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Published: October 1st 2006
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First, for those who don't feel like reading all this junk - I recommend everyone to dive with GUNTERS diveshop in Utila!! (www.ecomarinegunters.blogspot.com) Most chilled out relaxed place on the island, that still has strong emphasis on good education! Apart from that, it's all the same (Right, Ilan?). Check out my random photos, there's a bit of everything. Some of them have to talk for themselves and you will only know what it is if you've been there yourself.
Well, I've stayed a little bit longer on Utila than I thought I would. What happened was that I wanted to finish my divemaster quickly to make it back to Costa Rica to work with turtles in Pacuare Reserve where I had been for a little bit before. I tried to rush through the divemaster, which wasn't made easier by getting sick twice and having to stay out of the water for about 2 weeks (horrible!!!!! very hard!!). Also, Vanja and Terje came up to visit, and it was great fun but I was responsible and boring and didn't go out every night. Should have done more things together but too late now.. Anyway, I manage to finish my divemaster,
and I'm very late for the turtles in Costa Rica.. Was supposed to be there end of august, and the season lasts until the end of september.. It's still beginning of september so I think I can still make it to work for at least a little bit. Think it has happened once or twice before that I try to be in more than one place at once... I'm ready to leave, still having a good time, but I say good bye to everyone. It's a really nice last night, lots of fun with live music (jam night at Skidrow's) and party (was it at Coco Loco..??), and I end up coming home in the morning... And I don't wake up until 7.44, that's after the boat's already left!!! No!! I don't miss the boat usually, why does this happen? I was ready to go! There was no way I could go back to the dive shop.. If they would see me now, after stressing out about finishing in time and leaving - and then I'm still here! I thought about hiding in the flat the rest of the day and then take the afternoon boat.. But that wasn't really
an option. So I decided to go back to the dive shop, and while I was walking down towards the dock I was happy cause Hans (manager) and Ilan (instructor) hadn't seen me yet.. And a minute later they still hadn't seen me and I was still alive.. But then Hans turns around, realizes that it's me, and after a minute without any reaction on his face he bursts into a laugh, and Ilan, of course, goes "AHA!! So you are leaving, ha?? Now you get to do the walk of shame..." while I just wanted to disappear under the dock.. Truth is, it was quite funny, not as serious as it sounds, and I think they both were pleased I was still there. Hans asked me if I'm staying for another month and Ilan figured I was still drunk.. No way. Later on I met my instructor Constanze, who of course couldn't believe I was still on the island after pushing her to finish up the divemaster. But she got me pretty relaxed and convinced me to stay another day and another day.. which was very nice. Now I am happy I missed the boat, I got so much
experience from leading dives as I was the one taking most fun divers out in the end. It was a good desicion to stay for a bit, Utila grows on you. I got to know lots of people, and some guys that I at first had wondered who those cowboys were, turned out to be some really cool chilled out guys. And in the end I even got our not-talking-more-than-needed boss to smile. Every day. Makes me happy!
And I bumped in to Genesis again, a girl who I've ran in to 5 times now since the start of my trip. Pretty freaky, I didn't believe it was her when I saw her walking in to Bundu cafe in Utila.. also got to know Jonna, a girl from Lysekil who lives in Tegucigalpa (the capital of Honduras). So all good in the end.. I finally had to leave though, if I would have stayed it would be for a long time and I think I would just skip my ticket back home. Not bad being stuck at this island where I can dive as much as I want, it's usully about 30 degrees and life is easy. So I
figured I'd better leave before Ilan and Constanze came back from their holiday and could easily convince me to stay...
My second last night turned out to be very nice as well. Went for dinner with Genesis and Raf at Mario's Fidis, the *****chef at this excellent *****seafood restaurant on the beach. I took us quite a while to get out of there for various (censured) reasons, but finally we made it to the Treetanic bar. I was going to meet up with some more friends but I didn't see them so I figured they had left already. But then I heard they were somewhere in the back, and when I found them I heard someone singing, saying "this song is for Helena, it's her last night on the island - but where the hell is Helena??" Ooops.... There were all the guys I knew from BICD, singing and playing the guitar, waiting for me to show up on my last night.. At first I didn't believe Shalini when she said this was supposedly my good bye party, but Pete, Tony, Ricardo and Johan all said the same thing.. I was touched, it was so sweet of them!! We
were singing for while and sharkie even sang la camisa negra especially for me (oh you sharkie boy...), until la pirata kicked us out as it was closing time. Went on to Coco Loco, a cool place on the water, where we danced the rest of the night...
I never thought I would say "I'm leaving tomorrow" and not leave, but that's one of the Utila lies, and apparently it happens to a lot of people there. Some never left. Another good one is "I'm not drinking tonight" and man, when I've said that I've ended up walking home early in the morning... So that one didn't work either.. There's just one lie left that I haven't said, cause I wouldn't want to realize I'm lying when I tell someone "I love you"...
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Hej, låter härligt som vanligt. Stötte på din far i minjan igår. Han trodde du skulle dyka up i december... kanske! stor kram. Kattis