4/30/13

It sure was a busy day today! Got up at 5:30 and went over to get a cup coffee. It was a great Honduran blend. I'm sure my wife will be happy when I bring some her way. I went over to the docks and spent about an hour helping Marco get the boats ready for the morning dives.

Breakfast was the usual omelette, ham and fresh fruit. It sure does taste different than the fare at the diner.

We headed over to the diveshop around 8:30 to get the training started for the morning. We met Patty in the classroom and worked until 12:15 on the final three chapters of the divemaster manual. These are probably some of the most difficult chapters. These include all of the dive theory and phsyology.  This was a gruling session, but we kept at it.

We broke for lunch and it was another great meal. Fried fish, fried plantains, and rice and beans. Chocolate cake was the welcomed dessert.

Alejandra had us meet in the lockers at 1:15 to go over the skills we were going to practice at the dive site. We then geared up and headed out into the front yard. We ran through the whole circuit, completing all 20 of the skills. We are not too far off from having these mastered to demonstration quality. We dragged ourselves out of the water a little after 5:00 and got our gear cleaned and hung to dry for the night. While today wasn't as physically demanding as yesterday, it was a busy day.

We went up to see Chloe for a few cervezas before dinner. They tasted great! Salva Vida is my favorite Honduran brew.

 Dinner was a barbecue out on the cay.  BBQ chicken, ribs, and potato salad was the fare for this evening.  It was followed up by the local children who come and dance for the guests. We skipped out on the dancing and retrieved my dive light and went spotting along the seawall. We saw two HUGE lobsters, one octopus, three sea cucumbers, and many juvenile reef fish.

 I'm sorry I did not get any pictures up today. I will try again tomorrow.

I would like to thank my wife for all of the time and effort she has put into seeing that I get my eyeglasses that I left at home on my nightstand. She actually found someone coming down this Saturday, to bring them to me. You're the BEST!