Another beautiful day here in paradise!
Dinner last night was amazing again. Afterward, almost the entire group went to sleep. Debbie, one of the owners, Chef Peter and the bartender Matt joined me at the bar for a few night caps. They are all really great people. It was really interesting to find out how this place was started and built. They actually floated all the wood over from Honduras, stacked it in piles and let it dry for two weeks before building. Also heard some great stories about the three years the resort has been here, like how the first week they opened the U.S. put out a travel warning for Honduras. We shut the bar down around 10 and turned in.
Day 3 started with banana pancakes, eggs and bacon. It was too windy again for the resort dock so we motored through the jungle to the Miss U.
Our first dive was at a place called Blackish Point. There was no mooring at this spot so I got to experience my first "drift" dive. Since the boat isn't stationary when you are done with the dive you surface and the boat comes and picks you up. The site was interesting with a deck of about 30 feet with a wall that went down to 70 feet. The wall had multiple caves and overhangs where fish were hanging out. The dive was pretty uneventful but we did see a friendly turtle and a midnight parrot fish that was about 3 feet long.
We got back on the boat and headed to our next destination. Along the way I started to get a little queasy from the massive amount of diesel fumes spewing off the back of the boat. After a 25 minute motor we stopped at the next site where we were planning on drift diving again. One of our group decided to check the prop and was immediately swept away by the current. It's amazing how fast she got about 50 yards away. The captain went to start the boat to go get her and it wouldn't start. After a few minutes Reuben grabbed a life ring and headed out to get the prop checker who was now at least 100 yards away. We were now dead in the water and drifting toward shore. Luckily for the swimmers another nearby dive boat went and picked them up. Our captain Sydney was able to get his Dad to come out and tow us back to the dock before we ran aground. They think it is a battery issue, hopefully it will be up and running again soon.
In the afternoon a couple people went on a shore dive while the rest of us lounged and napped. We have a night dive planned for 6pm then dinner. There is talk of a large storm coming in tonight into tomorrow so that in combo with the boat situation may mean an evening of drinks and a morning of sleeping in. Both sound good to me.
Dinner last night was amazing again. Afterward, almost the entire group went to sleep. Debbie, one of the owners, Chef Peter and the bartender Matt joined me at the bar for a few night caps. They are all really great people. It was really interesting to find out how this place was started and built. They actually floated all the wood over from Honduras, stacked it in piles and let it dry for two weeks before building. Also heard some great stories about the three years the resort has been here, like how the first week they opened the U.S. put out a travel warning for Honduras. We shut the bar down around 10 and turned in.
Day 3 started with banana pancakes, eggs and bacon. It was too windy again for the resort dock so we motored through the jungle to the Miss U.
Our first dive was at a place called Blackish Point. There was no mooring at this spot so I got to experience my first "drift" dive. Since the boat isn't stationary when you are done with the dive you surface and the boat comes and picks you up. The site was interesting with a deck of about 30 feet with a wall that went down to 70 feet. The wall had multiple caves and overhangs where fish were hanging out. The dive was pretty uneventful but we did see a friendly turtle and a midnight parrot fish that was about 3 feet long.
We got back on the boat and headed to our next destination. Along the way I started to get a little queasy from the massive amount of diesel fumes spewing off the back of the boat. After a 25 minute motor we stopped at the next site where we were planning on drift diving again. One of our group decided to check the prop and was immediately swept away by the current. It's amazing how fast she got about 50 yards away. The captain went to start the boat to go get her and it wouldn't start. After a few minutes Reuben grabbed a life ring and headed out to get the prop checker who was now at least 100 yards away. We were now dead in the water and drifting toward shore. Luckily for the swimmers another nearby dive boat went and picked them up. Our captain Sydney was able to get his Dad to come out and tow us back to the dock before we ran aground. They think it is a battery issue, hopefully it will be up and running again soon.
In the afternoon a couple people went on a shore dive while the rest of us lounged and napped. We have a night dive planned for 6pm then dinner. There is talk of a large storm coming in tonight into tomorrow so that in combo with the boat situation may mean an evening of drinks and a morning of sleeping in. Both sound good to me.
Turtle friend
Getting towed in
Lots of fan coral
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