From Roatàn to Utila

March 11, 2009 2:41 PM
Completed my Advanced Open Water! Awesome diving. The Wreck dive was
enlightening. I didn't think I would be to into wrecks but it was
spectacular. We defended down to the wreck at 110ft down. It was
amazing to drop in out inthe open with only blue below. The siluette
of the ship faded in like a supernatural entitie making an apearence.
We followed our intstructor through an opening in the hull and floated
through the rusty skeleton exiting right onto the sandy floor it
rested on. Through another swim through which opened into an eel
garden. The eel garden is what looks like from a distince to be a thin
grassy patch. As you get closer you can make out little heads and eyes
as there body disapears into a hole in the sand. They swayed in the
current and looked like Madusa Hair all facing the same direction.
They retracted into their homes when I journyed too close. We then
continued to enter the wrecks dark passages and out a small square
hatch with put us stairing up at center mast the pointed straint to
the sky. Huge groupers circlesas if they were garding the site. Amazing!

March 17, 2009 3:37 PM
It's been hard to write for the last week. I am now a certified rescue
diver. Do u trust me? Ha. I'm sitting in the scattered shade of a tree
sipping a refresco. The breeze is flutteing back and forth like
breaths from the sea. Children are talking and playing behind a white
picket fence. To my left is a small tienda with the sound of produce
being chopped. While people on scooters and in cars wizz by going so
fast to where can only be seconds away.
I'm back on Utila after exactly 2 years! For saint patricks day. I
friend I met in Roatan and I took a catamaran for a 4 hour sail from
coconut tree diver peir west end Roatán right to the peir at Altons on
utila. We just sat in the trampaline in front as the water rushed
under us. Almost like flying over water. This guy Verne sails back and
fourth between Roatán and utila every day. Can't beat that.
Sorry I don't have photos up yet. The Internet is kind of bad down
here. I'll get some flowin when I'm into an apartment.
I was diving and flipping off the 2 stories dock at Altons. It was
sweet. I endded my high jumps with a full on back flopp! Nice! No ones
going to see one of those for a while. One compasionate soul asked if
I was ok.
This was all after two nice dives off the north shore of Utila. Saw a
huge turtle a lobster a bristle star... So sweet just diving and
looking at all this beautiful unimaginable life.
Nowhe night can only get crazier as it progresses. Should be a good
St. Patricks Day.