Utila and going north

Utila is a tiny island in the Caribbean, just north of Honduras. It was a British colony for a long time, so it's mainly English spoken. Why would someone go here, since there is absolutely nothing to do on the island. Because the action takes place under the island. Not in the land, but in the water. Diving!

This small island is the spot in the world to learn how to dive in one of the many dive schools available to the adventurous traveller, because it's the cheapest place. The stay is included at the school, you only pay for your food and the course. The whole day you are submerged (hihi) in divers talk, divers food, divers beer and divers. And then in the afternoon you go diving. Diving, diving and diving is all you can and will do on this island.

So your truly has got his 'Open Water' and 'Advanced Open Water' for as low as 300 Euro. That is a lot of money, but I did do some serious diving. 13 dives going as deep as 31 meters. Deep diving, wreck diving, drift diving, boat diving and a night dive were all part of the excitement of the course. I can surely recommend this island. Only if you want to dive though.

From Utila, this very morning, leaving as early as 6am, I went to Puerto Barrios, which is just a terrible city in Guatemala. Tomorrow the next boat leaves at 10 to Belize, and I'll be going north, hoping to arrive in Tulum (Mexico) on Saturday in the early afternoon. That means this traveller has one week left, because the 27th of December I'll be coming home :-(.

Congratulations with your cetificate!
What about making an "Obama" (pit-stop at Copenhagen) on your way home?????

certificate

I thought about that after I booked my ticket! I could have flown from here to Copenhagen and then gone south. But hey, my ticket is 150 euro, what beats that.

Hmm, not much I suppose. Well, okay, just remember this and we'll be happy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujX9mfWpJug