Surin Island 6.12.2010

3 days and 3 nights around Surin, Koh Tachai and Richelieu

Probably the first trip in AIDC's history with 2 Swiss couples and all working in the health department.
It was not easy for Preben to survive all the swiss german chatting but he did a good job :-)
Barbara and Johannes, pretty new in the dive world, went down with Mischa and Claudia and Tony had 11 dives with Preben and Carmen.
Everybody could dive on his level and had 11 different moments underwater. Sometimes for 40 minutes, sometimes for almost an hour.
No doubt, one of the best dives - ok opinions are different - was the one at Yellow Rock, where we had a blacktip, 2 eagle rays and a very friendly napoleon in one dive. Beside loads of sweetlips, some lobsters and other cool things.
Then there was the night dive at Richelieu, for the 5th time in total, we stayed the night at the famous pinnacle and went in the water shortly before seven in the evening. What is expecting you down there is hard to describe with words. Tony and Claudia, both with almost 300 dives, simply stated: it was the best night dive we ever made! And because of this the announce 30 minutes turned easily in almost 50. Exploring the rock for 3 more dives on the last day was a good way to end the trip. Of course the main business with us on board is diving but you should never forget to eat in between, that's why we have Tui our chef. Once again he was doing a great job but please, Tui, never again make the dressing for the potato salad with strawberry yoghurt. It really doesn't fit together :-)
Thank you for making this trip the way it was, we had a great time and would love to see you again, maybe in Burma!?