Max and Lily were the first travelers we met that were more price-conscious than us. So when they said they were going scuba diving in Honduras, I listened closely.
Turns out Utila is probably the cheapest place in the world to get your PADI Open Water cert, the driver's license of the scuba diving world. It will still blow our daily budget, true, but, hey...breathing underwater!
After 2 days of travel, a night in "the most dangerous city," and a boat ride, we are on Utila!
We spent our first day comparison shopping, which felt like a poor man's version of timeshare touring. Lara and I had fun discussing which of the various dive shops' persuasive techniques were most effective on us. We also got our most valuable tips from an unbiased 3rd party on the island, which were:
- Talk to the instructor him/herself
- Look at the equipment
- Look at the boat
After the tiniest morsel of haggling, we settled into our room for the first of 6 included nights at Alton's Dive Center.
And I thought I wasn't going to school this semester. Class starts tomorrow!
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Observing tie-up methods before the ride to Utila
The dock at Alton's
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