Today I went to Helicopter Island with some of the other group members. We hired a man and his young son to take us to the island and back. They also made us lunch on the beach. We just wanted to go to the island to hang out, go swimming, paddle board, snorkel and lay on the beach. In the morning we picked up the paddle boards and brought them on the boat with us. The island didn't have anything on it except a beach with forest behind it. We set up our things in...

Today was a diving day. I had pancakes for breakfast, the usual. The pancakes at this hotel are delicious. Then we all headed out to the dive boat. Some other group members decided they wanted to try diving, so they are doing their discover scuba. The guide Steve and I are the only ones certified so we had a different boat than the rest of the group for our first dive. The others went to a beach to learn skills. My first dive was in a cave. This was my first cav...

Today the whole group did an island hopping snorkeling tour. The tour had 5 different stops. First we went to the Small Lagoon and we swam around surrounded by rocks and caves. The water is so clear that I could see the coral and fish from the boat. We swam into a small cave that had a little hole in the top where the sun came shinning through. Then we went to a place called Big Lagoon. We stayed on the boat and just took in the gorgeous scenery. Big Lagoon was ...

Today we had a long and bumpy bus ride to El Nido. I have never been on a bus ride like this in my life. We were bouncing around like crazy. I kept hitting my head to the window and handle. I had my foot up on the seat in front of me to keep my bum on the seat. I was wearing lulu pants and my butt kept slipping off the seat. Our driver drove like a maniac too. He hit every pot hole and thought he was in a race or something. Once we reached El Nido we wanted to f...