We have now spent a good week here on the small island of Utila. We did our PADI Open Water Diver certification, something like the driving license for diving, and are now allowed to go diving anywhere in the world for up to 18 metres deep. The course took 4 full days and was a lot of fun, the underwater world here is just spectacular (it's the second-biggest coral reef in the world), and it's just a really new feeling to breathe under water and move around in a 3-dimensional way. 
Even though we've had pretty bad weather - a tropical storm got in yesterday, and brought us a lot of rain over the last few days - the past week has maybe been the one we have enjoyed most so far. The island is very tranquilo (everybody lives in the same town, and the town basically has only 2 streets), and safe. It's very pleasant to be able to go out even after dark, without worrying about being robbed. The only little problem here are the mosquitoes and sand flies, which literally are just eating us - we tried everything: OFF (Insect repellent), OFF Cream, Baby oil, baby oil with camphor - we still have hundreds of bites.
Tomorrow we'll leave back for the mainland, and then we'll continue on to Guatemala... we're still figuring out bus connections etc...
More photos of our dives are here
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