More diving and good times in Utila

We have been here in Utila for the past 5 days...Besides the insane bugs and how hot it is here, we are enjoying ourselves. I have never had so many bug bites all at once that are so itchy!

We did some cool dives here, including a night dive! I have to admit, I was pretty nervous the whole time. It was hard, because it was dark, everyone kinda clustered together underwater, not wanting to get to far away from the dive leader. The clustering led to a lot of bumping into each other and kicking each other, which was kinda annoying...Because of that I couldn't exactly calm down and relax the whole time. We did see a crazy Bat Fish, which basically looks like an ugly underwater frog with a tail. It even hopped along the ocean floor...I will give night diving another shot sometime, and maybe I will be more relaxed if I try it again.

Yesterday we did another set of cool dives during the day and we were able to borrow a good underwater digital camera. We got some really good pictures, better than with the disposable underwater camera! We should have done our advanced open water certification while we here (currently with our open water certification you can only dive to 60ft, so with the next level I think you can dive to 130ft.) but it was an extra $100 that we didn't really want to spend. Adrian has a friend here who is a dive instructor and has been great showing us around and helping us with the dives....

Today is our last day here and we will probably ride around on some bikes to see more of this tiny island. We are going next to Nicaragua, or Costa Rica. Apparently there is a transportation strike in Nicaragua which will make traveling within the country much more of a hassle and expense. International buses are running, so our other option is to skip the country and just go to Costa Rica, which would be a shame because we here great things about Nicaragua...I will keep you posted on what we end up doing. We have another visitor next week! Adrian's buddy Gavin and his girlfriend Lilly are coming to Costa Rica....Should be fun!