Getting Ready for Roatan

Postponing the inevitable, we finally spent the day getting some of our clothes ready and our Scuba Gear out of the closet : checking the regulators, octopus, BCD, wetsuits, snorkel, mask, fins and more. Although we have flown with most of our own items during the past years, we often did not bring our wetsuits, for lack of space, so after holding in my tummy and breath, Jose Luis zipped me up....and yes it still fit, while Jose Luis, the athlete that he is, as always, had no problem with his wetsuit.
Excitement is mounting , and the countdown has begun, as I will be trying out my newly acquired open backed fins with booties, and as we plan our first night dive on this trip, lights to guide us through the dark underwater maze, were a must as well.
The only thing that we have yet to purchase is a good underwater camera, to relay to our non diver friends and customers the exquisite world we observe once we slide into the blue waters of the Caribbean. Maybe, instead of the prerequisite jewelry or clothing, we can make it a mutual gift for our 26th anniversary in August.
Although it has only been 3 1/2 years since we officially became Open Water Divers, we spent the 3 years before that on dozens of Snuba and Discover Scuba trips, working our way, slowly but surely, towards that certification, and wishing, like so many times in life, that we had "done it sooner".
As we continue to amass info from Fantasy Island Resort, regarding the different dives we plan to make, we realize that 7 days, as usual, will not be enough, but having started a new restaurant only 6 months ago, we can not take the time away from our new growing endeavour.
Although the Resort includes all the diving and eating you can fit in, we plan to scour the island for other eateries and bring back ideas for our restaurant Elements Global Cuisine "Without Boundaries" in Gulfport, Fl.
We will keep you aprised as to our progress as we count down the days to our July 1 flight.
Catherine and Jose Luis Pawelek
Chefs/Owners
Elements Global Cuisine
twotravellingchefs@hotmail.com