Stuff and Things: Roatan and the beginning of the Travels

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Roatan and the beginning of the Travels

I flew to Roatan around the 19th of May to meet Things who had been doing her Divemaster and Instructors for the last 5 months. I had been wrapping up things in Cornwall with the house and waiting for the start date of my sabbatical which my employers very kindly granted. I finished work on the 10th of May and spent about a week going to see my family in various locations around the south of the England.

I flew with Transat across the Atlantic which were cheap but not that great if I’m honest. I spent one night in Toronto, Canadians are super friendly, and then I flew onto Roatan the next day. I landed in Roatan and Things met me at the airport which was awesome as we had not seen each other for 5 months!!

We then had 3 weeks together in Roatan where Things as a newly appointed dive instructor taught me to dive. Diving is truly awesome!! I completed my Open Water and Advanced Open Water at Barefoot Divers which are based in Barefoot cay but have two dive centres on the Island. I did my courses at the Polmetto site with Things teaching me and her friend Erika supervising as she has taught more people. If you are going to learn to dive I cannot recommend more highly going to do it with Barefoot divers at the Polmetto site!! It is a really small friendly dive centre, all the dive sites are really close and Erika is an awesome instructor! Not to take anything away from Things who was an absolute legend teaching me to dive. I had a mini freak out when I first went about 7m underwater and had to take my mask off as one of the skills you have to complete. The water shot up my nose it felt like I was drowning!! Most bogus!! This story should not put you off learning to dive as Things and Erika were awesome and took me up to surface. I then went on to complete ten dives on Roatan. I saw 3 spotted eagle rays, a nurse shark, a turtle moving at about mach 10 underwater which was frickin awesome. I then went on a shark dive and saw 15 Caribbean Reef sharks. Basically if you are thinking about learning you should definitely do it!! It is wicked!!

Right that is enough for now…. If I’m rambling too much or you want more detail just leave a comment and I will mediate it.

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Photo of Palmetto Plantation taken from plane during departure. By Things

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Stuff and ThingsJune 15, 2013 at 11:30 AM
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RikaJune 15, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Aw, thanks for the love dude! You were a great student and still super proud of you for going forward even when you were scared :) Miss you both times a million and looking forward to following along on here!
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Stuff on Things

Things is a Marine Biologist I met whilst working at the Environment Agency we both worked as high tech bottle fillers. Instantly attracted to her out going personality, love of everything sci-fi, drinking abilities and almost being as loud as me once a few too many had been consumed I knew we were going to make a good team. We subsequently went to an Alice Cooper gig after a works doo where we went dressed as Thundercats (Things outgoing personality). Things is also a competitive type like myself so once a pool table was introduced to our relationship things really kicked off!! Pretty much any game we play now is a fight to the death!! (In a loving, caring, affectionate way of course). She is one of the most generous, selfless people I have met who is always willing to help some one else, sounds cheesy I know, but true none the less. Sick bags at the ready!!

Things on Stuff

Well, I'm not sure how to follow that, blush!!! Stuff is an ecologist by degree but lives for surfing, it is his passion and at times obsession. He is intelligent and very funny although not as funny as he thinks (he is guilty of laughing at his own jokes on occasion) and he is loyal almost to a fault. He's a bit of a worrier, but generally about important things which is good as I am something of a risk taker with less concern of consequences. He also holds fairness in very high regard. He can match if not out do me in alcohol induced volume and there's no one I'd rather hang out at the pub with.

A good friend coin the phrase 'Ginger Adonis' to describe him, he is indeed, red headed and blue eyed and modestly unaware of his charm. Don't tell him but I'm proud to call him mine!