I LIKE ANIMALS

LAUREN LEFT ON SATURDAY. ON THURSDAY WE RENTED A JEEP AND DROVE AROUND THE ISLAND. WE WENT TO THE VIEW RESTAURANT, TO A COUPLE BEACHES BUT THE BEST PART WAS GOING TO SEE THE MONKEYS. THERE IS THIS GUY WHO HAS A BUNCH OF ANIMALS AND ALLOWS PEOPLE TO COME AND PLAY WITH THEM. THERE WERE 2 SPIDER MONKEYS THERE THAT WEREN'T IN CAGES. THEY WERE SO CUTE AND SWEET, THEY WOULDN'T LEAVE US ALONE AND JUST JUMPED ON US AND SWUNG AROUND THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE. I HAVE AWESOME PICS AND I WILL POST SOON. WE ALSO DID THIS THING CALLED A DOLPHIN ENCOUNTER AT ANTHONY'S KEY RESORT. IT WAS AMAZING AS WELL. THEY HAVE DOLHPINS ENCLOSED IN A LARGE AREA IN THE SEA AND THE FIRST 25 MINUTES YOU WERE SPLIT INTO GROUPS WITH A TRAINER AND DOLPHIN AND YOU GOT TO PET THEM AND LEARN ABOUT THEM AND THEY WOULD GIVE YOU KISSES. THEN FOR THE LAST 35 MINUTES, WE WERE ABLE TO SNORKEL WITH ABOUT 8 OF THEM IN ABOUT 25 FT OF WATER. THAT WAS SO GREAT, I WOULD FREE DIVE DOWN AND PICK TURTLE GRASS AND THEY WANTED TO PLAY WITH IT. I WOULD PUT IT IN THEIR MOUTH AND THEN PULL IT OUT AND THEY WOULD TRY TO GET IT AGAIN. SOMETIMES ONE WOULD FLY BY AND GRAB IT OUT OF MY HAND WHEN I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION. IT WAS GREAT. WE ALSO WENT TUBING ONE DAY WHICH WAS SO SCARY AND FUN AT THE SAME TIME. THEY HAD 2 TUBES GOING AT THE SAME TIME, ONE THAT FITS 2 PEOPLE AND THE OTHER FOR ONE PERSON. 5 OF US WENT AND WE HAD A BLAST. MY ARM PITS WERE SO SORE THE NEXT DAY. THEN SATURDAY WAS IGNACIO'S, JESSI'S ROOMMATE, BIRTHDAY AND HIS WIFE PAID FOR SOME OF US TO GO AGAIN. I WAS STILL SORE FROM THE FIRST TIME BUT WE ALL HAD A BLAST ALTHOUGH I THINK I BRUISED MY RIBS FLYING OFF. I HAVE BEEN SUPER SORE AND HOPE IT GETS BETTER SOON BECAUSE I NEED TO GET ON WITH ALL MY REQUIREMENTS FOR MY DM.
SO BACK TO WORK. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT. ANOTHER DM STARTED AT THE SHOP. SHE IS SUPER SERIOUS AND WANTS TO FINISH IN 4 WEEKS BECAUSE SHE IS PLANNING ON GOING STRAIGHT TO THE INSTRUCTOR COURSE IN UTILA RIGHT AFTER THIS. SO BASICALLY SHE'S GIVING ME A KICK IN THE ASS. IM NOT A SLACKER AND I AM AT THE SHOP EVERYDAY WORKING BUT AS FAR AS THE BOOK WORK AND TESTS, I THINK SHE ALREADY CAUGHT UP WITH ME. TIME TO GET SERIOUS.
DIVING IS STILL GREAT, THE MORNING LAUREN GOT HERE I WENT OUT WITH ALEX AND CAMERON TO A SITE CALLED BEARS DEN. IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND WE WENT INTO AN UNDERWATER CAVE. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE SCARED BUT IT WAS SO AMAZING. IT DIDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE IT WAS UNDERWATER. THERE WERE A FEW HOLES IN THE TOP WHERE LIGHT FILTERED IN AND I FELT LIKE I WAS IN AN INDIAN JONES MOVIE. I'M A NERD.
I WENT SNORKELING TODAY AND FOUND AN OCTOPUS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT UNDER ONE OF THE DIVE SHOPS DOCKS. IT WAS IN ONE OF THEHOLES OF A CIDER BLOCKAND HAD DRAGGED ALL THIS STUFF OVER TO KIND OF BLOCK THE HOLE. HE WAS CUTE. ALSO HOPEFULLY I WILL BE GOING ON A NIGHT DIVE ANY DAY NOW. THE CORAL SHOULD BE SPAWNING SOON AND IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR I THINK AND IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE AMAZING. IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FULL MOON AND A COUPLE OF OUR FRIENDS ARE GOING OUT EVERY NIGHT SNORKELING AND WHEN THEY SEE IT WE WILL GO OUT THE NEXT NIGHT LATE. I CAN'T WAIT I THINK IT WILL BE AMAZING.
PROMISE TO POST PICS SOON.