I'd like to be, under the sea...  Trip Start Feb 29, 2004 Trip
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October 27, 2004  A big milestone has been passed as, after many
years of thinking about it and saying 'one day...', I've made
the plunge--as it were!--and got my open water PADI certificate,
so it's official now--I CAN breathe underwater and still live to
tell about it! WOOHOOO!!  Ko Tao is known for its good
underwater diving spots (obviously!) and especially its
unbeatable prices for initial diving certs--about $200 for a
4-day course like mine, and I even got my room and transport
from BKK thrown in for good measure. Hard to beat that.  The
course was good, and met some more good people. Lucked out in
having a small group, only four students, but 2 of them dropped
out for health reasons, so in the end there were just 2 of us, a
really nice guy named Andy from Sherwood, UK (yes, we did all
the Robin Hood jokes) plus the instru