Up at 6am for two dives. There was only 6 of us this time so it was much more peaceful. The dives were beautiful, a bit more chilly, but calm and a great way to wake up. We went to the north side for the first dive and back to the south end for the second. We came back, took a quick rinse and headed out for lunch and to find Andy a shirt since he forgot all his short sleeves. We ended up with two banana shakes and a Guac BLT w/o guac and light on the bacon. No matter, I didn't want that much to eat anyways. Plus we had to prepare our stomachs for the big BBQ this evening.
We hung out at the hostel, swam in the water, and chatted w/ Dr John who we dove w/ yesterday. He's pretty funny, quite the world traveler. He takes a whole year off work w/ his wife and they go where ever they please. That's def the way to do it. Finally we geared up at 530 and headed out for the night dive. Right before I get in the deep black ocean I usually wonder what the hell is wrong w/ me that I'm jumping into the dark abyss in which I can't see anything except my little flash light. Once I'm in though all is well. It's pretty fun actually. For some reason I'm not scared once I'm in the water using the light. I feel safe in my little world w/in the large world we barely know. During the dive I saw an awesome little octopus that was greenish blue. They are hard to see because they hind as soon as you shine a light on them. We saw some lobster and little shrimp w/ their eyes glowing. The most awesome thing was the bat fish (not sure what they are called). They sit on the ocean floor w/ little anntenae sticking off the top of their head. When they are pushed their "wings" span out and they look like a crazy alien bat. So cool.
When we got back we were so hungry. They were BBQing chicken and pork at the hostel. Andy got his first and I stared at him in angst until I got mine 40 min later. It was delicious We met Matt during our dives, he lives in La Ceiba w/ his Honduran fiance. We asked him for traveling advice and he offered up his place for us tomorrow night. We might as well take it since it's going to take us 2 days to get to Nicaragua. His wife Lizzy, is very cool and speaks Spanish very well. We are all set for tomorrow. Sleep in, chill for a bit, take the afternoon ferry to La Ceiba, stay the night at their place.
Although we were so tired we headed out to see the "#4 bar in the world". It was quite impressive- Treetanic. It's like Willy Wonka on steroids. An artist built a tree house w/ a lot of area that has glass, seashells, and whatever else in cement that create bridges and arcs into a wonderland. Def have to check it out tomorrow. The night view was quite impressive. It's been a good day.
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