A regular diving day trip on Phi Phi starts at 8am at the dive shop in my case is Moskito Diving Center. Moskito Diving Center is the 1st dive shop on Phi Phi Island with an interesting slogan at the back of their T-shirts "When diving was dangerous and sex was safe" which is probably true at the time when the dive shop was 1st established back in 1987. For this trip, the boat we took was the Nautica, the nicest dive boat I ever dived from.
The 1st dive was at Bidah Nok. The visibility was not so good due to the full moon that just past. I saw the usual suspects; peacock mantis shrimp, giant moray eel, cornet fish, banner fish etc. 2nd dive was at Nalong. This time we saw multiply hawk bill turtles and yellow boxfishs. It sure good to be diving again. However, it seems to me that the coral reefs are dying. There seems to be more dead corals than live ones. I'm sure there were more colours to these reefs a couple of years ago. What could be the reasons to the dying corals? Global warming? Too many divers? Too many boats moving around them? Water pollution? Whatever the reasons are, it's just sad to see our once colourful underwater world turns dull.
The day ended at the Rolling Stones Bar where they housed the live rock band "Made in Thailand".
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