We were really happy to meet up with Sarah and Rob who had flown out to meet us from Canada for a holiday. Over a few beers we made some plans for our time together...
Starting with some diving lessons, we took Rob back to school to try and earn our PADI open water certification. We spread this across 4 days and with the help of Mel our bouncy Australian dive instructor learned how to breath and behave underwater. Roatan was the perfect place to learn with crystal clear sea, calm water, amazing reefs, fish and of course sunshiny days.
(thanks to Howie and Esther we are now open water qualified).On Christmas eve we went over to Infinity Bay (Sarah and Robs cool condo) where we stayed up drinking vino tinto and cuba libres while eating some amazing deli treats and lobster tails Sarah bought locally. After midnight we exchanged gifts
(thanks Nats for sending over Lisa's present she needed some new pants).We all woke for egg sandwiches at 5am and then went out to find our captain as we had decided to go fishing for the morning. Unfortunately the boat had broken so this was postponed until the afternoon, allowing us to sober up and go back to bed. On the boat we caught some tuna (including a Blue Fin, mmm sushi) and a big old Baracooda. Drinking beer and catching fish, the perfect way to spend Christmas in the sun!
(thanks to Rob & Sarah for this treat).
The next few days were spent enjoying the sunshine, with more snorkelling, fishing and diving. We enjoyed the Open Water course so much we decided to take it to the next level and become Advanced Open Water divers, this included a series of adventure dives - deep diving, wreck diving, underwater acrobatics, underwater navigation and drift diving.
(thanks Jez and the Dickens family).
For New Year we joined "the Hunts" for a hog roast by the beach washed down with champers and a caribbean live band. After midnight we took to the beach to watch some locals dance with fire, which was very cool.
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