Yeah....I finally completed my DiveMaster program. I can officially say that I am a PADI professional. Anyway that is all exciting and stuff, but what is cooler is that I actually got to go lead a paying customer around and actually do all the divemaster stuff. I was really nervous at first, but the guy said he had over 200 dives. However, he was a cruise diver, which usually means that they haven't been in a while and are doing it just because they can. Not because they really want to. I went out on the boat with several other divers and their DM and it turned out that we were going to The Odyssey and Rockstar. These two sites are not the easiest and certainly not ones you want to take a person from a cruise ship. Therefore I was even less confident. They are both really deep (110ft) and people usually suck down their air fast (20 minutes usually). However the Lord took care of me and both dives were quite a success. Turns out that his breathing was on par with mine, and much better than the other divers that were on the boat with us. Therefore, we prolonged our dives and it was actually my favorite dive that I had had on The Odyssey. We didn't see to much on either dives but conditions were great and the dives long. So in the end I had a happy customer. He was a real nice guy that had quite an interesting life. I believe he was at one time a race car driver, then a maritime lawyer, turned internet business man. He was quite interesting, and he really reminded me of Jeremy (my brother-in-law). He seemed like the overachiever type.
Besides that, not much else has been happening. I did my last dive today, which I believe is my 95th. It was neat, with huge sponges and groupers that were 3/4ths my size. Oh...I also had one last night dive which went really well. We didn't see anything spectacular but I did sit in the sand and play with the bioluminesent lights. They are so amazing. In the end right before we went up I took off my fins and started running around in the sand patch. Others joined in and we started doing Kung Fu Scuba. It is hilarious, you can jump around and float around in poses and it is the funniest thing to watch. What was even better was that this was at night so as you moved you lit up because of the bioluminesence.
Well, I am still trying to finish up getting everything ready for my trip home. I am getting really excited, but a little nervous. I have been trying to use more of my Spanish lately but it keeps failing me. I am sure that I will be able to work it our and hopefully the locals will help me out. I still have to finish my laundry and try to sort out what I need to bring back with me. Tomorrow is my last day here, and it is ironic seeing as how it is Thanksgiving. It will remind me just how thankful I am for this whole experience and nicely it worked out. I think that everyone is planning on going to this American owned bar that is throwing a huge Thanksgiving feast. So hopefully I won't get to miss out on all the holiday festivities. I will take pictures and make sure that I fill you in on everything later
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