"And so I take the duty to record the mysterious events that took place on and off board of the Junk in the year of the Lord 2010. For a small group of pilgrims from all over the world has come to pay homage to the goddess of the sea. And what a surprise there were two Swedish goddesses to obey for they ruled over the kingdom below the wonderful Junk and all the creatures were under their command - Leopard disguised as sharks, ghostly fish hardly distinguishable from their surroundings, huge flying things in black and white and horses of the sea as well- All of that has been shown to the pilgrims by the two maids, so that the beauty of the sea be known to the world. When they were not exploring the mysteries of Neptune's world- and an abundance of mysteries there were, they were pampered by the excellent crew, so as to survive the long journey. And now that the sails have been taken down again and the wonders of the sea have become vivid memories it is time to be grateful and thank the goddesses of the sea for sharing their world!"

Dinner was fantastic. I wanted to eat more and more but my stomach didn't allow me. After all our dives we started to put up the sails, which is hard to do and you appreciate the crew members for all their work they have done for us. When the sails were finally up, Mick let us jump off the boat and hold onto a float. We pulled like crazy to get back. Never tell me boats are slow. I was dead tired from just hanging on the rope; that boat was crazy strong. We were all sleeping on the deck… and we saw the craziest shooting star which lasted for about 5 seconds. Nature is such an amazing thing. When I got diving underwater, I was in another world. Corals and fish were forming a paradise.the life underwater….They all have different kinds and groups as we all have different nationalities….the most similar point between them and us was that we are living in a very dangerous world. The feeling of the rocks soaring above us, while diving, made me feel like an ant. While Mick was concentrating on the small things camouflaged in the hard corals, I glared at the endless blue ocean hoping to see even a shadow of such an enormous creature. Even under 20m in the water... I could hear my dive buddies screaming, and of course, I was screaming too. I wanted to ride on the back of a manta ray but I knew it was impossible. Anyhow, just seeing such a marvelous creature during the dive made my day. I was amazed by the fact that something that I had never seen in my life while diving, was swimming right above me and also something that was much larger than me was looking at me. One of the octopuses I saw while I was diving by myself was crazy! It camouflaged itself in the corals but the eyes are what gave it away. I never knew how they move underwater but it was so strange it made me nervous being around it.

Phuket Thailand early January 2005 My wife and I have spent the last two weeks diving aboard "The Junk", visiting dive sites from the Similan Islands to the Surin Islands. The dive sites visited were excellent. We have been diving the Red Sea on several occasions, Caribbean Islands and last Christmas we spent three weeks on Phi Phi island, diving every day. However, the dives, 29 in total, were very good. We would highly recommend the dive sites we visited, we saw so many varieties of fish, both large and small. We strongly recommend that you get wet and go diving to see for yourself, it's very beautiful, nowhere, yet, compare to these very good diving sites.

In retrospect, overall the diving in Thailand on "The Junk" was impressive. The journey began in the Similan islands on December 31st 2004. Even though I have had dives all over the world, from the Caribbean to Africa, the first dives I experienced after the tsunami were (on a scale of 1 to 10) at least a 7 or 8. I was the only person that did not cancel my trip, on "The Junk", from December 30th to January 5th. I think that those that did cancel have missed an opportunity of a lifetime.