After a disturbed nights sleep due to discovering rats in the bathroom. We had a frantic 5.30am stress as we could see the boat already at the dock which was taking us on a diving day trip whilst we were struggling to lock our door. Today was the day we had both been waiting for (and payed good money for) as we were going to the Blue Hole. The Blue Hole is a famous 42metre dive site where there are caves with both stalactites and stalagmites. We took a 3hr bumpy journey to the site where you could see the shadow of the circumference of the hole from the boat. Emma was slightly worried about the depth and the warning that 90percent of divers experience narcs (Nitrogen narcosis-later discovering she was one of them) so required her dive buddy, Aron to double and triple check her equipment- especially after another girls tank was leaking! Meanwhile Liz prepared for snorkeling- as wasn't allowed to dive. However both of us agreed that seeing the large groups of circling black-tip sharks was truly amazing and surprisingly not frightening- creating another memory.

Being exhausted from the first dive, and being ready for lunch at 11am we were taken aback when we were instructed to prepare for the second dive at Half Moon Caye. This dive was known for its beautiful and colourful coral reef and exotic schools of fish.

Before the final dive of the day we stopped for a rather rainy lunch on a deserted crab ridden island. Whilst walking to a bird view point to see Friggen Birds (- the actual name of the birds) we were astonished to see a dive master eat a live walking termite without flinching. He was surprised when we refused his offer of some termites for our lunch - yuuuckk!

The final dive was called 'The Aquarium' and we were both thrilled to see large eagle-spotted mantarays. We also saw barracudas and a lobster which we had both never seen before out of context (ie not on someone's plate). En route back to the mainland Liz discovered that she had earnt herself a rather roasted sunburt bottom-a snorkelers dilemma! This was despite the rain, clouds, lack of sunshine and copious amounts of sun cream. Showing our exhaustion we fell fast asleep on each others shoulder lying on the front of the boat.

Dinner gave us a chance to reflect on our truly special day.