March

So, it´s been awhile since I´ve updated you all. I´m not really sure what the last thing I wrote about was, but here is what I´ve been up to recently.

We had our four day weekend last weekend and it was probably the best weekend yet! We got to leave early on Thursday, due to bad conditions on the water, but it worked out to our benefit. We spent our first night in Tulum, which was a blast. I´m hoping to go back soon, because Tulum is supposed to have one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. We all stayed in a cute little hostel that made us breakfast in the morning, and then went off to go dive the cenotes. For those of you who don´t know what a cenote is, well it´s basically a cavern. We did two cavern dives, and they were INCREDIBLE. So much fun. The last dive we did was called the temple of doom, and to enter we had to walk a little ways in the jungle and then jump 10 feet down into a hole of water. It was so much fun. What made this dive the best though, was going through a halocline. It was a little freaky, because you can´t really see anything do to the mixing of salt and fresh water, but it was still a really cool experience.

After the dives, we made our way to Playa del Carmen and hung out there for a night. Playa is a growing city, that is estimated to one day be as big as Cancun. Playa is definitely one of my favorite places, full of good food and entertainment.

The next day we took a ferry to Cozumel. We didn´t dive, unfortunately, but one day I´ll be back to dive it. Its supposed to be one of the best dives in the world. Cozumel is a cute little island, but it´s ridiculously touristy. It´s unfortunate that the Caribbean islands have to be like that. It seems like every second someone was haggling me for my money. :/

After Cozumel, we made our way back to Playa, and then back to the grind of base camp. I dove 5 times this week, and it feels great to finally be back in the diving routine. The reef out here is incredible, and it seems like every dive I do, I see something better and better. One of the dives this week, I got to watch one of the staff members kill a lionfish. That was awesome! We even did a lionfish dissection. You all know I loved that. :)

In more exciting news, dun dun dunnnnn, I´m staying in Mexico for another 3 months! I´ll be working in a dive shop to get my Dive Masters. Yup, that´s right. You won´t see me until March. I can´t believe this is happening, but I couldn´t be more excited! It´s such a great opportunity that I couldn´t let pass me by for anything. I´ll either be in Mahajual (the closest town to me now) Cozumel, or another city I can´t spell at all (sounds like ish-ka-lack).

Seems like my life couldn´t get any better :)