Man It's Hot!

You'd think in a tropical paradise in a slightly rainy season that has been receiving rain every few days, humidity would be lacking. You'd be thinking wrong about Utila. This past week has been a scorcher, with the exception of one day where it was actually a bit cooler (don't hit me for saying 27 C). Most of this week has been in the low to mid 30's before the humidity. Most days I drink 5 litres of water just to stay hydrated.

And the bugs. Oh boy are those sand flies vicious and there is nothing you can do to prevent them from getting you unless you want to walk around this island wearing pants and shoes.

The tropical depression coming up from the south has made the water very unpredictable and it's even difficult to gauge what the conditions are like once out of the harbour. The other day, we could only get one dive in because it was just so choppy. Only two days before the water was almost like glass.

Tonight marks the last day of Carnaval Utila 2008. The festivities include a parade and a ton of loud music going all night. Some people from the shop are all getting together at one guy's place where we shall BBQ, drink and watch from above as Miss Playa and other parade rfom one end of the island to the other.

In other news, this week I've been the only DM at the shop. One guy was helping out at the Lodge, one guy is out sick and the other girl was working at her other job. So that left me. I didn't actually have much to do, which is nice on the one hand. Last night I had a fun diver for a night dive to a site I thought I had been to before. The vis was horrible and I was really worried about finding my way back. I somehow manage to lead a kick ass dive including finding the wreck at the site and getting us back to the boat without a problem. Go me!