Day 78 - Let's hope we can remember how to dive

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Our day was planned with a quick refresher course for an hour or so, and then a shallow dive where the instructor checked we knew what we were doing. Then a normal dive swimming around looking at the fish. And finally the highlight of the day, a night dive.

Thankfully it all came back to us pretty quickly and we had a great time. The best bit was the night dive which was quite an experience. A bit of apprehension beforehand was replaced by relief once we realised that visibility is actually pretty good underwater with a torch. The hardest bit was getting out because the swell was throwing the ladder at the back of the dive boat all over the place. But we survived it; 1 down, 4 to go to finish the course.

Everything else is pretty good here on Utila. It's much more budget-oriented than the more famous island next door, Roatan, but the prices make it attractive. We're paying GBP2.50 each for our room at Seaside Inn. It only has a cold water pipe sticking out the wall for a shower, but it's so hot and humid that's all we want anyway. And if it gets unbearable we can always move to an identical room with air-con for GBP12.50 each (electricity is expensive on the island).

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