Another day, another dive

We started our last full day in Utila on a mission to find good snorkeling. We had heard rumors that a ten minute walk past the free beach, was coral snorkeling that rivaled the diving. The rumors were true, and the snorkeling would have been perfect, if it wasn´t for the damned jellyfish. If we stayed n the shallow water, there were plent of fish, but not very good coral, but within minutes of swimming over the most beautiful black coral shelf, Regina and I were both getting stung by nettles. We tried to go back to the shallow water and come out to the deep coral in another location, but same story. It was time to head back. Here is a picture of our beautiful post-snorkeling hair.


We grabbed lunch at Bundu, then headed off to get ready for our afternoon dive. This one was much more impressive than the previous day. There were still not a ton of fish, but we did see a huge dog fish and the biggest angel fish I´ve ever seen. The coral was also incredible. We swam along the Black Coral Wall, and I couldn´t help but think of Ünder the Sea¨. The coral was just so colorful. We had a little bit of time before our next dive, so we went to check out the beach you had to pay for. It was not that great, but the scarlet macaws we saw along the way made the trip out worth it.

We took a short nap after getting back, then headed out for our night dive.
This was my first night dive, and to be honest, I was a little worried. But I was fine, and it was such a cool experience. It was also my first wreck dive, which was also very cool and eerie at night. Unfortunately, the experience was tainted by a total jerk in our group, James. When we first went down, he didn´t follow us. The divemaster made Regina and me wait at the bottom for about 10 minutes while she went up to help him. He hadn´t put enough wait on his belt. Stupid mistake. I can forgive that. Then midway through the dive, James disappeared. He surfaced without telling anyone. We spent a minute looking for him, then we all had to surface. It was so disappointing to have such a cool experience cut short by an idiot. I would have felt bad for him, if had not been so unapologetic about it.

After a very highly-recommend dinner of barbequed fresh fish at Evelyns, we went to bed early. We had a boat to catch.