Advanced Wreck Dive

 First site of the wreck at 40m under

 What can you not find?

 Rocking it!

Utila - Honduras

On our way to Utila - this was prior to me being sick on the boat 

 View from Utila - Honduras Bay Islands

 Barracuda catch!

 

Wild side of the island just how Columbus saw it on his fourth voyage to the new world. Columbus encountered a fairly large population of Paya (Bay Islands indigenous) whom he believed to be cannibals.
Later on, English, French, and Dutch pirates established settlements on the islands and raided the Spanish cargo vessels laden with gold and other treasures from the New Wold; at that time as many as 5,000 pirates were living on that island ...
Colonization by the Spanish began in the early 16th century. Over the next century, the Spanish plundered the island for its slave trade and eliminated the island of its natives by the early 17th century. Britain, in its aggressive attempt to out-colonize the Spanish in the Caribbean, occupied the Bay Islands on and off between 1550 and 1700. During this time, the buccaneers found the vacated, mostly unprotected islands a haven for safe harbor and transport.
Útila is rich in pirate lore, and even presently, scuba divers look for sunken treasure from Captain Morgan's lost booty from his raid on Panama in 1671!

 Alton's Dive Center

Ready for equalizing

Top Breakfast -Thompson's Enrollada de Canella' y 'Jugo de piña'

Wondering when my desk will arrive

Livingston / Rio Dulce - Guatemala

Lessons Learned

1. Populations we would not think of tollerate much more than we falsely do;
2. I Love Diving!
3. To refer to a person with the term animal is a compliment
4. A suit does not fil all and does not have to 

Caye Caulker - Unbelizable - Belize

 

    As soon as we arrived in Caye Caulker it was Love at first sight! Colonial houses pink, purple and green - good spirit and excellent food. Thanks to our host we managed to experince private boat rides and local life!Highlight ..... BLUE HOLE - my first dive at 40m ...

 

 Iggy cooking up a storm of fried Plantain

Fried Plantain

Thank you Mike & the Bluwave family!