I can't remember who said it, but it sums up the divers life on Phi Phi pretty acurately, "Every day is a Monday, every night is a friday."
My average day starts when my alarm clock goes off at 6:30am. I usually snooze at least once, but then it's into my bathingsuit and getting my bag packed. We are all supposed to be at the shop at 7:15 on diving days. And then we sit, have some tea and by 7:45 we are heading down to the boat.
I really enjoy the days on the boat. There is usually about 30 minutes boat ride to the dive site, when you can relax and if you're going to the wreck (an hour and a half away) you can have a nice snooze. Then, it's time to suit up and do the first dive of the day. Then it's back on the boat for lunch, some diving off the boat and relaxing in the sun (and for me the DMT switching tanks, getting everyone water, etc.). Sometimes we snorkel to Maya Bay (where they filmed The Beach) and hang out there for 10 or 15 minutes.
THen it's off to the next dive site and dive number two. After that, it's back to the boat and back to the pier.
I usually like to head home for a quick nap and maybe a bit of studying (Physics and Physiology at the moment, which is not so fun). But if it's a nice day, i can study at one of the bars on the beach and enjoy a fruit shake.
After a shower, I head to work at 6. The flyering is so boring. It takes about 10 minutes to walk around the whole of ton sai village, so a 3.5 hour day of flyering goes really slowly and involves wandering the same streets over and over.
At 9:30, I drop the flyers off at the bar upstairs and head downstairs to the shop to see whether or not i'll be diving the next day and where. This is one of my favorite times of the day. Everyone from the shop is there and enjoying a good chat and a beer, waiting for their assignments. After that the night begins.
Like a good girl, I don't really go out too much. But being a party island, everynight is Friday. There are 6 or so bars packed with tourists dancing and drinking the night away. I usually head up to deco bar for th 30baht beer happy hour for the locals (that's less than 1 dollar). And then home.
So that is a little glimpse of my average day. More about he not so average days to come.
