The first phase of mexico comes to an end

Well, i spent 10 fond weeks on the shores of Punta Gruesa near Mahahual, Mexico with this odd looking group of divers. It was a wonderful experience and we all got so close to each other that it was very sad to pack up and say goodbye on Friday. The good news is that almost everyone will be staying in the costa maya area at least for another month or so, so there will be opportunities to see each other again.

But after our final dives on wednesday we had a nice farewell party before getting up and doing a mega clean on base, packing everything, and having an end of the phase presentation. We all received certificates and photo C.D.'s and traded contact info and the next morning we all left - some went early to chetumal, some stayed in mahahual, but most of us went up to Playa Del Carmen. This let us have one last party night together before Megan and i boarded a bus to the airport and flew to our respective countries.

I will certainly miss Punta Gruesa and i am thrilled that i am not done with mexico yet, that i get to come back down for 3 more months. My new town is so cute and little, my dive shop is friendly and clean, my apartment is amazing (and comes with a pet raccoon) and my roommate is amazing. The next three months will be perfectly marvelous.

my soon to be home

alright, grab your maps of mexico, zoom in on the yucatan, find the southern sticky-out part, and follow it all the way down to just before the belieze border and thats were i will be living. it is named Xcalak (is-ka-lak) and it is a teey tiny fishing village with very little tourism.
i will be working with XTC (extasy) dive center which is a cute little padi dive center with a little hotel next door and i will be living in town somewhere.

we went to visit it today and it is adorable. i dont know where people buy food - there is nothing there! but i will figure it out and it will be wonderful. and its only about 45 min from mahahual, so i can always run into town to pick stuff up or see people.

all in all it will be great. i will be living with someone i don't know, but we'll soon be best friends for sure.

and.....the diving is supposed to be absolutely fantastically amazing. so i'm pretty excited.
pics soon?