I had been to Thialand before, but I went back by myself on business. After I finished my work, I decided to go scuba diving on the weekend. There were five of us on the tour. The four other people were two American Military men stationed in Korea,and their girlfriends. They were very nice to me. We left the hotel and went out to Phi Phi island where we changed from the big boat to a small wooden boat for diving. It let us go into the harbor and around the smaller areas where a big boat couldn’t fit. We made several dives and the last one was a guided dive around an outcropping of rock that let us come swimming through an arch in the underwater geography and the guide took our pictures. What I loved the most, was the time I spent on the beach watching the children playing in the water. It was fun to snorkel in the shallows, too. The funny part was how difficult it was for three Asian men to try and hoist a large American woman (that’s me), in heavy diving gear, into the small wooden boat; two men in the boat pulling under my arms and one man in the water pushing—you can guess which part of my anatomy was the part being pushed—good thing I was wearing a wet suit…I can hear those three men complaining over beers after the day was over…”I like my job, but those American women with large behinds make us earn our money!!” LOL