Best month of my life

Amazing, fantastic, gorgeous, wonderful.... there are not enough words to describe how much I loved this trip!

I travelled 37 hours from Toronto to Krabi, Thailand to volunteer on Projects Abroads Marine Conservation and Diving project in Thailand - and it was SO worth it! As soon as I arrived I was welcomed by the Projects abroad (PA) staff at the airport. I took my first tuk tuk ride (how exciting!) back to the accommodations and had a day to myself before I would begin volunteering the following day. Within the first week I had already made great friends, certified with my PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Qualification, volunteered at a school, did a beach clean up and explored the local Ao Nang beach strip! I did and accomplished so much in the month that I was in Thailand - yet never felt overwhelmed, stressed or too busy... everything happened at a perfect pace.

We had 3 dive days a week and had 2 dives on each of those days, so 6 dives each week in total. DIVING WAS AMAZING!!!! I saw so much of marine life - its literally a whole new world down there. I loved that we weren't just diving for fun, we had a real, valuable purpose for each dive like garbage collection, fish identification and reef surveys. The dive staff is FANTASTIC and always made me feel super comfortable and safe, yet always having fun. At the beginning of the trip I had trouble equalising my ears, but my dive master Marius spent extra time with me to help fix that right away. I was also really interested in Fish ID, so one of the researchers Andy spent extra time with me on the boat ride to dive sites reviewing the different species and helped excel me through the program. I learnt so much about the environment, conservation and marine biology - especially sea turtles. Volunteering at the Phuket Turtle Rehabilitation Centre was one of the most incredible moments of my life - yes we were on our hands and knees scrubbing turtle tanks, but we also got to interact with these fascinating creatures and know that we were really helping them.

Would 100% over and over recommend this project to anyone and everyone of all ages... honestly there is something for everyone and I have no complaints whatsoever about projects abroad!