Day 16 / Tag 16 Going to Ko Tao

Taxi to airport at 8 am, Leo is late, we have breakfast at Phuket Airport, flight to Samui, minivan to Seatran pier in Bangrak for only 200 Baht for the two of us. We hang out in the shade on the pier with Mango Shakes from a food stall nearby.
Short before embarkation I notice I am missing my wallet with passport, vaccination book, 10 thousand Baht and some 1 thousand Euros! Adrenaline! Not even on Ko Tao, and already without passport!
I rush to the Family Mart and the food stall where I last had it, no wallet. Search the entire pier, no wallet.
Finally go to the ticket counter, where I ask the ladyboy behind the counter. He/she asks me questions to identify me, ask how old I am, and I answer in fluent Thai: Haa Sib Kao.
Grinning all over his face he hands me my wallet, saying I should have come to him/her first, he/she has 60 ladies and only one husband, whatever that is supposed to mean.
My circulation and adrenaline level return to normal...
Now that's time for my favorite Cigarette:

Leo brought them for me from the Duty Free in Zurich

Pretty rough ride in heavy rain on the small ferryboat to Ko Tao directly, no stop in Ko Phangan

Course set to Koh Tao

Rastaman taxi driver brings us to Sairee Beach, drops us close to Phoenix Divers, and we enter the office at Rainbowfish Divers. Pooh comes running out from behind the counter, big hugs and kisses, I introduce my son and Pooh.

We take rooms in Flower Resort, just on the opposite side of the small walking street, drop bags and take to the restaurant. The boy is hungry, and eager to try all dishes during his stay of 12 days here.
He goes for Chicken Satay and No Name with vegetables and eats it all up

Leo having his fiirst real meal at Flowers Restaurant on Ko Tao

Leo goes to bed early, I take a last beer at the Fishbowl Beach Bar, always Live Music, always different.
Finally reached our spot for the next 12 days. Leo's Open Water Diver course starts tomorrow. I will take it a bit easy, my sinusses are not ok, my ears are slightly deaf, and after every boat ride it feels like the world is shaking and moving. Have I got the bends, am I narced?

 Let's see tomorrow, and let's go diving

See you under water