You Better Belize It! (and Guatemala it ;))

We went to bed early because of the diving the next day, woke up at 5:25 (we were supposed to be there at 5:30), rushed to get ready and then ran the 3/4 mile or so to the diving company. We were just in time to have some coffee and fruit and board the boat. The boat trip out to the Blue Hole was about 2 hours over some huge waves. All the tourists were hanging on for dear life while the dive master who wasn't driving the boat laid down for a nap. Finally, we reached the Blue Hole. I was a little nervous at first, but as soon as we went under and I saw the fish and the reef and the 100 foot visibility, I completely forgot to be nervous. We went all the way down to 140 feet. There were stalactites hanging from the sunken reef (at these depths, it used to be a cave) and 10-20 feet below us about a dozen very large reef sharks that were checking us out. I started feeling a little giddy (nitrous oxide narcosis) and almost took off my regulator to talk about the sharks to my buddy when I realized that I was not thinking rationally. To hear more of my riviting story, click here. :)

Adrienne

adrienne and me on our blue hole dive

our fearless divemaster

the crew

the dive master drives with his foot while we watch in awe

we saw some reef sharks on the dive...

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the tiny cabin of the boat.