Two Beers and a Pretzel

Yes, I am alive.  There’s limited internet access here on the island.  Apparently the entire island shares one uplink, so it’s pretty slow.

Lunch on Wednesday

It’s been mostly cloudy.  I started PADI training at Coconut Tree Divers in the West End – kinda near the guy with the submarine.  We did the pool dive on Wed. I got sick on Thurs.  Tried my 1st open water dive today, but freaked out when I inhaled some water (3 ft waves) – so I stayed up on the boat.  I’ll be trying the confined water dive at 2 PM and see if I can get back on track.

On the upside, there’s a lot of cool beach bars here and since it’s low season, pretty much everyone is a divemaster in training.  It’s strange meeting so many people who came here and just decided to stay…

Got to watch a ritual where newly minted divemasters have to bong a beer thru a snorkle.  I’ll try to post a video when I get to a more reliable web connection.

The strangest thing is waking up to a half dozen roosters and dogs at 5 AM… The getting to th3 dive shop by 8 AM – I thought this was vacation.

Anyway, once I get my open water PADI cert, I’ll probably pass on the advanced and go to the Copan Ruins by mid next week.

Hopefully they’ll have better internet access there, so I can update the blog more frequently…