About five hours ago I decided not to go to the UK, but to go to Kho Tao and do my Divemasters. I went to their office in Bangkok and paid for the whole thing in one.
I was in real turmoil earlier today, but now I'm sat having a quiet beer and a cigarette, about to go and meet my Thai ladyfriend again and I'm actually now feeling, with some slight tentativeness, that I've actually made a really good decision. I feel great and totally relaxed! It's moments like this that make the hard decisions you have to make completely on your own as a solo traveller, even sweeter by the fact it was hard to begin with.