Getting really relaxed

We've had 3 good days of diving now. Two dives to La Posa, a drift dive through a canyon with big schools of tarpon that ends at a huge pinnacle that we spiraled up, many fish and an interesting structure. Today at the same site I saw 2 Moray eels, a big turtle, sting ray and a spotted eagle ray, as well as grouper. We also did chimnea, a site with many crevices, some that we swam through, and a huge cavern with a round opening in the top, thus the name. It goes into a smaller cavern with another opening and several swim throughs, but I opted to stay in the main cavern with a school of horse eyed jacks swirling around my head. Both dives today were awesome, but it wasn't enough and we're going for lobster on a night dive in a while, then we cook the lobsters!

Yesterday was a no dive day, but that doesn't mean we weren't in the water. I paddled for quite a while, then we took the kayaks out to the reef, secured them and spent a long afternoon snorkeling near one of the cuts in the reef. Huge sponges and corals and hundreds of fish made it a fun spot.
Frank then got in on a palapa building project with the caretaker and the kids, who had a lot of fun with the pictures I took of them. Later we headed to town for a beer and then back to the house because, lucky for us, a new restaurant opened yesterday about 200 yards down the road and it was tamale night! This is a beach road, which means it's made of sand and there are maybe a dozen houses and a several very small inns along the 9 kilometer drive from town to our house, with long stretches of nothing in between. To find a restaurant like that out here is unthinkable. It is a large palapa on the roof of a garage, beautiful spot with excellent food and a bar I couldn't believe. We sampled unique tequilas and awesome mojito's and spent the evening talking with the owner of the house, who just needed a project, so he leased the space to a young couple from Manhattan who wanted to run a restaurant, and the waitress who is down from Alaska with her husband, both fly fishing guides up there when they're not down here. They're only open Sun. to Tuesday, so we'll be going back on Sunday night for sure.

We've had some nice lunches in town after diving and I'm so surprised there are good restaurants in such a small village. Did I say I love this place?