Darling it's better down where it's wetter take it from me!

Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we're devoting full time to floating
Under the sea

Wow, it really is pretty sweet under the sea! And now I am a certified Open Water Scuba diver to experience all that other life 60 feet below sea level! Cool!

Last week, Jen and I were in Utila, Honduras all week doing a Scuba class and then dives. We arrived on the island late Sunday morning after taking a ferry from the mainland. Then we went with Nixon to Deep Blue Divers - they seemed nice, calmer/smaller than some of the others, and the lodging and fun dives were all included in the price. So we signed up for the class, got out homework of 3 chapters of a text book (boo) and then got a delicious lunch at Bundu - chicken taco salad with a frozen lemonade! Later we did our homwork and hung out on pier before going out for pizza for dinner and watching The Karate Kid. (cute!)

Monday we started class (only us two with our instructors, Luke and Pablo). Monday was kind of boring as it was just lots of videos and book work and quizzes. BUT getting to see part of the MNF VA Tech v Boise St game made my day!

Tuesday we put all we learned into practice. 1st in shallow water just off the dock and then in the afternoon in the coral reefs with the boat - wow! So much to see down there and by the end of Tuesday we were exhausted!

Wednesday we got back on the boat 7:30am to go on 2 more dives. So cool. We saw fish of every bright, beautiful color, sea turtles, lobsters, a manaray, baracuda, eels... Then in the afternoon we took our final exam and we both passed! Yay! Now we're real Scuba divers! Thursday we got to do two more fun dives and they were the best ones. So great! We had to leave on the 2pm fery that afternoon though, but it was a lovely place and I left only a light pink ;)

Now we have moved onto Guatemala. We started in Rio Dulce at a little jungle lodge...open room in a thunderstorm! It was cool and tranquil though, which was good after a little bit of a crazy time over the border. With all the rains, there was a bridge out so we had to take two minibuses and a little boat to cross over, but other than that things seem to be okay here. Now we are in Flores, which is a cool little town in the middle of a lake. We didn't even know anything about it other than it was how we could get to Tikal, but we really like it. We went to Tikal today and saw the huge Mayan ruins. Quite amazing really! And there were more monkeys!!!

A week more in Guatemala then a week in Mexico and then the USA!!