Farewell Koh Tao

I was on Koh Tao to meet friends and to get some of the Wicked Team back over to Khao Lak. Filip and Marcel are having their farewell here as we head off to the mainland, good diving and an incredible season

Sophie's Diving Certification at WICKED

Instructor Marcel hard at work in the pool with our guest Sophie and her course skills.

Sophie and Jeremy joined us on

Net Na Wee for a 3day 2 night trip to complete Sophie's certification and get some extra diving in. It seems that Sophie is not only a certified diver now, but also a magnet for the the turtles! Congratulations Sophie, and Thanks for bringing the turtle juju!

Marcel

Our fearless Instructor - Marcel.

He is the best - ever!














He is both thorough and fun. It's a real pleasure to watch him teach as he has honed his skills to near perfection.















He also seems to be surrounded by beautiful women...
















Well, he is the best....

Our first Open Water course of the season!

We are so excited to get back in the water. The weather is changing, the rains are over (almost) and We have some great friends around. Such a good time to learn to dive. So we begged Fred to let us teach him.

We popped up to the Pool and had some good fun. The scenery at the pool is spectacular. You can See that Khao Lak is really surrounded by jungle. That's all part of the Khao Lak - Lamru National Park in the background.




Can't even build roads there. So no houses, no vast apartment complexes or shady condominium developments. We'll never be Phuket!


Nathalie is so happy to be in the water, that she' s jumping for joy!









Here is Marcel helping. (I really just wanted to put this picture up because our logo is prominently displayed!!)








Frederic decided to show off his dancing skills. Here's the "running man" later he did a spectacular "lambada" but we aren't legally allowed to show that!







Marcel was afraid of after seeing the "lambada" and locked himself in the shark cage.





He only agreed to come out after Nathalie offered to give him chocolate and cheese they brought with them from Switzerland.


If I had known he was going to get some real cheese straight from Switzerland, I might have offered to teach the course myself!


While all our instructors follow the rules very carefully, they are often easily impressed by treats like this! (Doritos and Kombucha are in pretty high demand as well - ahem)

Tomorrow more pictures from Dive 1 & 2 on the Similan Islands!

Join us for your course! We're always happy to help, we love to share our passion for the underwater world and...well...we love it!


Khao Lak Diving

Welcome our newest staff member....

With a huge hug, we welcome Marcel Bruijs to our staff!


Marcel is one of the friendliest guys you'll ever meet, with a great deal of charm, plenty of smiles and an incredible amount of patience.


He is also one of the very best instructors we have ever worked with, so it is a great honor for us to have him on our team. We look forward to learning even more from his warm and funny teaching style.


In addition to his PADI and SSI qualifications he brings DSAT Tech diving certifications. So keep an eye out for those developments in the future!

We will now be offering courses in English, Swedish, Dutch, American, German and Thai. In addition to our strong offerings of Liveaboards and daytrips, we will now be establishing our selves as Khao Lak's premier education centers.


So with no further hollering....here's Marcel...