We Made It!

So we made it to Utila. We woke up at 4:30am yesturday to catch a taxi at 5 to the bus station where our bus left at 6. the idea being that we would catch the 9:30 ferry to Utila from La Ceiba. Ofcourse the bus was late, so our efforts were seemingly wasted until we started talking to the people sitting next to us and discovered that they had both been dive instructors on Utila for years and were currently on vacation. We spent the day with them while we all were waiting for the next (4pm) fairy. They informed me that while the bay island college of diving definantly has the best website and even the best fascilities on the island, the Utila Dive Center, where they both worked, was the most fun, and best managed. Because it has good management many of the instructors there have been working there and diving on utila for several years, whereas the other dive shops are constantly rotating through instructors.

We got on the fairy and met a very nice Italian girl named Martina who we are sharing a room with tonight and last night while we look for an apartment and she looks for another room. its been great talking to her because she doesn´t speak much english, but she does speak spanish, so we have had a chance to brush up a little.

Today i walked the island and went to almost all of the dive shops and asked questions about their opperations and prices. The last one i checked was Utila Dive Center and i´m definantly going to be working with them. the staff is very knowledgable and everyone seemed to be having a great time there, there were also alot more people there which i liked because it gives me a larger group to hang out with. Also, as it turns out, one of the dive instructors has a house on the island and is looking for someone to take over one of the bedrooms for 200 dollars a month, so ahnna and i are going to take a look at that here in 10 mins.

Another shiny spot on the horrizon, Ahnna may have gotten a job at a very nice local restaurant. we were pulled in by a sign with promises of ¨best margarita on the island¨ and the view was great so we asked if they needed anyone and they interviewed her right there on the spot while sipping a margarita. everything here is laid back, i love it. I´m starting to get really excited about my time here, and íts looking like i`ll probably be able to find a bit of massage work as well.

so there is your update, i´d better sign off so ahnna has time to e-mail before we have to go look at the house. I´ll do more posting later. Love you all.