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Hey everyone! Just a quick update with some photos over the last few months and some new ones of baby Finnegan (my nephew!).
Highlights over the last few months? Most definitely my first whaleshark sighting (see photos!!), plus Songkran, the Thai New Year which involves a HUGE waterfight EVERYWHERE! There's no way you can go the day without getting wet (well it was raining that day too!).
Just enjoying my last night here in Bangkok at my sister's place, good food, aircon, soft bed, hot water and bath, champagne, wine, free wifi internet in the house on her laptop!!! Won't have that back in my place on Koh Tao! Done loads of shopping here for stuff that you can't get out there or is too expensive there (olives, capers, herbs, pasta sauces, pesto, Reese's Pieces, Monster Munch - pickled onion flavour!).
So basically saying bye bye for a bit since I doubt I'll get off my arse to do updates in Koh Tao till I'm next up here in a month's time for a Chinese celebration of the baby's birth one lunar cycle after the birthdate.
In the meantime, it's almost the 20th anniversary of the Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan and I'll be up to my neck teaching courses when they all come over to Koh Tao AND it's the start of high season. It'll be a crazy time! Also heading to Malaysia for the first time in a couple of weeks to renew my visa in Penang for 4 days or so. I'll make sure I get some photos and upload them when I get back to my sister's around the 20th July!
Take care you all!!

A New Addition To The Family

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I am now a delighted first time uncle! Baby Finnegan Tsang Yat Sukosol-Clapp was born to my sister Melanie Giles-Clapp and proud father, Krissada Sukosol-Clapp, at 10:30pm on the 22nd June 2007. Quite an auspicious date too, being Year of the Golden Pig, on the cusp of Gemini and Cancer and also being the Swedish Midsummer Eve!
He's the sweetest little thing I've ever seen, having puffy cheeks, tiny wrinkly hands, gorgeous brown eyes, soft brown hair and the cutest little fingers and toes! He's quiet, looks thoughtful and smart and reminds me of an wise old soul. I want one now!
So currently up in Bangkok not two days after he was born, celebrating in Koh Tao the night he was till the wee hours after getting the call, and will be staying here in the Thai capital for a few days with my mum (now a grandma!!) and the happy parents after which I'll be heading back to work at Ban's Diving.
So how's it all going for me? I know it's been a long time since my last update, but hectic work schedule and expensive internet costs on Koh Tao are a great hinderance, especially with slow access and loads of photos to upload (I hate posting without photos).
Life is getting on well, I'm working full time at Ban's Diving as a scuba instructor after all of the mess in January and enjoying life tremendously! Am still going to leave Koh Tao after this high season though (around end of September), as debts still need to be paid from now nearly two years of travelling and I'm only affording the minimums!
So I'm going to head back to Hong Kong and get a 'proper job' to pay a few things back before reconsidering where to go from there!
Will try to update more often (meant to do so so many times before, like when I saw my first Whaleshark a couple of months ago!).
So you all have about 3 months left to come and visit me in Koh Tao before I leave!