It’s always a sad time to see our DMT/Dive Cons leave but they can’t say they don’t leave Koh Tao without a party and last night did they party!! Last night Hugh Hefner and his playboy bunnies were out in force as we saw 6 of our trainees graduated in the traditional in DM Challenge. Hal, Tibo and Steven looked good in hot pants with tails and sparkly bunny ears, as did Steph, Sofia and Floor dressed up in the shortest skirts they could find. (Any excuse for men to dress up as women) they were also joined by Nate who was completed his BSAC Instructor training. DM mentor Nick reluctantly agreed to play Hugh Hefner, he had to sit and watch the bunnies sucking, groping, soaping up and suffer not 1 but 7 erotic lap dances, something was stirring in that smoking jacket and it wasn’t a snorkel!! Congratulations to the bunnies and to Nate for really getting into it, literally ripping his shorts off for the crowd.
Big Blue Diving would like to say a massive, massive thank you to everybody from our neighboring dive schools and restaurants who came down armed with buckets and fire extinguishers to help us put out a potentially serious fire in our kitchen the other day. It’s so good to know we have this strong community spirit on Koh Tao and that people can rally together to help out. Thankfully no one was hurt and it was successfully put out by fast thinking staff and helpers all before the fire engine came down to secure things. We are very happy to say we are still fully functional and the restaurant will be up and running again in 4 days. Good thing we have our pizza oven which makes the best pizzas on Koh Tao. Pizza and Beers all round!!!
Today we celebrate with you a victory for the oceans! Sea Shepherd has turned the tide and provoked a debate in Japan about whaling. It seems like our friends down the the Antarctic Whaling Sanctuary have finally succeeded in their fight to protect our marine creatures after an article in the Japanese Mainichi Daily News reports – “From both a medium- and long-term perspective, Japan should improve its protection of marine resources to a level meeting international standards. Japan has come under mounting criticism from the international community not only over its whaling program but also over tuna fishing. In order to avoid unjustifiable criticism from overseas, Japan should improve its whole policy on marine resource protection.”
Five years ago the average Japanese citizen gave little thought to Japan's whaling program in the Southern Ocean. Nor did they think much about the slaughter of the dolphins in Taiji or the fact that Japanese demand for blue fin tuna has brought this species to the brink of extinction.
Sea Shepherd has changed all that through years of patient, focused, and determined actions to defend marine species from plankton to the great whales. This season the Japanese Whalers have killed 30 to 100 whales, out of a quota of 985, saving about 90 per cent of the whales and leaving a huge dent in the pockets of these murderers. One of our very own Dive Masters James Brook is in his second season with Sea Shepherd, proud of ya buddy!!
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