Island Paradise #2: Utila

So after a few buses and 2 nights in Tela (small, uneventful town) we took a ferry to Utila! They failed to inform us that if you sit at the front of the boat, you get wet! We landed on Utila soaked but ready to begin our next adventure.
Our plan was to take a 4 day course and learn to scuba dive. Unfortunately, Mike had a small ear infection and wanted to get checked out first. So we headed to the infamous "Dr. John". We showed up to the office at about 10am to sign in. I don't think Dr. John showed up until about noon, and Mike didn't get seen until 4ish! Did I mention we were the fourth people in line?? I think that the picture in our slideshow of the shirtless, hairy, chain-smoking, beer-in-hand, partying @ 3am guy will give you an idea of who this man is. Oh, Dr. John...we love him so.
Oh, so basically he said that Mike was in no shape to scuba. (I think his exact words were "$#!@ &*%$#@!*!! You're not thinking of scuba diving, are you?")

My ears are fine, so I signed up! (sorry Mike...) I had so much fun. Being able to stay underwater for up to an hour is so amazing! I got to see fish and corals from such a different perspective. Being able to swim up and down can feel like flying sometimes! The nice part was they let Mike come on the boat and snorkel for free! I have affectionately named him "snork". And quite often I've heard him mumbling under his breath "I hate scuba divers." (again, sorry Mike)

We are getting slightly behind on this... we have since been to Roatan, Honduras and are now in Costa Rica! We´ll post more in a couple of days!