March 25
Woke up to the smell of freshly made doughnuts courtesy of
Annie and Paulie. They have discovered,
through a recommendation of Sarah at the dive shop where to obtain the freshly
made doughnuts only available between the hours of 6:00 and 8:30am. Paulie gets a coffee in a bag…first one ever.
We eat them up in a second and then make our way down to the hotel restaurant
to our favorite smiling faces for coffee. We all take an early morning swim for
a little while. Hudson is due at the dive shop around 11:30 to go out for his
last three dives and then he will be giving his final exam in order to receive
his Open Water Diver license. He is
quite nervous about going on the dive and wants Paulie to join him on the
boat. We all walk them to the dive shop
and then Sam, Annie and I go around the
corner to a passport photo place to get picture for our upcoming visas to
Cambodia and Vietnam. Then the three of
us decide to chill out for a while at the hotel. Afterward, we walk into the town of Mae Haad
to see some new sights and we purchase Mango and Coconut milkshakes to cool off
with and to wash down our banana and nutella pancake. We find some good bargains for Billibong
shorts, Haviana flipflops and other assorted items before returning to Sairee Beach
to see Hudson after his return from scuba.
We make our way up to the dive shop and see him out of the corner of our
eyes and notice him beaming at his success.
We buy him a Tshirt to commemorate his accomplishment. We have to say goodbye to Ida as she is
leaving to go on a Visa Run in the morning and we will not have a chance to see
her again. Hudson and Paulie go off to
have their pictures made for our impending Visa as well as for his Padi Dive
License and then bring them back to the dive shop. We return to the hotel to
get cleaned up for dinner. We end up eating at nearby at the restaurant where
all of the new open water divers celebrate after receiving their licenses and
no one can even finish their meals…..goes to show that although we are eating
wonderful food, our stomachs are starting to shrink! Back at the hotel we watch
a movie and then off to bed.
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