Goodbye to the great Slade

Last week we sadly lost one of the founding members of Goodtime Adventures, the man they call Slade. Slade has been coming to and from Koh Tao since 2006 and has become a well loved and known member of the island. Near the end of 2007 we persuaded him to come back from a brief stop in Alaska to help us establish an Adventure shop here on Koh Tao, and so Goodtime was born.


With all his past experience in rock climbing, his past divemaster work here on Koh Tao and with a background in biology, specialising in ornithology he proved a very valuable part of the team; driving development of new climbing sites on Koh Tao and also offering a wealth of knowledge on the islands flora and fauna. He was also an expert on the islands night life, running our regular pub crawls and training many people in the art of bucket drinking!!

But recently he made the decision to return to the States and proceed with his ongoing research in Alaska monitoring the bird life of the Aleutian islands. So its farewell Slade, thank you for all your enthusiasm and energy, you have been a big part in making GTA what it is and we are gonna miss you big time mate!!

Songkran - Thai New Year
with the Goodtime Commando's!

Songkran is celebrated by the washing away of the sin's from the past year, this is now conducted in the form of a massive nation wide water fight! If there is any day to be in Thailand it is Songkran, the day is filled with smiling wet people and lots of alcohol!

Like last year, Goodtime Adventures recruited an army of Commando's to take Koh Tao by (water) force! The Goodtime deck was packed with an excitable mob of water warriors poised to wet any unsuspecting dry person, especially the hoards of speed boat day-trippers from Samui! The party continued from day to night with everyone on the island heading to Maya for a massive beach party that continued into the next morning (I only lasted till 10.30pm..... its a long day when you start drinking at 9am!)

If you missed out this year make sure you get yourselves to Thailand, better than that: Koh Tao Goodtime Adventures for some Songkran madness, a day you wont forget!