last couple days has been SPECTACULAR. Today we ran both of our boats to Koh Tao, with one boat full of our experienced divers going to Chumphon Pinnacle and Southwest Pinnacle. the conditions at both were great with Chumphon about 20 meters and 15 meters at Southwest Pinnacle. Our other boat went to Mango bay (15 meters), Twins (20 meters) and Shark Island (15 meters). I can’t believe that I spent my time on the beach and not the boat. Especially now as we have very little wind and virtually no waves.
Congratulations to Senja and Andrew on completing their open water course and to Ralf on completing his Advanced open water course. Now that the winds are changing I expect Sail Rock to start clearing up and that will be awesome.
Ok, I’m getting hungry so time to go grab some more chicken off the beach.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
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
Stoli’s Koh Samui Diving Woof and Weather
Whoa boy. What a busy month we’ve had here at Discovery Divers. My head is still spinning. Good thing that the diving has been so busy because my other project didn’t work out so well. As most of you who follow my blog will remember, I started my business promoting boxing matches between dogs and cats. Well, things were going great and we even tried to get big name sponsors for our fights. unfortunately, knucklehead Tong Naam reached out to PETA as a sponsor. That did not go so well and we ended up getting shut down.
Even with the let down there I have been really busy teaching PADI diving courses here at Discovery. Today I just finished 4 open waters and congratulations to Pia, Chloe, Caitlin, and Vaughn on completing their PADI open water course with me. Of course I had Takeshi and Allie assisting me so they could learn something. YOu can see the picture of me and the group after the dive today.
We have done close to 100 certifications already this month, but because we have 10 full-time instructors we are still able to keep the groups very small with usually a 2:1 student instructor ratio and never more than 4 in a group. We have been running 2-3 boats a day, and then again never with more than 12 divers on board unlike the other crowded boats on the island.
Other than that, I have been working on another project that is almost ready and I’ll let you in on that one later in the week. The weather has been beautiful here on Koh Samui with daily high temps around 32, so it has not been that hot. We have had the occasional rain shower late in the afternoon, but that is only about an hour and then it clears right back up. More of the same weather is forecasted for the coming week. A great time to come out to Samui and go diving with us here at Discovery Divers.
Now I got to go grab a shower and get some rest for another busy day tomorrow.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
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
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
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
Stoli’s Woof and Weather
Well folks, sorry it has been so long since I have blogged, but I have been working so hard that today I started my blog and actually fell asleep at my computer. Now, I’m up and will try to be more regular and let you know what is going on here at Discovery and Koh Samui.
Since the last time I wrote, we have been crazy busy. Low season my ass! I have been working my tail off in the office and on the boat. We haven’t had as many dog customers lately, but we’ve had a ton of human divers. The weather has been great and the conditions have been great lately so everyone is chomping at the bone to come diving with me and Discovery Divers.
We have been doing a lot of PADI courses lately and congratulations yesterday to Alexandria in finishing her open water course with Thao. Tomorrow we have a full boat going to Sail Rock and have fun divers and courses going on.
Also, I am so excited that my buddy Nicola is back from Germany and joining us full-time as an instructor. I can’t wait to go diving with her. She’ll be on the boat tomorrow getting her paws (woops, feet), wet again at Sail Rock.
The weather has been fantastic lately and looks that way for the next week with very little wind and waves.
You can check out a bunch of pictures from our diving by visiting our facebook page. The link is on our website which can be reached from the link on the right of the blog
Well, I am going to go back to sleep and get ready for another big day tomorrow.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
Daily Woof and Weather March 19
Boy is it hot outside. We are into our hot and dry season now and it is full on. The temperature got to 34 today and I decided to stay and work in the office in the nice air conditioning. I did get in a little trouble though as I let all the neighborhood dogs in also to enjoy the A/C, and we didn’t have any room for customers for an hour or so until Claudio made me throw all the freeloaders out.
After that we had a busy day. I guess with all the hot weather everyone wants to cool off on the Discover Divers boat and go diving.
we have a full boat tomorrow and Thursday is looking almost full already. On top of that, Sail Rock is starting to clear up and now we can go back and looking for my friend the whale shark again.
I’m just waiting until I get a canine course to start and then I’ll be back on the boat.
As far as the weather goes, it looks like more of the same for the foreseeable future. Hot and dry with very low wind and waves and no rain in the forecast. I guess I’ll have to water the plants the old-fashioned way by lifting my leg. Whatever works.
I’ll leave you with a picture of me working away today helping customers.
Bark at ya later,
Stoli
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
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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