Diving and roaches

Trip Start Aug 01, 2007
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Trip End Sep 16, 2007


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Thursday, September 13, 2007

We did two dives with a place called Utila Dive Center. And it was like a bunch of cattle being stuck on a boat. It was not the best experience with a dive center, but the experience under the water was beautiful. I was a little annoyed with one of the dive masters because he kept asking if i wanted to dive to a depth that was deeper than my certification level. I said no the first time, but he kept on asking. I was ready to knock him in the nose!

I am starting to feel a lot more comfortable under the water with moving around. Even though i really enjoy diving, I am actually pretty scared of the ocean. Under the water it is a lot more calmer than on the surface, so it makes me feel a little bit.

During our surface interval we had a snack at one of the numerous cays the surround the island. It was a pleasant mid morning break before our second dive.

The afternoon after the dive was filled with a nap, plenty of reading at the hotel, and wondering around the town as the evening started to cool off.

Bugs. I thought I would take this time to describe Christopher and my encounter with the cockroaches. Good olde roaches. We are staying at a very nice little hotel called Mango Inn and have our own little bungalow nestled among large trees and gardens. After dinner, we came back to the room only to find a cockroach acting like it owned the place. I, of course, screamed bloody murder and started yelling for Christopher to kill it. He took a magazine that I had recently acquired and started whacking at the little sucker. Cockroaches are fast! The little guy was running all over the room. We finally got the roach and laid him to rest in the garbage. A few minutes later, we saw another one. And the whole episode of me yelling and trying to keep an eye on it while Christopher tried to kill happened again. We though we were done for the night with our bug problems. Apparently, the roaches had a different plan.

I was getting ready to get my toothbrush out of its holder and a roach jumped up on top of the toothbrush holder. Oh hell no! Aghhh. I screamed, yelled and made an all out fit. Here i was paying for the most expensive room of my trip and i am having cockroach issues. We laid the roach to rest and attempted to sleep. I was up half the night. Wondering if there were any other cockroaches that wanted to come out and play. Three cockroaches in one night. That is more than I have seen in my entire trip! Needless to day it was sort of fun trying to catch the little guys as I yelled and Christopher swatted.
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