Category Archives: Utila

Today is our last full day on Utila, and tomorrow we start the long journey home.  We can’t dive, because you need a surface interval of 24 hours between diving and flying.  So snorkeling it will be, except after our errands, of course. We needed to get a few things done, namely grabbing some cashContinue reading “There’s a man in the hole”

Today was a good day. Bittersweet, because it is our last day of diving, but it was a good one. We got up at 5:45, which is the usual time for us if we have a morning dive. The dive shop asks us to be there by 7:15, and our prearranged tuk tuk arives atContinue reading “From tears to no fears!”

We signed up for a two tank dive this morning. We had no idea who else was going, so it was a bit of a leap of faith. We hopped out of our prearranged tuk tuk and started readying the boat and our gear. Miriam had an open water student, so we went with DeweyContinue reading “You ever seen a floating fridge?!”

We had dinner last night at Mister Buddha, the local sushi restaurant. I’m like a vegetarian who also eats bacon…I don’t eat sushi or sashimi, but I bend the rules for raw oysters. We had scoped the menu out beforehand, so we knew they had plenty of cooked sushi rolls, and also pad thai andContinue reading “I saw one!”

We decided to walk to the close restaurant last night for dinner. Its pretty pricy, and their drink selection leaves a little to be desired. To be fair, I think part of the problem is us. We pick up things; drinks, dishes, customs, and try to reproduce them in other places. A lesser Antilles styleContinue reading “You can feel my emotion from my ding-dings!”

Today was not very eventful.  I am very thankful to have basically slept through the night.  We employed our host’s suggestion to sleep with the Bluetooth speaker on the headboard playing “brown noise”.  It took some finagaling because Nathan’s free Spotify account plays commercials.  We ponied up for the free month trial of the premiumContinue reading “I’ve always wanted a moat”

I didn’t have high hopes for today. I did last night at dinner, but the 2 am bump and grind woke me again and I stuggled to get back to sleep. Without a good night’s sleep, I felt like I was setting myself up for failure. Not what I wanted. We got up at 5:45Continue reading “Tuk tuk chicken”

Today sucked. My anxiety got the upper hand and it bit me in the ass. It didn’t have to end up like that… I could have come out on top, and for that, I think we’re both a little ticked off. Let me start over. It had all the markings of a sunny day whenContinue reading “At this point, I’m a Deet and sunscreen layer cake”

Thankfully, there was no bump and grind last night. Once we were home from dinner, it was quiet and we were able to fall asleep. At some point in the night, there was a lot of wind, because when Nathan got up, our hummingbird feeded had been knocked over. It was not raining when NathanContinue reading “I just ordered my first pizza on WhatsApp!”

Last night was not the most restful.  We both woke up at about 2 am to a major bump and grind going on outside.  There’s no nightclubs around, so I think one of the neighbors decided to play their tunes ala Matthew McCaughey, just without the bongos.  Not sure if they were nude too, orContinue reading “Not one ray, but two!”