it was worth it a hundred times over - the night dive uncovered tons of creepy crawlies with myriad tentacles and toward the end of the dive we sat quietly in the darkness peering into the void at hundreds of phosphorescent ´strings of pearl´, microscopic pelagic shrimps that leave trails of phosphorescence after a full moon...
lots more diving all week - logged 18 dives in total and really didn´t want to get out of the water. there are still so many dive sites i didn´t make it to and so many anenomes i didn´t get to meet. i saw trunkfish and filefish and cowfish, scorpion fish and lizard fish, big ol´groupers, a blue spotted pea fish (!!), spadefish, turtles, green moray eels, fireworms and beautiful sea slugs, massive crustaceans and little ones like the swimming crinoia and neck crabs, and tons of coral - pillars, brains, soft, hard, you name it.
i also met a lot of great people, dive buddies and drinking partners, on the island. once i got through the initial small talk (which i still have huge problems with), meeting people was easy. i´m already thinking about a return trip - something to look forward to as i struggle with statistics and such at darden.
i left roatan yesterday, but because of flight delays had to stay a night in san salvador, el salvador, courtesy of taca airlines. even though i had to spend quite a bit of time at the airport because of the delay, i think they´re a good airline. the hotel was comfy and i met another traveler in the same situation, so we shared dinner and flopped around in the pool and whirlpool. i am now writing from hostel pangea in san jose, and so far so good, but i haven´t had a chance yet to explore (as i´ve been so distracted by the free high-speed internet).
one more day in central america and then home. this may be my last entry for a while - or at least until i hit the road again. thanks for reading, i hope you got some modicum of enjoyment out of my first-ever blog.
