Phi Phi Island, Thailand (AOW Certification)

Waiting for our water taxi

love these boats with the long propeller shafts - helps keep the coral from being damaged

Thankfully they had most signs translated

Coolest rock formations !!

The water really is this color !!!   Gorgeous !!!

A little bit of a bumpy ride over on the ferry - thunder boomers !!!

AWWWW !!

Hotel just a head !!

The make you walk through the water to get to your hotel - way cool - literally !!

 Most folks only bring a backpack - not us !!!  No way we are prepared !!!

No we have dive gear with us - that is 2 of the bags !!!

View from our room !!  The climb up to our room was pretty difficult !!

What ?



Yep it sure was too !!

Love this tree !!

 

Well we have another storm coming in - pretty cool though !!

Prefect timing for Scott to have the camera ready !!!

Dive Boat - Island Divers - Great Folks !!

My first photos with my camera and underwater case - I was so nervous I was going to ruin my camera, but it turned out to be a lot of fun !!

First Photo underwater - still close to the top and the light was good !!

All it good !!

There were 6 Lion Fish right here in the same spot - I just could fit them all in to the screen !!

My Puffer Fish - isn't he cute? 

Crown of Thrones Star Fish - really pretty, but they eat the coral, so they are very bad for a coral reef !!!

Two Puffers !!!

 

Caves in the walls !!

 



Hi Handsome !!!  Going my WAY ???

What ???

Scott on the damn phone again !!!  Not !!!

Scorpion Fish - looks pretty prehistoric !!

Sponge Coral - I love this picture - it looks pretty professional - even if I say so myself !!!

Yep you guessed it another storm rolling in !!  Slept good that night !!

So gorgeous - we took our navigation dive here in the cove !!!

NEMO !!!

Almost every time you see one Clown fish there will be three - Pappa, Mamma and Baby !!

I took 2 photos of this Star fish  - then looked again and there was a grouper that showed up !!

 

When the tide goes out is really goes far - it was amazing !!

 



 

This was our wreck dive - King Cruiser !!

 

 

Surprise !!

Tony - took this one for us !

Now we are at Shark Point - didn't see any sharks - thank you !!

 

 

Star Fish - different type !

Box Cleaner Shrimps !!

Tiny crabs !! 

 

These guys are fast and hard to get - but I at least got their back sides !!

Love their name - Big Eyed Strip - hmmm - didn't think too hard for that one !!

Cool blue Star Fish !!

Huge live Conch !!

Moray Eel - Scott had to jerk me over - I was taking a photo of another Cow Fish and this guy was checking me out - Surprise !!!!

 

Gorgeous Colors down there !!

Bye !!

Last Day - bummer !!

Sure had fun - met some great friends - hopefully we will dive with some of them again !

Happy 50th Birthday - Scott Hale - I love you !!!