Cilmb till your sore, Drink till your poor...

We never know what the next few days will bring till someone comes in and it gets in black on the whiteboard...we are literally a choose your own adventure kinda company. Well we did see yesterdays pub crawl looming on Fridays horizon; it's not like it sneaked up on us but for some reason it still managed to get a bite in. It was back to basics, the traditional, tried and true GTA Pub Crawl...starting here at the shop with a cold Tiger, getting kitted up in a Goodtimes T-shirt, and then down the beach to MOOV. After that, we roared around in the island in the back of Lek's taxi to Dirty Nelly's in Mae Had, back to Sairee for a beer tower at Choppers and finally we advanced on Lotus Bar taking over the dance floor with our drunken shenanigans. The crews from Asia Divers and Scuba Junction were there supporting the cause (cheers guys!) and although the island is somewhat quiet at the moment, we managed to make a showing that I am sure made a few people wonder what was going on (by the end of the night it was a fine line between promotion and annihilation). A great night of cavorting and dancing with friends though...yet another Goodtime!

We do actually work here though, so before the drinking started all of us (Andre, Tim, Charly, and Slade here) had a shot at getting out on the rocks. The weather has been amazing this past week--flat calm seas, marbled clouds towering over the mainland to the west, sunshine and butterflies all across the island--so a day spent atop Koh Tao is never a day to forget. Andre played climbing guide in the morning, while Charly and I taught a Rock 1 and Rock 2 course, and Tim rocked up the hill in the afternoon to take a client on the abseiling experience of her life (I presume). Well now the crew is recovering and looking forward to the week ahead with another pub crawl coming soon!!!

Sail Rock Success
As predicted both dives were awesome!! I watched through the crystal clear water as Tim with two divers and Nell with three all descended down through Sail Rock’s dramatic chimney. There were big smiles when all came up, giant groupers, great barracuda, a giant moray eel, big shoals of Trevally’s and more were all spotted. Thank you Nell for you assistance at such short notice, good to have you on the team.

It’s all about the Night dives
Last night Andre took Amiram, Tal and Tzach on a night dive to Green Rock. They left from the beach after a beautiful sunset, cruised passed crowded White Rock and on to one of my favorite dive sites, Green Rock, known best for its many swim thru’s and caves. Amazing visibility, no currents and in the torch light they were confronted with a rainbow of colorful sponges covering its massive submerged boulders. Four very happy divers returned.

Tonight we are doing a very special night dive to………. Chumphon pinnacle! After our highly successful Chumphon Night dive last month with DM’s and Instructors from Scuba Junction, we now have a selection of professionals from Sairee Hut and Asia Divers, all recruited by a very excited Lewis. The weather is fine, the seas are flat and the visibility has been amazing recently, it’s all adding up to be an exciting night, keep posted.

On the rock report, Tim took Takahiro for his first day climbing this afternoon, five routs later a very sweaty but smiling Japanese man returned with talk of doing more pushups when he gets home ready for next time!

On the drink report, Slade is off with Nell and some of the DJL crew for an afternoon booze cruise round Koh Tao. They packed three cartons of tiger on the boat (we have a lot of cooler space) and set off into the sun, first stop Banana rock bar near Si Tong.

Setting Sails for Sail Rock...

Mornings in the office here really suck! A fresh ocean breeze gliding in through the open glass doors that look out over a mottled deep to powder blue sea, fresh coffee in hand on way to mouth, music, and a general yet increasingly vague understanding that somewhere out there people experience this phenomenon called "stress"... Well looking ahead the rest of the day seems to be headed in an all out excellent direction: double-diving Sail Rock this afternoon! We roll out of here at 1300 and are there on flat seas (and today is looking placid as an underground lake) in 30 minutes...we are always the only ones in the water in the afternoons and the visibility has been crystal lately, so we are looking forward to one hell of a dive set today!

Yesterday was a full day with all of us running different events throughout the day. A sunny afternoon lent its hand at making a Beginning Rock Climbing (Rock 1) course a seriously memorable afternoon for Glynn...this guy could not get enough of his first time climbing and sent 6 different routes and tallied up 8 climbs for the afternoon, on top of learning how to tie in, self anchor, belay, and rappel...whew. Stef went with Tim for an afternoon of Rappelling/Abseiling down the coastal cliffs off of Jansom Bay, and Charly and Andre headed out to Shark Island for a dive with visibility that made Andre shed a tiny tear. Later in the day Tim took a crew around the island for a sunset Booze Cruise. Well that's the rundown so far...another lovely day on Sairee Beach and all about the greater Koh Tao region...we'll be keeping it real for all you out there!

A couple of us were free this morning to do a little development. We drove the dangerous road to our mountain top climbing area (usually accessed by 4-wheel drive taxi) to mend one of our access ladders and bolt a couple new climbing routs. A very productive morning indeed, I can't wait to get on our new routs, chimney-tastic!

A busy afternoon by all; there was hiking, cliff jumping, sharks and an amazing late afternoon dive at Chumphon. We arrived with our two divers just in time to see the last three boats leave and through the still clear sea's could see the submerged pinnacle and the sea bed 30m below from the boat..... need I say more!

Hello all

Welcome to the Goodtime blog, keeping you up to date on our goings on here on the beautiful island of Koh Tao. It has a been another perfect day on the rock, not a cloud in the sky but a nice breeze keeping the sweating at bay! After a morning of rock climbing Tim and Jeff are now out on the boat with 8 booze cruisers. I'm here in the office (after a morning of hiking, cliff jumping and snorkeling with sharks) watching the waves roll into Sairee beach, sparkling in the sunlight, and thinking..... its about beer o'clock!
Charly