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I ran video and shot some pictures throughout my travels in Thailand. Flying into Bangkok from Philippines, I met up with Rocky and took the hour taxi ride to Pattaya to grab some gear. Back to Bangkok and a flight to Phuket started everything off. With no set plans, everything was setup thru facebook and text messages with very last minute planning. Being in Thailand made it so easy to not even have a schedule.Bad storms prevented us from getting any diving done or any tourist stuff happening.

From Patong Beach in Phuket, we took off to Koh Samui in a 4 hour taxi ride across the country. During the travels, we stopped by 7-11 for some drinks and snacks, I grabbed a hot dog and some Gatorade and something for the taxi man. No big deal right? That hog dog got my ass sick for a solid 24 hours. So I’m in Koh Samui ejecting hot dog from both ends of my body 10 minutes after check in. Shit. 11am we are on another fast boat to Koh Tao.

I was invited to check out a different part of the island I never thought about. The schools and kids. It was their graduation day and they had some songs for their families and friends.

I got a text message from Dalan saying let’s meet up for a sunset drink. Innocent enough. Then he goes on telling me it’s his birthday. Again… innocent enough. So I ask him…”what’s the married couple’s plan for the birthday?” He tells me – 15 shots at Cocomangas. What?! Are you sure? He says – “On Video!” I say… game on…..

For those unfamiliar with Cocomangas 15 shot challenge, it’s a small challenge where you drink 15 mixed shots with no time limit to get a shirt and your name on the wall.

Two large granite boulders make up the White Rock dive site. An expansive coral garden can be found here at around 10 meters that’s teeming with schools of butterflyfish and angelfish. Turtle and sea snake on this dive

Diving in Kao Tao Thailand. The best dive site in all of the Gulf Of Thailand is undoubtedly Chumphon Pinnacle, a lozenge shaped rock that begins at about 16 meters and goes down to 30 metres, with a flat bottom sloping away from its base. Visibility was about 5 meters.

Check out this dive from Crocodile Rock in Boracay Philippines. Tons of life at Crocodile Rock in Boracay Philippines. Everything from a Sea Snake at the start of the dive to various soft coral, this dive starts out at 5 meters and drops over the side to around 18 meters. A must see in Boracay!

Another wreck dive in Boracay Philippines. Over 20 meters of visibility with tons of life on and around the wreck. I got a blue spotted ray on video, but he was too far away for a clear video shot.

Here are some pics from their big day on June 5 2010 in Boracay Philippines.

Scuba diving in Boracay Philippines at Fridays Rock. Great visibility with alot of fish to see. This famous fish-feeding station is a large boulder which provides photographers a chance to capture close-up shots of emperors, trigger-fish, red bass, scorpion fish and surgeons. Sea Snake!

This was my first real run thru with my HD cam. I still have some different settings to try out as well as get final cut up and running for some sweet edits.