Matt is shocked by the price of diving here and wants to look around at other places. He also wants to explore more of the island and try to find somewhere else to stay. So he avails himself of the taxi service to the nearest town in Mae Haad Bay on the west coast to hire a bike. Meanwhile the rest of us explore the beach and the other places in bay. There are four other restaurants on this little bay and it doesn’t take long to see all there is to see. We clamber over the rocks which separate the main beach from the stretch further round the bay and stop here for lunch. The clouds are breaking up and the sun makes an appearance, although unfortunately not for long.
Dan has brought some extra ram for our laptops as a belated Christmas present – it should make them faster – and installs them quickly and easily. A decision is taken to uninstall Macafee (apparently it slows up the computer) and installing AVG on Andy’s laptop instead (a better and free product). This leads to all sorts of complications because they haven’t used the Macafee uninstaller and the rest of the afternoon and most of the evening is taken up trying to retrieve the situation. Oh the joys of computing.
Despite the auspicious start to the day, disappointingly there aren’t any further celebrations to mark the Chinese New Year and it enters with no fanfare whatsoever. There is nothing to do here in the evening and the bar and restaurant, which are not run by Black Tip despite being on their site, close at 10pm. We have a pack of cards and while away the evening playing various card games including poker using Jenga blocks for chips.