The suns rises not too long after 5am on the island so there is no need for lights when you wake up. It was only when we decided to put on the coffee maker for breakfast that we realised that there was no electricity - and with no electricity, there was no pump to deliver water to the taps either.

We gave it an hour but still without electricity, we headed down to the restaurants for breakfast. We were impressed with Earth Mama's so went back to their secret little garden to try something else from their menu. Turned out that the whole of Half Moon Bay was without electricity but fortunately Earth Mama's had made a big pot of coffee earlier and were cooking on gas. We watched a hummingbird in the trees eating pollen while we ate savory pancakes with a bacon and egg filling. A young rooster round our feet ate a dropped piece of egg, does that make it a cannibal?

We had a wander down the length of the street checking out the shops and restaurants. David decided to buy a cheap T-shirt instead of doing some laundry (that's the second, and last, time he's doing that!!). Without power, none of the shops had fans or AC running so we jumped in the sea to cool down. We have noticed that in Guatemala and Honduras you don't need togs to swim, you just jump in the water with whatever you are wearing because everything dries off pretty quickly afterwards.

We were both booked on the 1pm boat, David was diving and Maria was snorkeling. The boat took us to Blue Channel, and as the name suggests, is a channel than runs from the lagoon to the reef face. It gives the snorkellers the opportunity to explore the shallow reef top whilst the divers can drop down the side of the walls. There was plenty of colourful hard and soft corals that could be seen from above and below. On the dive we saw a turtle, lobster, grouper and a stingray.

The boat dropped everyone back at the jetty and picked up a few others for the final dive of the day at The Wife. The dive took us along the reef wall and back on top passed the small wreck Grape Escape. The colours of the coral, hard and soft, were amazing, particularly with the background of the deep blue sea. David being without a camera was a bit frustrated that those with cameras were just pointing them straight down at the odd fish without realising what stunning photos they could be taking instead. Lobsters and lion fish were seen throughout the dive and large spotted eagle ray came floating past near the end of the dive. As we made our way back to the boat, a turtle appeared and seemed to guide us. As soon as we were back underneath the boat, it just veered off and went back to doing what it normally does in the ocean.