Just arrived back in Mahahaul after a crazy weekend in Playa. Deep diving with bull sharks, drift diving with turtles and then out partying with the locals. Back to work tomorrow, it´s going to be a long week

This has been quite a rare sight over the last few weeks. Strong winds and big swells mean there have been more non diving days than diving. Still we´ve been making good use of time out of the water... speed scrabble and barball are the competative games of choice....A trip to Chetumal provided a bit of culture and there are always the "exagerado" baguettes in Aroma when it all gets bit too much. On a positive not I´ve passed all my exams and...

Can't believe that tomorrow will be the start of my 4th week. Time is going scarily fast, mostly because we're just so busy. I've been fitting in 2 dives a day all this week with the ours in between taken up with studying, lesson prep and chores around the base. There's barely any time for just lazing in the sun. I had my first English classes this week, a record 45 people turned up for the adult classes which is amazing when you know how small the town actuall...

Its the weekend at last and that means a half day on friday, abig party at base tonight and saturday spent lazing on the beach, reading and snorkling then movies and popcorn in the evening... fantastic It's been a bit of a mad week, the storms that plagued us last week didnt ease till yesterday so the only diving has been inside the lagoon. Diving at 3m requires a special set of skills! But it has been a great way to get on with the coral spotting. I'm feeling p...

well ive made it to the end of my first week, only just. the six oclock starts are killing me and the party last night with plenty of rum wasnt what was needed to catch up on my sleep this morning. But day off today so some free time to come into town. the base is really remote, it´s about 40k out of Mahahaul, powers from a generator that we can turn on for a couple of hours each evening and waters from a well so were strictly limited to showers only every t...