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My Summer Vacation By Amber Foster This is Flav. He is my dive instructor. He\'s very cool.

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My Summer Vacation By Amber Foster This is Flav. He is my dive instructor. He\'s very cool. - FH030004-1.jpg

This is Trisha. She\'s making the \"Wow\" sign. Because, you know, 30 feet underwater is a pretty Wow experience.

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This is Trisha. She\'s making the \"Wow\" sign. Because, you know, 30 feet underwater is a pretty Wow experience. - 626d45dd.jpg

This is some coral. It\'s pretty hard to get good pictures underwater and trying not to sit on a sea urchin at the same time.

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This is some coral. It\'s pretty hard to get good pictures underwater and trying not to sit on a sea urchin at the same time. - 4db1b773.jpg

Looking up from the bottom...beautiful

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If you look closely, you can see a bigger trigger fish. They\'re about a foot long and they don\'t like people. \"Underwater poodle,\" Flav told us. \"If it tries to bite you, drop kick it.\"

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If you look closely, you can see a bigger trigger fish. They\'re about a foot long and they don\'t like people. \"Underwater poodle,\" Flav told us. \"If it tries to bite you, drop kick it.\" - b54457e9.jpg

Trisha in action. Go girl!

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Guess who?

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We also saw cool stuff in Bangkok.

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He really shouldn\'t hold his breath that long.

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Me and Noi, the best bartender and bungalow owner on Koh Tao. That Thai iced coffee is like heroin.

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Me and Noi, the best bartender and bungalow owner on Koh Tao. That Thai iced coffee is like heroin. - FH020017.jpg

Mae Hat (port), Koh Tao

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In Nakhom Pathom (near Bankok) we saw a stumpf (that big dome thing) where monks pray. It was cool.

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In Nakhom Pathom (near Bankok) we saw a stumpf (that big dome thing) where monks pray. It was cool. - FH010019.jpg

Amulet market, Bangkok. Street vendors everywhere selling carved buddah amulets with different healing/luck properties.

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Amulet market, Bangkok. Street vendors everywhere selling carved buddah amulets with different healing/luck properties. - FH010017.jpg

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melon vendor

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late afternoon in Koh Tao. Rain was coming, but it never rained for long.

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late afternoon in Koh Tao. Rain was coming, but it never rained for long. - FH020016.jpg

durian is supposed to smell like rotten corpses but I couldn\'t smell it through all the competing smells at the bangkok market--people, sewage, cooking food, car exhaust...

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:21:00 MDT

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durian is supposed to smell like rotten corpses but I couldn\'t smell it through all the competing smells at the bangkok market--people, sewage, cooking food, car exhaust... - FH010015.jpg

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dive boats in Koh Tao

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sunset on Koh Tao.

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world\'s largest reclining buddah, bangkok. What a lazy bum.

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:16:31 MDT

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dive boats Koh Tao

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Trisha was happy because we finally hailed a PINK taxi!

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We took a snorkel/kayak tour from Koh Samui island to Ang Thong marine park, where they filmed \"the Beach\"

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:16:28 MDT

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We took a snorkel/kayak tour from Koh Samui island to Ang Thong marine park, where they filmed \"the Beach\" - FH000015.jpg

the beaches there were stunning and clean

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we also hiked up to \"Emerald Lake\". It gets that color from the limestone eroded into the water. It\'s a nature preserve so you can\'t swim there.

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:16:26 MDT

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we also hiked up to \"Emerald Lake\". It gets that color from the limestone eroded into the water. It\'s a nature preserve so you can\'t swim there. - FH000013.jpg

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hiking up steep limestone cliff to emerald lake

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we had to ride on a speedboat. Very speedy speedboat. I got whiplash and Trisha got seasick.

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:16:21 MDT

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we had to ride on a speedboat. Very speedy speedboat. I got whiplash and Trisha got seasick. - FH000005.jpg

\"The ship took ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle, with Gilligan, the Skipper too, the Millionaire, and his Wife, the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann, here on Gilligan\'s Isle...\"

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:01:44 MDT

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\"The ship took ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle, with Gilligan, the Skipper too, the Millionaire, and his Wife, the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann, here on Gilligan\'s Isle...\" - FH000016-1.jpg

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on Koh Samui, the hipper, more crowded island. Good night life but I liked Koh Tao better.

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:01:41 MDT

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on Koh Samui, the hipper, more crowded island. Good night life but I liked Koh Tao better. - FH000019.jpg

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monsoon rains brought driftwood from the mainland to koh tao with high tide, and each night locals would make bonfires to clean up the beach.

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:01:36 MDT

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monsoon rains brought driftwood from the mainland to koh tao with high tide, and each night locals would make bonfires to clean up the beach. - FH000022.jpg

our bungalow on Koh Tao. No hot water, no air con, no frills, but dirt cheap-- right by the beach and only about 12$ a night U.S. for 2 people.

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:01:34 MDT

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our bungalow on Koh Tao. No hot water, no air con, no frills, but dirt cheap-- right by the beach and only about 12$ a night U.S. for 2 people. - FH000020.jpg

the roads on Koh Tao aren\'t designed for cars. Most everyone has a scooter or motorbike.

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:01:33 MDT

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the roads on Koh Tao aren\'t designed for cars. Most everyone has a scooter or motorbike. - FH000024.jpg

hot diving mamas

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me and Flav, who inspired me to love diving. He\'s dutch and has been diving for 12 years. I liked to call him \"Flavor Flav.\"

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:51:05 MDT

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me and Flav, who inspired me to love diving. He\'s dutch and has been diving for 12 years. I liked to call him \"Flavor Flav.\" - FH020001.jpg

Advanced Open Water Diving class-- we did a 30 meter (100 foot) dive to see reef sharks and a night dive. 5 dives in 2 days and the most fun I\'ve ever had.

wanderingsensei1 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:50:59 MDT

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Advanced Open Water Diving class-- we did a 30 meter (100 foot) dive to see reef sharks and a night dive. 5 dives in 2 days and the most fun I\'ve ever had. - FH020002.jpg

after our second dive of the day, we are tired but happy.

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after our second dive of the day, we are tired but happy. - FH030022.jpg

Most beautiful beach on Koh Tao, where they filmed \"blue lagoon\"...hiked there on last day and never wanted to leave.

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Most beautiful beach on Koh Tao, where they filmed \"blue lagoon\"...hiked there on last day and never wanted to leave. - FH020009.jpg

it was hard to leave paradise... the end

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