Open Water Divers, Almost
We’ve started our course and today we had our fist open water dive! Despite my skepticism and nervousness about completing more skills I did it, yay. Today: green moray eel, stargazer, parrot fish, lots of fish I have no idea what they are but that are really really pretty, gorgeous brilliant coral, sharing a regulator with a buddy and ascending, descending to 40 feet, and swimming sans mask and also pretending to ascend without a regulator. Que bueno! Also on the menu: sand flies, a final exam, and people playing dominoes out in the street slapping the tiles on the glass table with gusto. Island tradition I suppose.
Tags: scuba, Travel, utila
ejaeger
Ebee and Jake,
Moray eels…parrot fish…I googled Utila and the waters are beautiful. I am so jealous.
Take care of each other. All my love.
Mama
Hey E-bee and Jake,
You’re so lucky. Mama showed me the pictures of Utila, and the map with all the dive sites — es un paradiso. I remember the first time I went scuba diving, in Mexico, with no course or certification or anything (they told me, “just keep breathing”), and when I got back to the boat, everyone agreed — es otro mundo. It’s so beautiful, and I’m glad you can enjoy it. Try to remember those colors, they’re never the same in my mind as when I’m under the water.
xox, Baba