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They canceled the big Christmas trip due to the weather, so I'll only get two dives today, and won't be going to Chumpon Pinnacles, the best site here. I started the day off at 12:30 with a deep dive. I was worried about my ears, and about nitrogen narcosis. Turns out once you get past 5 meters you're golden, and there was no narcosis :( The site, Hin Pee Wee, was the best yet. There were pinnacles we swan next to, and we went through lots of canyons. I didn't realize you always do the deep part first, so I didn't even know we went deep because I didn't check my gauges while we were down there. Turns out we were at 27 m for 10 minutes.

The second dive was my navigation dive. They just sent me out with the open water students, and while they used their compasses to make lines, I had to make a square. It would be better if there were other people taking the course with me.

During the day I kept forgetting it was Christmas. A strange reminder came when a group of divers swam by singing Christmas carols. Nils, the prickish Norwegian instructor got mad when they started singing Jingle Bells, and chucked pineapples at them.

Back at the resort they prepared a traditional Christmas dinner for free. Aparently a traditional Thai Christmas dinner consists of spaghetti, french fries, and spiked fruit punch. There were some interesting people to talk to there, including a couple girls from South Africa, who I thought were Dutch (that is usually a safe assumption), but I was tired and dizzy, so I went back to my bungalow to try to read my dive book. I fell asleep at 9, and didn't wake up until 1 am,when I brushed my teeth and went to bed properly. This was probably a good thing, since my first dive tomorrow is a 7.