December 24, 2002 Koh Tao, Thailand
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We did two open water dives today, completing the course for me, since I don't have to take the test and quizzes again. They're having a three dive deal on Christmas day I want to do, but they're deep dives, which I'm still not qualified to do. So I signed up for the advanced course, since that lets you do the cool stuff. I left that evening on the first of five dives: a night dive. As you can imagine, I was pretty nervous, but it turns out you can see quite a bit with you flashlight. I couldn't see as much as I should have, though. The only prescription mask they have is -3, and I need a -7 one, so I can't see alot of things during the day, and even less at night. It's still fun, though. The best part about the dive was standing on the bottom and waving our hands around to see the phosphorescence.
That night I went out to a club on Saree Beach and the music was actually good, so I stayed until 3 am. I used the power of banana pancakes to start a conversation with two Israeli girls who I though were Dutch because of the phlegm noises they made when they talked.