Hi, Diane writing this for a change. Paul has been *so* busy diving he has delegated this section to me!
Whilst he was busy I took more Spanish lessons, but I’m still not much good. I went snorkelling with turtles and rays, got bored with sunbathing and took far too many photos of birds on the beach.
I think this is a Royal Tern – unless anyone knows better?
I love pelicans – what a huge beak!
The fisherman had just thrown this amberjack towards the beach and the pelican fancied his chances, but he was chased off by an angry fisherman!
These Great Frigatebirds are huge – here’s a female.
The weekend of Paul’s exams loomed, and everyone on the course was getting tired and very nervous. They had been working from 8am to 7pm for 12 days on the trot. To cheer them all up they were given special t-shirts!
And they went down to the beach for a pre-exam photo.
We had found a great place to drink margaritas, which came in handy when celebrating Paul achieving his Instructor qualification. In the following few days he supplemented that with a few other technical specialisms whilst I mooched around town and realised it’s not far off Christmas! Just out of sight to the right of the three wise men was an elephant.
On our last day in Playa del Carmen Paul and his diving group spent an hour or two spearing Lion Fish which apparently are a big danger to the ecosystem here. The hotel restaurant prepared ceviche, which is a particular favourite of ours and so tasty! We filled our boots with our final excellent Mexican fare and waited until 11.45pm for the overnight bus to Belize. We are finally heading south and starting to travel!
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