We´re on Little Corn Island and the weather has been pretty good - I got two dives in today, two more tomorrow (to blowing rock - the best dive site here) and I think I´ll do two more on Sunday also. The diving here is AWESOME - great visibility, healthy fish, colorful reef! I want Aimee to at least try out diving through their Discover SCUBA program, where she can get out and do one dive with minimal training. But, her cold is keeping her from doing much activity right now. I went snorkeling yesterday while I was waiting for my congestion to go away. I´m still a little sick, but I was able to dive today and clear my ears - only a little pain in my sinuses and teeth, so I´m OK to dive I think. I know I´m pushing it, but it is so beautiful here, Í don´t want to waste a minute! When I went snorkeling yesterday (with a friend, Marinka, I made from Holland) I found a big octopus! Then we swam around the island (a corner of it) for an hour. Aimee didn´t want to go and just relaxed and read in a hammock. I´m trying to get her active (she´s still a little sick) but I think she just wants to relax. To each their own. Once it´s Sunday or Monday I´m going to get pushy with her though and make her go diving or at the least, snorkeling!
The rooms/cabanas here are really cheap - only $15-25 dollars for the cheap ones. We´re sharing one for $25 with Marinka until Sunday when she leaves. Marinka dove with me today and is going tomorrow too. We´re going to split the cost to rent an underwater camera to take pics tomorrow - the vis is perfect here and the fish and coral are so healthy!!
There are no roads, cars, or motorcycles here - only walking paths. It´s so cool- Creole culture and food, but everyone speaks Spanish too. I asked a local woman to make a bunch of us Coconut Rundun tomorrow eve (like in Jamaica, it´s a specialty here they need all day to prepare).
The internet is really expensive here, so I need to go.
Travel to El Rama-Bluefields-Corn Islands:
