Utila: The place you get stuck

Hola from Utila, I wish I knew the creol for hello here, but I bet its something like, Ya!
Well we are here in Utila! We have been since Tuesday I think? It is a bit funny how the days just blur together, I really had to think what day is it? We got off the ferry that brought us over the water from La Ceiba, and were ambushed on the docks by reps from different hotels and dive shops. The island is not big, 13km by 5km, not very big at all, and there is really only one "town" or gathering of buildings on the island. Its basically one 'street' that is about 1 American car lane width, and everyone walks, rides their bikes, drives mopeds and motor cycles, quads, trucks (few of the last mode of transport) So you really have to be on your toes and have your senses locked on what is going and what is coming. But to be honest after a few days you make it look really cool, weaving in an out of traffic with ease, or if you like you can stay awkward and do the tourist shuffle stop and/or stutter. Anyway the street is lined with shops, stores, hotels, people houses that have turned in to these things and restaurants, bars and the all inclusives (hotel, bar, restaurant, dive shop, and store!) They don't mess around on Utila, but they do know how to take it easy. It is a well known fact that islands run on a different time than the mainland, everything slows down a bit, everyone is more chill, and there are truly no worries.
So off the dock we were given brochures and told where to go, also they were very kind and told us to check out other places first before we settled on one place to stay. Really cool, to not feel pressured like just about every other time we have been wanting to stay some place. So we wondered around and finally settled on a place called Parrots Dive Center, they had a good price, a cool instructor, Momo, and a pretty good set up, right on the water, hotel and dorms accompanying, two bars right next to it, and a few restaurants! What more did we need. I got signed up for my Open Water Certification and Kyle waited and thought it out pretty hard (not) until he decided to get his Advanced O.W. cert. So in a few days, we will both have PADI OW and AOW certs respectively, and will have had a ton of fun!
It is a new experience to breath under water, and continue to breath under water, other than skin diving and coming up for air all the time, you get to see soooo much more when you stay at depth! So I will finally be putting my marine bio degree to work?! I definitely need to brush up on my coral names!
Anyway that's all I have to report tonight, I was going to upload photos but the reader here didn't work :( maybe soon. Hope you readers are doing well, keep living life and remember to do something that scares the poop out of you everyday or at least once and a while! Keeps life interesting...Back to island life, ceeeeyaaaa